The Old Testament: The U.A. Studio Recordings (1977–1982)

Compilation by The Stranglers

Released 1994

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    Sometimes
    4:55
  • 2
    Goodbye Toulouse
    3:16
  • 3
    London Lady
    2:32
  • 4
    Princess of the Streets
    4:37
  • 5
    Hanging Around
    4:27
    5.0 ★
  • 6
    Peaches
    4:07
    4.1 ★
  • 7
    (Get a) Grip (on Yourself)
    4:02
    5.0 ★
  • 8
    Ugly
    4:07
  • 9
    Down in the Sewer
    7:54
  • 10
    Choosey Susie
    3:13
  • 11
    Go Buddy Go
    3:57
    3.0 ★
  • 12
    I Feel Like a Wog
    3:17
    5.0 ★
  • 13
    Bitching
    4:26
    5.0 ★
  • 14
    Dead Ringer
    2:46
  • 15
    Dagenham Dave
    3:18
    4.0 ★
  • 16
    Bring On the Nubiles
    2:16
  • 17
    Something Better Change
    3:36
    3.0 ★
  • 18
    No More Heroes
    3:27
    4.6 ★
  • CD 2
  • 1
    Peasant in the Big Shitty
    3:27
  • 2
    Burning Up Time
    2:24
    5.0 ★
  • 3
    English Towns
    2:12
  • 4
    School Mam
    7:06
  • 5
    Straighten Out
    2:46
  • 6
    5 Minutes
    3:17
    5.0 ★
  • 7
    Rok It to the Moon
    2:48
    2.5 ★
  • 8
    Tank
    2:56
    5.0 ★
  • 9
    Nice ’n’ Sleazy
    3:13
    4.5 ★
  • 10
    Outside Tokyo
    2:09
  • 11
    Sweden (All Quiet on the Eastern Front)
    2:50
  • 12
    Hey! Rise of the Robots
    2:15
  • 13
    Toiler on the Sea
    5:28
  • 14
    Curfew
    3:16
    5.0 ★
  • 15
    Threatened
    3:34
  • 16
    In the Shadows
    4:37
  • 17
    Do You Wanna?
    2:28
  • 18
    Death and Night and Blood (Yukio)
    2:50
  • 19
    Enough Time
    4:18
    5.0 ★
  • 20
    Shut Up
    1:07
  • 21
    Walk on By
    6:21
    4.0 ★
  • 22
    Mean to Me
    1:56
  • 23
    Old Codger
    2:51
  • CD 3
  • 1
    Longships
    1:10
  • 2
    The Raven
    5:13
    2.5 ★
  • 3
    Dead Loss Angeles
    2:24
  • 4
    Ice
    3:26
  • 5
    Baroque Bordello
    3:50
    3.0 ★
  • 6
    Nuclear Device
    3:32
  • 7
    Shah Shah a Go Go
    4:50
  • 8
    Don’t Bring Harry
    4:09
  • 9
    Duchess
    2:30
    4.0 ★
  • 10
    Meninblack
    4:48
  • 11
    Genetix
    5:16
  • 12
    Fools Rush Out
    2:12
  • 13
    Yellowcake UF6
    2:59
  • 14
    Vietnamerica
    4:05
  • 15
    Bear Cage
    2:50
  • 16
    Who Wants the World?
    3:15
  • 17
    Waltzinblack
    3:38
    3.0 ★
  • 18
    Just Like Nothing on Earth
    3:55
    5.0 ★
  • 19
    Second Coming
    4:22
  • 20
    Waiting for the Meninblack
    3:44
  • 21
    Turn the Centuries Turn
    4:34
  • CD 4
  • 1
    Two Sunspots
    2:32
  • 2
    Four Horsemen
    3:39
  • 3
    Thrown Away
    3:30
  • 4
    Manna Machine
    3:17
  • 5
    Hallow to Our Men
    7:26
  • 6
    Top Secret
    3:26
  • 7
    Maninwhite
    4:27
  • 8
    Non Stop
    2:29
  • 9
    Everybody Loves You When You're Dead
    2:43
    2.0 ★
  • 10
    Tramp
    3:05
  • 11
    Let Me Introduce You to the Family
    3:08
  • 12
    Ain’t Nothing to It
    3:58
  • 13
    The Man They Love to Hate
    4:26
  • 14
    Pin Up
    2:49
  • 15
    It Only Takes Two to Tango
    3:41
  • 16
    Golden Brown
    3:30
    4.4 ★
  • 17
    How to Find True Love and Happiness in the Present Day
    3:07
  • 18
    La Folie
    6:08
    2.0 ★
  • 19
    Love 30
    3:57
  • 20
    Strange Little Girl
    2:42
    3.5 ★
  • 21
    Cruel Garden
    2:13

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