Stranglers,LP,The Raven,3D Sleeve,UK 1stP 1979 United Artists UAG30262 NM Rare
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Stranglers
Title and label: The Raven, United Artists UAG 30262, UK 1st Press 1979
Condition of vinyl: Near-Mint
Matrix Side 1: UAG 30262 A-1U A PORKY PRIME CUT 2 A
Matrix Side B: UAG 30262 B-1U PORKY 1 RR
Condition of sleeve: VG+ due to a top edge split, and this has been repaired from the inside with archival tape. This copy has the 3D picture of the raven to the front and is in mint condition with no scratches or scuff marks etc.
Complete with uncensored die-cut inner card picture sleeve featuring the Joh Bjelke-Petersen artwork (they had to remove the image of the controversial Australian political figure), die-cut inner card picture sleeve EX.
The Raven Review by David Cleary:
By the time The Raven was released, the Stranglers had branched out a bit from their punk-influenced pop music stylings and grouchy personal-relationship-based lyrics.
Half the songs on this album (among them "Dead Loss Angeles," "Nuclear Device," "Shah Shah a Gogo," and "Genetix") spout verses critical of social or political issues.
Only the first of these four numbers, with its clipped vocal delivery and stripped-down, bass-heavy arrangement, shows significant British punk influence.
Certain songs here exhibit strong mainstream tendencies with no hardcore sensibilities whatsoever, such as "Duchess" (a tuneful power pop number with clear chart-oriented influences) and "Don't Bring Harry" (a slow-tempo, piano-dominated selection).
Still other influences can be heard in "Meninblack," a Devo-derived number featuring a synthesized clipped beat/electronic pulse texture, chilly and sanitized-sounding organ, lockstep drums, and Alvin & the Chipmunks-style sped-up vocals.
The intriguing "Ice" boasts interesting production touches and an inventively dubious tonal focus. The songs are lengthy, with at times prolix instrumental openings and interludes.
Original pressings of this release have a 3-D picture on the front cover. Approximately half the songs on this album would be reissued one year later on the U.S. label release IV.
Side 1:
Longships
The Raven
Dead Loss Angeles
Ice
Baroque Bordello
Nuclear Device
Side 2:
Shah Shah A Go Go
(Don't Bring) Harry
Duchess
Meninblack
Genetix
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