No More Heroes (Album)

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No More Heroes

Studio album by The Stranglers
Released	September 23, 1977
Recorded	Townhouse Studios, Fulham
Genre	Rock /Post-punk/ Punk rock
Length	44:25
Label	United Artists
Producer(s)	Martin Rushent
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The Stranglers chronology
Rattus Norvegicus (1977)	No More Heroes (1977)	Black and White (1978)

No More Heroes is the second album by The Stranglers, produced by Martin Rushent, and released in 1977 (see 1977 in music). It featured a photo of a wreath placed on a coffin with the tails of several rats (the Stranglers' 'trademark').

The album consists of various recordings left over from the session for their Rattus Norvegicus album, along with new material. In his book The Stranglers: Song by Song, Hugh Cornwell noted the fact that the first three tracks on the record are all sung by different lead vocalists, a trait it shares with Revolver by The Beatles.

Two singles were released from the album: "No More Heroes" and a double A-side of "Something Better Change" and the non-album track "Straighten Out". A further non-album single was released later that year, "Five Minutes"/"Rock It To The Moon". All of these were big hits in the UK. The album was reissued as a remastered CD in 2001, which included three additional tracks.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
- 2.1 Instrumental contributions
- 2.2 Technical contributions

[edit] Track listing

"I Feel Like A Wog"†
"Bitching"‡
"Dead Ringer"§
"Dagenham Dave"‡
"Bring On The Nubiles"†
"Something Better Change"‡
"No More Heroes"†
"Peasant In The Big Shitty"§
"Burning Up Time"‡
"English Towns"‡
"School Mam"†
"Straighten Out"† (CD bonus track)
"Five Minutes"‡ (CD bonus track)
"Rok It To The Moon"† (CD bonus track)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Instrumental contributions

Hugh Cornwell: guitars, lead† and backing vocals
JJ Burnel: bass guitar, lead‡ and backing vocals
Dave Greenfield: keyboards (Hammond L100 Organ, Hohner Cembalet electric piano, Minimoog synthesizer), lead§ and backing vocals
Jet Black: drums