Released in 2006, The Very Best of The Stranglers arrived at a time when the band’s legacy was undergoing a significant critical re-evaluation. Emerging from the UK punk scene of the late 1970s, The Stranglers had always been the "black sheep" of the movement—older, musically more proficient, and unafraid to incorporate psychedelic, pop, and progressive rock elements into their sound. This compilation served as a definitive, single-disc retrospective of their tenure with the United Artists and Liberty labels (1977–1986), capturing the band during their most commercially successful and creatively aggressive period.
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A cover of The Kinks, recorded live at the London Astoria. The Stranglers turn it into a thrash-punk assault. Burnel’s bass intro is thunderous. Previously impossible to find outside of the rare CD single. Released in 2006, The Very Best of The