release date: Apr. 15, 1977
format: vinyl (1982 reissue - FA 3001) / digital (2001 remaster)
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,68]
producer: Martin Rushent
label: Fame / Liberty - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: A) 1. "Sometimes" - 2. "Goodbye Toulouse" - 3. "London Lady" - 5. "Hanging Around" - - B) 1. "Peaches" - 2. "(Get a) Grip (on Yourself)" - 4. "Down in the Sewer"
Studio album debut by The Stranglers originally released on United Artists Records. The 2001 remaster comes with three bonus tracks. The band was originally formed around 1974 as The Guilford Stranglers, and they here consists of (forming member) guitarist and vocalist Hugh Cornwell, (forming member) bassist and vocalist Jean-Jacques Burnel, keyboardist Dave Greenfield, and (forming member) drummer Jet Black (aka Brian John Duffy).
The album is the only by The Stranglers to be enlisted in "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die".
