10 (The Stranglers album)

Infobox Album |
Name = 10
Type = Album
Artist = The Stranglers


Released = 1990
Recorded = Holland
Genre = post-punk
Length = (LP)
Label = Epic Records
Producer = Roy Thomas Baker
Reviews =
* Allmusic rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:f9foxq85ldhe link]
Last album = "Dreamtime"
(1986)
This album = "10"
(1990)
Next album = "Stranglers In the Night"
(1992)The tenth studio album from The Stranglers was called 10 and was the last with Hugh Cornwell. The album was released in 1990. There is a definite "big-band" sound to this album, most likely due to the production work of Roy Thomas Baker and the continued use of a horn section. One of the highlights is the Question Mark & the Mysterians hit "96 Tears" (which reached #17 in the UK singles chart). The album sleeve shows the members of the band dressed up as 10 of the most powerful world leaders of the time (L-R Yasser Arafat, Rajiv Gandhi, Pope John Paul II, Mikhael Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, George H. W. Bush, Fidel Castro, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Benazir Bhutto and Joshua Nkomo)

Despite the album's American-friendly sound and the moderate success of "Sweet Smell of Success" in America (reaching #5 on the Modern Rock Chart), and the band were not given an American tour. After this blow, Hugh Cornwell decided to leave.

"10" peaked at #15 and spent 4 weeks on the UK album chart.

The live set at this time included the addition of John Ellis on guitar.

Track listing

# "Sweet Smell of Success"
# "Someone Like You"
# "96 Tears"
# "In This Place"
# "Let"s Celebrate"
# "Man of the Earth"
# "Too Many Teardrops"
# "Where I Live"
# "Out of My Mind"
# "Never to Look Back"
# "Instead of This" (2001 CD Bonus Track)
# "Poisonality" (2001 CD Bonus Track)
# "Motorbike" (2001 CD Bonus Track)
# "Something" (2001 CD Bonus Track)
# "You" (2001 CD Bonus Track)
# "!Viva Vlad!" (2001 CD Bonus Track)
# "All Day and All of the Night" (2001 CD Bonus Track)
# "Always the Sun (Sunny-Side Up Mix)" (2001 CD Bonus Track)