Stranglers Rare ORIG UK LP The Raven NM ’79 3D Cover UAG30262 Post Punk Rare Original UK LP with 3D cover released in 1979 on United Artists Records.  Cat: UAG30262. Comes with original printed lyric inner bag featuring Joh Bjelke-Petersen artwork which was later removed. There is a  small sticker stain on top left corner and is in Excellent condition. Limited edition of 20000 copies with lenticular (3D) print on the front of the sleeve.    By the time The Raven was released, the Stranglers had branched out a bit from their punk-influenced pop music stylings and grouchy personal-relationship-based lyrics. Half the songs on this album (among them "Dead Loss Angeles," "Nuclear Device," "Shah Shah a Gogo," and "Genetix") spout verses critical of social or political issues. Only the first of these four numbers, with its clipped vocal delivery and stripped-down, bass-heavy arrangement, shows significant British punk influence. Certain songs here exhibit strong mainstream tendencies with no hardcore sensibilities whatsoever, such as "Duchess" (a tuneful power pop number with clear chart-oriented influences) and "Don't Bring Harry" (a slow-tempo, piano-dominated selection). Still other influences can be heard in "Meninblack," a Devo-derived number featuring a synthesized clipped beat/electronic pulse texture, chilly and sanitized-sounding organ, lockstep drums, and Alvin & the Chipmunks-style sped-up vocals. The intriguing "Ice" boasts interesting production touches and an inventively dubious tonal focus. The songs are lengthy, with at times prolix instrumental openings and interludes.

Tracks: Longships/ The raven/ Dead Los Angeles/ Ice/ Baroque bordello/ Nuclear device/ Shah shah a go go/ Don’t bring Harry/ Duchess/ meninblack/ Genetix.
There are a few very light spindle marks on labels. Record is in Near Mint condition. Gloss cover with 3D image has a small tear on top right corner and is in Excellent condition.

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