“The Gospel According To The Meninblack” by The Stranglers - album review
features in: Album Chart of 1981 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1980s |

With last years “The Raven” they took a bit of a backwards step in my affections and the follow-up, delivered in February, 1981, continues the downward trend alarmingly and comes complete with smurfs-like vocals to 'enhance' the concept affair; we're to imagine that men in black suits from another planet are coming to take us away, ha-ha hee-hee ho-ho. They sound like a poor man's Devo on this one and, whilst it's not a terrible album by any means, by Stranglers standards it's a disappointment. That's heroin for you.
The Jukebox Rebel
12–Aug–2008
Tracklist |
A1 | [03:38] ![]() |
A2 | [03:55] ![]() |
A3 | [04:22] ![]() |
A4 | [03:44] ![]() |
A5 | [04:35] ![]() |
B1 | [02:32] ![]() |
B2 | [03:40] ![]() |
B3 | [03:30] ![]() |
B4 | [03:17] ![]() |
B5 | [07:26] ![]() |