Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers
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| Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers | ||||
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| Released | 10 June 2002[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1977–1990 | |||
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| Length | 72:38 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
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| The Stranglers compilations chronology | ||||
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Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers is a compilation album by The Stranglers, released in 2002 by EMI.[5] It reached No. 21 in the UK Albums Chart in June 2002.[6]
The album cover was designed by design4music who would design a similar cover for the compilation The Best Bands...Ever! several months later.[7]
On 27 November 2020, the compilation was released on vinyl for the first time as a double-LP set through Parlophone.[8]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Classic Rock |  [3] |
| With Guitars | 9/10[9] |
AllMusic called it "one of the better introductions to the band available,"[5] and Classic Rock a "consistently accomplished collection." Classic Rock, however, felt that "the randomised track-listing doesn't help tell the story, presenting instead post-punk's very own Jekyll and Hyde. The bloodthirsty likes of "Something Better Change" and "5 Minutes" land jarringly between sophisticated 80s pop moments such as "Strange Little Girl", "Skin Deep" and "Always the Sun", momentum superseding plot."[3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by the Stranglers (Jet Black, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Hugh Cornwell and Dave Greenfield), except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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| 1. | "Peaches" | Rattus Norvegicus, 1977 | 4:05 | |
| 2. | "Golden Brown" | La folie, 1981 | 3:27 | |
| 3. | "Walk On By" (Radio edit) | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | Non-album single, 1978 | 4:24 |
| 4. | "No More Heroes" | No More Heroes, 1977 | 3:27 | |
| 5. | "Skin Deep" | Aural Sculpture, 1984 | 3:55 | |
| 6. | "Hanging Around" | Rattus Norvegicus | 4:25 | |
| 7. | "All Day and All of the Night" | Ray Davies | All Live and All of the Night, 1988 | 2:30 |
| 8. | "Straighten Out" | Double A-side single with "Something Better Change", 1977 | 2:46 | |
| 9. | "Nice 'n' Sleazy" | Black and White, 1978 | 3:11 | |
| 10. | "Strange Little Girl" | Black, Burnel, Cornwell, Greenfield, Hans Wärmling | The Collection 1977–1982, 1982 | 2:41 |
| 11. | "Who Wants the World?" | Non-album single, 1980 | 3:12 | |
| 12. | "Something Better Change" | No More Heroes | 3:34 | |
| 13. | "Always the Sun" (Sunny Side Up Mix) | Dreamtime, 1986 | 3:57 | |
| 14. | "European Female" | Feline, 1983 | 4:01 | |
| 15. | "Grip '89" / "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" (remix) | Rattus Norvegicus | 4:01 | |
| 16. | "Duchess" | The Raven, 1979 | 2:28 | |
| 17. | "5 Minutes" | Non-album single, 1978 | 3:16 | |
| 18. | "Don't Bring Harry" | The Raven | 4:08 | |
| 19. | "La Folie" | La folie | 6:05 | |
| 20. | "96 Tears" | Rudy Martinez | 10, 1990 | 3:03 |
