10 (The Stranglers album)

10
Studio album by The Stranglers
Released	March 1990
Recorded	1989-1990 Holland
Genre	post-punk
Length	(LP)
Label	Epic
Producer	Roy Thomas Baker
The Stranglers chronology
Dreamtime (1986) 10 (1990) Stranglers In the Night (1992)

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The tenth studio album from The Stranglers was called 10 and was the last with Hugh Cornwell. The album was released in 1990. There is a definite "big-band" sound to this album, most likely due to the production work of Roy Thomas Baker and the continued use of a horn section. One of the highlights is the Question Mark & the Mysterians hit 96 Tears (which reached #17 in the UK singles chart). The album sleeve shows the members of the band dressed up as ten of the most powerful 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)

Despite the album's American-friendly sound and the moderate success of "Sweet Smell of Success" in America (reaching #5 on the Modern Rock Chart), the band were not given an American tour. After this blow, Hugh Cornwell decided to leave.

10 peaked at #15 and spent 4 weeks on the UK album chart.

The live set at this time included the addition of John Ellis on guitar.

Track listing

1. "Sweet Smell of Success" - 3:22
2. "Someone Like You" - 2:53
3. "96 Tears" - 3:12
4. "In This Place" - 3:38
5. "Let's Celebrate" - 4:16
6. "Man of the Earth" - 3:22
7. "Too Many Teardrops" - 3:47
8. "Where I Live" - 3:32
9. "Out of My Mind" - 4:08
10. "Never to Look Back" - 4:18
11. "Instead of This" (2001 CD Bonus Track)
12. "Poisonality" (2001 CD Bonus Track)
13. "Motorbike" (2001 CD Bonus Track)
14. "Something" (2001 CD Bonus Track)
15. "You" (2001 CD Bonus Track)
16. "!Viva Vlad!" (2001 CD Bonus Track)
17. "All Day and All of the Night" (2001 CD Bonus Track)
18. "Always the Sun (Sunny-Side Up Mix)" (2001 CD Bonus Track)