Name: The Hit Men 1977-1991
Brand: EMI Music Distribution
SKU: 21511067
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The Hit Men 1977-1991

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Album: The Hit Men 1977-1991
#	Song Title	Time
1)	(Get A) Grip (On Yourself) '89
2)	London Lady
3)	Peaches
4)	Go Buddy Go
5)	Hanging Around
6)	Choosey Susie
7)	Something Better Change
8)	Straighten Out
9)	No More Heroes
10)	English Towns
11)	5 Minutes
12)	Nice 'N' Sleazy
13)	Toiler on the Sea
14)	Mean to Me
15)	Walk on By
16)	Duchess
17)	Nuclear Device
18)	Don't Bring Harry
19)	Raven, The
20)	Bear Cage
21)	Who Wants the World?
1)	Waltzinblack
2)	Thrown Away
3)	Just Like Nothing on Earth
4)	Let Me Introduce You to the Family
5)	Golden Brown
6)	Folie, La
7)	Tramp
8)	Strange Little Girl
9)	European Female
10)	Midnight Summer Dream
11)	Paradise
12)	Skin Deep
13)	No Mercy
14)	Let Me Down Easy
15)	Nice in Nice
16)	Always the Sun
17)	Big in America
18)	Shakin' Like a Leaf
19)	Was It You?
20)	All Day and All of the Night
21)	96 Tears
22)	Sweet Smell of Success

Album: The Hit Men 1977-1991
#	Song Title	Time
1)	(Get A) Grip (On Yourself) '89
2)	London Lady
3)	Peaches
4)	Go Buddy Go
5)	Hanging Around
6)	Choosey Susie
7)	Something Better Change
8)	Straighten Out
9)	No More Heroes
10)	English Towns
11)	5 Minutes
12)	Nice 'N' Sleazy
13)	Toiler on the Sea
14)	Mean to Me
15)	Walk on By
16)	Duchess
17)	Nuclear Device
18)	Don't Bring Harry
19)	Raven, The
20)	Bear Cage
21)	Who Wants the World?
1)	Waltzinblack
2)	Thrown Away
3)	Just Like Nothing on Earth
4)	Let Me Introduce You to the Family
5)	Golden Brown
6)	Folie, La
7)	Tramp
8)	Strange Little Girl
9)	European Female
10)	Midnight Summer Dream
11)	Paradise
12)	Skin Deep
13)	No Mercy
14)	Let Me Down Easy
15)	Nice in Nice
16)	Always the Sun
17)	Big in America
18)	Shakin' Like a Leaf
19)	Was It You?
20)	All Day and All of the Night
21)	96 Tears
22)	Sweet Smell of Success

Performer Notes

Personnel: Hugh Cornwell (vocals, guitar); Dave Greenfield (vocals, keyboards); J.J. Burnel (vocals); Jet Black (drums).
Audio Mixer: Tony Visconti.
Liner Note Author: Nik Yeomans.
The Stranglers worked better as a singles band than they did as album artists, but that doesn't mean that the double-disc, 43-track retrospective The Hit Men 1977-1991 is consistently engaging. Considerably older than their punk peers, the Stranglers nevertheless knocked out several terrific songs in their first records, including "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" and "Hanging Around," but by the mid-'80s they had become a little bland and predictable, as evidenced by covers of "96 Tears" and "All Day and All of the Night." That decline is charted on The Hit Men, as it runs through all of the group's EMI and Epic singles, as well as selected album tracks. All of the group's best moments are here, but there's also an abundance of mediocre tracks making this of interest primarily to completists. Casual fans will be content with the single-disc Greatest Hits 1977-1990. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine