Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers

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Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers
The stranglers peaches.jpg
Greatest hits album by
the Stranglers
ReleasedJune 2002 [1]
Recorded1977-1990
Genre
Length72:38
Label EMI
Producer Roy Thomas Baker
The Stranglers compilations chronology
Lies and Deception
(2002)		Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers
(2002)		The Rarities
(2002)

Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers is a compilation album by The Stranglers, released in 2002 by EMI. [5] It reached No. 21 in the UK Albums Chart in June 2002. [6]

Contents

The album cover was designed by design4music who would design a similar cover for the compilation The Best Bands...Ever! several months later. [7]

On 27 November 2020, the compilation was released on vinyl for the first time as a double-LP set through Parlophone. [8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
With Guitars9/10 [9]

AllMusic called it "one of the better introductions to the band available," [5] and Classic Rock a "consistently accomplished collection." Classic Rock, however, felt that "the randomised track-listing doesn't help tell the story, presenting instead post-punk's very own Jekyll and Hyde. The bloodthirsty likes of "Something Better Change" and "5 Minutes" land jarringly between sophisticated 80s pop moments such as "Strange Little Girl", "Skin Deep" and "Always the Sun", momentum superseding plot." [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by the Stranglers (Jet Black, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Hugh Cornwell and Dave Greenfield), except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."Peaches"  Rattus Norvegicus , 19774:05
2."Golden Brown"  La folie , 19813:27
3."Walk On By" (Radio edit) Burt Bacharach, Hal David Non-album single, 19784:24
4."No More Heroes"  No More Heroes , 19773:27
5."Skin Deep"  Aural Sculpture , 19843:55
6."Hanging Around" Rattus Norvegicus4:25
7."All Day and All of the Night" Ray Davies All Live and All of the Night , 19882:30
8."Straighten Out" Double A-side single with "Something Better Change", 19772:46
9."Nice 'n' Sleazy"  Black and White , 19783:11
10."Strange Little Girl"Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield, Hans Wärmling The Collection 1977–1982 , 19822:41
11."Who Wants the World?" Non-album single, 19803:12
12."Something Better Change" No More Heroes3:34
13."Always the Sun" (Sunny Side Up Mix)  Dreamtime , 19863:57
14."European Female"  Feline , 19834:01
15."Grip '89" / "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" (remix) Rattus Norvegicus4:01
16."Duchess"  The Raven , 19792:28
17."5 Minutes" Non-album single, 19783:16
18."Don't Bring Harry" The Raven4:08
19."La Folie" La folie6:05
20."96 Tears" Rudy Martinez 10 , 19903:03

[5]

Personnel

See original albums for full credits.

The Stranglers

Additional musicians

Technical

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