[kj] Meninblack

[Alex Smith]

I quite like AURAL SCULPTURE, honestly. As far as I'm concerned, it was their last great record. Sure, they all but bury their bite on the record (word has it that they were trying to sound like "a cooler Roxy Music," but I think "Ice Queen" ranks up there with their very best work).

Alex iN NYC



-----Original Message-----
From: gregslawson at aol.com
Sent: Mar 24, 2005 12:38 PM
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] Meninblack

What's so great about the Strangler's "Aural Sculpture"? It just sounds like lame synth-pop to me. It's such a change from their early stuff like "Nobody's Heroes". That group (like the Damned, another band I think is overrated) was never too popular in the US. 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: gingoblin at easynet.co.uk
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 17:33:22 +0000
Subject: Re: [kj] Meninblack


At 17:27 24/03/2005 +0000, Graeme Rowland 
 wrote: 
> > The Stranglers - Meninblack Has its 
> > moments, but not their 
> > best. Only really playing it 'cos I picked up a 
> > cheap CD. 
> 
> 
>I actually think it is their best!!! 
 
Someone has toI s'pose! It's the one so many people seem to dislike (well, at least until the later 80's LP's), but I've always had a soft spot for it. Didn't actually seem as good as I remembered it when I was playing the new CD I got, but still got some great moments. I think The Raven gets the tip for the top from me. Black & White and Rattus are also damn good though. 
 
Dave 
 
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