Norfolk Coast (album)

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Norfolk Coast
Studio album by The Stranglers
Released	16 February 2004
Genre	Rock
The Stranglers chronology
Coup de Grace (1998)	Norfolk Coast (2004)	Suite XVI (2006)

Norfolk Coast is an album by The Stranglers that was released on February 16, 2004. It was their first album in six years and their first studio album with new guitarist Baz Warne. A number of songs were written by Warne, including the ballad Dutch Moon. The album was well received by reviewers and fans alike, showing a return to form of the band, it also spawned the band's first Top 40 hit single for more than a decade, Big Thing Coming (# 31 Feb 2004). Norfolk Coast represents what happens when you take a band with as long a history as The Stranglers, add a new guitarist (Baz Warne) and let them work on the album for five plus years. There's not a single poor track on this release a CD that sees the carefully-crafted re-emergence of some of their signature sounds, such as Dave Greenfield's swirling keyboards, in a contemporary setting. The hard-edged title track sets the direction for much of the album, while there are more contemplative moments, such as the atmospheric "Tuckers Grave", dedicated to Edwin Tucker, who committed suicide in 1747 (and was written in the room in which he died). In a completely different direction, "Santfe Kuss" has a light, skiffle-like, approach. Definitely the first album to which you would direct a newcomer to the band.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Norfolk Coast"
2. "Big Thing Coming" (# 31. Feb 2004)
3. "Long Black Veil"
4. "I've Been Wild"
5. "Dutch Moon"
6. "Lost Control"
7. "Into The Fire"
8. "Tuckers Grave"
9. "I Don't Agree"
10. "Sanfte Kuss"
11. "Mine All Mine"