The Stranglers - Black and White (1978)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Tracks written by The Stranglers (Hugh Cornwell, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield, Jet Black)
White Side
1. "Tank" 2:54
2. "Nice 'n' Sleazy" 3:11
3. "Outside Tokyo" 2:06
4. "Sweden (All Quiet on the Eastern Front)" 2:47
5. "Hey! (Rise of the Robots)" 2:13
6. "Toiler on the Sea" 5:23
Black Side
1. "Curfew" 3:10
2. "Threatened" 3:30
3. "Do You Wanna" 2:38
4. "Death and Night and Blood (Yukio)" 2:50
5. "In the Shadows" 4:15
6. "Enough Time" 4:16
Black and White is the third studio album by English new wave band The Stranglers. It was released on 12 May 1978, through record label United Artists. As with The Stranglers' first two albums, Black and White was produced by Martin Rushent. The album sees The Stranglers adopting a more experimental approach to song structures and time signatures (for example, "Curfew" features 7/4 time).[citation needed]
The band recorded a version of "Sweden" sung in Swedish, called "Sverige" and released it in Sweden. The song was partly inspired by Cornwell's PhD placement at Lund University in the mid-1970s. In an anecdote related in the Swedish online magazine, Blaskan, it is stated that the song was inspired by a disastrous visit to Sweden during a European tour, when a gig was violently interrupted by a gang of "raggare" (greasers).
