Aural Sculpture

Infobox Album |
Name = Aural Sculpture
Type = Album
Artist = The Stranglers


Released = 1984
Recorded = Brussels
Genre = Rock
Length = 43:10 (LP)
Label = Epic Records
Producer = Laurie Latham, The Stranglers
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:lwadqjmbojha link]
Last album = "Feline"
(1983)
This album = "Aural Sculpture"
(1984)
Next album = "Dreamtime"
(1986)

"Aural Sculpture" is an album, a 7 inch single and picture disc single by The Stranglers.

The album featured acoustic guitar as well as a three-piece horn section (trumpet, trombone and saxophone).

Aural Sculpture was placed at number 14 in the U.K. album charts in November 1984. There were 3 singles released from the Album called "Skin Deep" (Number 15 in the UK singles chart),"No Mercy" (Number 37 in the UK singles chart) & "Let Me Down Easy" (number 48 in the UK singles chart) all were accompanied by 12" single versions. "No Mercy" had a further two format releases in picture disc and EP.

Track listing

# "Ice Queen"
# "Skin Deep"
# "Let Me Down Easy"
# "No Mercy"
# "North Winds"
# "Uptown"
# "Punch & Judy"
# "Spain"
# "Laughing"
# "Souls"
# "Mad Hatter"Bonus Tracks on the 2001 CD release:12. "Here and There"13. "In One Door"14. "Head on the Line"15. "Achilles Heel"16. "Hot Club" (Riot Mix)17. "Place de Victoires"18. "Vladimir and the Beast (part 3)"19. "Vladimir Goes to Havana"

The tape version of the album had a Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer programme at the end of the tape. The programme could be loaded and run on the Spectrum using the usual tape loading method. The programme was an adventure game written using a framework called The Quill. Preceding the programme itself on the tape was a short explanation of the following squeal, and was voiced by the band members themselves.