The Stranglers - 10 (1990)

The Stranglers - 10 (1990)

Tracklist front / back album covers

Side One

"Sweet Smell of Success" - 3:22

"Someone Like You" - 2:53

"96 Tears" (Rudy Martinez) - 3:12

"In This Place" - 3:38

"Let's Celebrate" - 4:16

Side Two

"Man of the Earth" - 3:22

"Too Many Teardrops" - 3:47

"Where I Live" - 3:32

"Out of My Mind" - 4:08

"Never to Look Back" - 4:18

Bonus Tracks on 2001 CD

"Instead of This"

"Poisonality"

"Motorbike"

"Something"

"You"

"¡Viva Vlad! "

"All Day and All of the Night" (Ray Davies)

"Always the Sun" (Sunny-Side Up Mix)

10 is the tenth studio album by English rock band The Stranglers and was the last to feature guitarist/lead singer Hugh Cornwell. The album was released in 1990. 10 peaked at No. 15 and spent four weeks in the UK Albums Chart.

There was a big band sound to this album, possibly due to the production work of Roy Thomas Baker and the continued use of a horn section. One of the highlights was the cover version of Question Mark & the Mysterians' hit "96 Tears" (which reached No. 17 in the UK Singles Chart). Cornwell has expressed satisfaction with the way this album turned out, whereas the rest of the band, including live guitarist John Ellis, who joined the band on the next album, have all expressed negative feelings about 10.

The album sleeve shows the members of the band dressed up as ten of the most notable world leaders of the time (l-r: Yasser Arafat, Rajiv Gandhi, Pope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, George H. W. Bush, Fidel Castro, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Benazir Bhutto and Joshua Nkomo)