Written in Red
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| Written in Red | ||||
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| Released | 27 January 1997 | |||
| Studio | Parr Street Studios, The Greenhouse, Gemini Studios, Intimate Studios. Mixed at September Sound, Matrix Studios, Greenhouse Studios. | |||
| Genre | New wave | |||
| Length | 40:51 | |||
| Label | When | |||
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Written in Red is the thirteenth studio album recorded by The Stranglers. It was produced by Gang of Four's Andy Gill.[2]
The media launch-party for Written in Red was held on 13 December 1996 at EuroDisney in Paris, and featured live performances of tracks from the effort. Other tracks performed at the event include "Always the Sun", "Golden Brown" and "Let Me Introduce You to the Family".
The week the album was released, the band performed at several HMV branches including those located in Birmingham, Nottingham, Sheffield and Leeds.
"In Heaven She Walks" was the only single to be taken from the album, released on 3 February 1997. The single was in two parts: the first CD featured a sleeve similar to the Written in Red cover, with a track listing of: "In Heaven She Walks", a live version of "Golden Brown" from 1995, and an extended version of "In Heaven She Walks". The second CD sleeve featured a still from the video; the tracks were "In Heaven She Walks", and live versions of "Grip" and "Something Better Change" (also from 1995).[3]
It was the first Stranglers studio album that failed to reach the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart,[4] peaking at No. 52 in February 1997.[5]
Bass player Jean-Jacques Burnel said of the album, "...it had nothing to do with me apart from one or two songs. I've got no feelings about it as an album as I was disconnected from it all. I had given up on the band, it wasn't a band anymore, just John & Paul and a guy with Protools."
Track listing
All tracks written by The Stranglers, except "Summer in the City" by John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, and Steve Boone.
- "Valley of the Birds" – 3:15
- "In Heaven She Walks" – 3:49
- "In a While" – 3:19
- "Silver into Blue" – 3:28
- "Blue Sky" – 3:41
- "Here" – 4:21
- "Joy de Viva" – 3:39
- "Miss You" – 3:52
- "Daddy's Riding the Range" – 4:19
- "Summer in the City" – 3:27
- "Wonderful Land" – 3:41
Personnel
- The Stranglers
- Paul Roberts – lead vocals, percussion, production
- Jean-Jacques Burnel – bass, vocals, production
- John Ellis – guitar, vocals, production
- Dave Greenfield – keyboards, vocals, production
- Jet Black – drums, production
- Additional musicians
- Dave Billows – vocals
- Technical
- Andy Gill – production, mixing (5, 9)
- Cenzo Townsend – additional production, engineering assistance, mixing (1,2, 4-11)
- Mike 'Spike' Drake – mixing (3)
- Jock Loveband – engineering
- Peter Schweir – engineering
- Pete Woodruff – engineering
- Chris Madden – engineering
- Mitsou Tate – engineering assistance, additional programming
- Andrea Wright – engineering assistance
- Gordon Vicary – mastering
- Trevor Dawkins – equipment co-ordination
- Ichiro Kono – photography
- Joe Wright – design, direction
References
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Stranglers: Written in Red" at AllMusic. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
- ^ "David Buckley interviews John Ellis". Chanoyu Records. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "Written in Red Album - The Stranglers". Lyrics. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "The-Stranglers-Written-In-Red". Discogs. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "OFFICIAL ALBUMS CHART RESULTS MATCHING: WRITTEN IN RED". Official Charts. Retrieved 9 June 2020.