“La Folie” by The Stranglers - album review
| features in: Album Chart of 1981 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1980s |
More electro than ever without getting all new romantic about it, the sixth Stranglers long-player arrived in November, 1981, conceptualized as an album of love in all of its twisted splendour. Three singles were released from the set, including the psuedo-disco fail “Let Me Introduce You To The Family” (#42), the classic organ-harpsichord ode to heroin / love “Golden Brown” (#2) and the utterly perfect darker-than-Brel synth ballad “La Folie” (#47), sung entirely in French portraying “The Madness”, very much signing the album off on topic. All in all a decent bounce-back from “The Gospel According To The Meninblack” of ten months earlier.
The Jukebox Rebel
17–Aug–2008
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [02:29]  The Stranglers - Non Stop (Hugh Cornwell, Brian Duffy, David Greenfield, Jean Jacques Burnel) New Wave |
| A2 | [02:42]  The Stranglers - Everybody Loves You When You’re Dead (Hugh Cornwell, Brian Duffy, David Greenfield, Jean Jacques Burnel) New Wave |
| A3 | [03:04] The Stranglers - Tramp (Hugh Cornwell, Brian Duffy, David Greenfield, Jean Jacques Burnel) New Wave |
| A4 | [03:08]  The Stranglers - Let Me Introduce You To The Family (Hugh Cornwell, Brian Duffy, David Greenfield, Jean Jacques Burnel) New Wave |
| A5 | [03:56]  The Stranglers - Ain’t Nothin’ To It (Hugh Cornwell, Brian Duffy, David Greenfield, Jean Jacques Burnel, Milton Mezzrow) New Wave |
| A6 | [04:22]  The Stranglers - The Man They Love To Hate (Hugh Cornwell, Brian Duffy, David Greenfield, Jean Jacques Burnel) New Wave |
| B1 | [02:46]  The Stranglers - Pin Up (Hugh Cornwell, Brian Duffy, David Greenfield, Jean Jacques Burnel) New Wave |
| B2 | [03:37]  The Stranglers - It Only Takes Two To Tango (Hugh Cornwell, Brian Duffy, David Greenfield, Jean Jacques Burnel) New Wave |
| B3 | [03:27]  The Stranglers - Golden Brown (Hugh Cornwell, Brian Duffy, David Greenfield, Jean Jacques Burnel) Cerebral Pop |
| B4 | [03:04] The Stranglers - How To Find True Love And Happiness In The Present Day (Hugh Cornwell, Brian Duffy, David Greenfield, Jean Jacques Burnel) New Wave |
| B5 | [06:04]  The Stranglers - La Folie (Hugh Cornwell, Brian Duffy, David Greenfield, Jean Jacques Burnel) Moodcore |
