Decades Apart

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Decades Apart
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Compilation album by
the Stranglers
Released1 March 2010
Recorded1976–2010
Genre
Length132:24
Label EMI
Producer Various
The Stranglers chronology
Themeninblackinbrugge
(2008)		Decades Apart
(2010)		 Live at the Apollo 2010
(2010)
Singles from Decades Apart
  1. "Retro Rockets"
    Released: 22 February 2010 [3]

Decades Apart is a 2-CD career spanning compilation album by English rock band the Stranglers, released on 1 March 2010 by EMI. [4] It features 35 singles and album tracks from 1977 to 2006, as well as two new tracks, "Retro Rockets" and "I Don't See the World Like You Do". [5] The album reached #146 in the UK Albums Chart. [6]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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James Allen, writing for AllMusic, said, "The latter-day cuts basically alternate between classy but vague, '80s-indebted alt-rock and more visceral tracks harking back to the Stranglers' early sound ... and the fact remains that the first disc's impact vastly outweighs that of the second. Still, this is as thorough a Strangler's history as one could want, and the Burnel-led lineup comes off much better than some might expect." [4] Both Martin Hutchinson of The Bolton News and Ian D. Hall of Liverpool Sound and Vision called it the definitive Stranglers' compilation. [3] [5]

Track listing

Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."Retro Rockets" Jet Black, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield, Baz Warne New track3:45
2."(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)"Black, Burnel, Hugh Cornwell, Greenfield Rattus Norvegicus , 19774:03
3."Peaches"Black, Burnel, Cornwell, GreenfieldRattus Norvegicus4:06
4."Go Buddy Go"Black, Burnel, Cornwell, GreenfieldB-side of "Peaches", 19773:58
5."Something Better Change"Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield No More Heroes , 19773:36
6."No More Heroes"Black, Burnel, Cornwell, GreenfieldNo More Heroes3:29
7."5 Minutes"Black, Burnel, Cornwell, GreenfieldNon-album single, 19783:17
8."Nice 'n' Sleazy"Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield Black and White , 19783:13
9."Walk On By" Burt Bacharach, Hal David Non-album single, 19786:22
10."Duchess"Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield The Raven , 19792:30
11."Nuclear Device"Black, Burnel, Cornwell, GreenfieldThe Raven3:32
12."Waltzinblack"Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield The Gospel According to the Meninblack , 19813:38
13."Golden Brown"Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield La folie , 19813:28
14."La folie"Black, Burnel, Cornwell, GreenfieldLa folie6:06
15."Strange Little Girl"Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield, Hans Wärmling The Collection 1977–1982 , 19822:42
16."European Female"Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield Feline , 19834:01
17."Skin Deep"Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield Aural Sculpture , 19843:55
18."No Mercy"Black, Burnel, Cornwell, GreenfieldAural Sculpture3:34
Total length:69:14
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."Always the Sun"Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield Dreamtime , 19864:00
2."Nice in Nice"Black, Burnel, Cornwell, GreenfieldDreamtime3:46
3."All Day and All of the Night" Ray Davies All Live and All of the Night , 19882:31
4."96 Tears" Rudy Martínez 10 , 19903:04
5."Heaven or Hell"Black, Burnel, John Ellis, Greenfield, Paul Roberts Stranglers in the Night , 19924:32
6."Time to Die"Black, Burnel, Ellis, Greenfield, RobertsStranglers in the Night3:50
7."Sugar Bullets"Black, Burnel, Ellis, Greenfield, RobertsStranglers in the Night5:28
8."Golden Boy"Black, Burnel, Ellis, Greenfield, Roberts About Time , 19953:14
9."Lies and Deception"Black, Burnel, Ellis, Greenfield, RobertsAbout Time3:51
10."In Heaven She Walks"Black, Burnel, Ellis, Greenfield, Roberts Written in Red , 19973:49
11."Coup de Grace"Black, Burnel, Ellis, Greenfield, Roberts Coup de Grace , 19983:23
12."Norfolk Coast"Black, Burnel, Greenfield, Roberts, Warne Norfolk Coast , 20043:45
13."Big Thing Coming"Black, Burnel, Greenfield, Roberts, WarneNorfolk Coast3:01
14."Long Black Veil"Black, Burnel, Greenfield, Roberts, WarneNorfolk Coast4:03
15."Unbroken"Black, Burnel, Greenfield, Roberts, Warne Suite XVI , 20063:47
16."Spectre of Love"Black, Burnel, Greenfield, WarneSuite XVI3:37
17."I Don't See the World Like You Do"Black, Burnel, Greenfield, WarneNew track3:27
Total length:63:10

Charts

ChartPeak
position
UK Albums Chart [6] 146
SingleChartPeak
position
"Retro Rockets" UK Singles Chart [6] 198

Personnel

See individual albums for full personnel credits.

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Technical

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