IV (The Stranglers album)

The Stranglers previous album, The Raven, had not been released in the US. IV contained, on side one, a selection of tracks from The Raven. Side two contained the following tracks, which were previously unreleased on any Stranglers album: "5 Minutes" and "Rok It to the Moon" (1978 UK single), "Vietnamerica" (which was later released as the B-side to the 1981 "Let Me Introduce You to the Family" UK single), "G.m.B.H" (an extended version of the 1980 UK single "Bear Cage", which was unavailable elsewhere) and "Who Wants the World?" (1980 UK single). The previously unreleased "Vietnamerica" was written and recorded during sessions for The Raven.^[3]

The original release also came with a free single containing "Choosey Susie" (from the 1977 UK single free with the Rattus Norvegicus album), "Straighten Out" (b-side to the 1977 UK Single "Something Better Change") plus "Ode to Joy / Do The European" (a live Jean-Jacques Burnel solo track, unavailable elsewhere until the 1992 CD release of his first solo album Euroman Cometh), and "White Room", a Cream cover from the Nosferatu album by Hugh Cornwell and Robert Williams.^[3]

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Track listing

All tracks are written by the Stranglers, except where noted

Side one
No.	Title	Original release	Length
1.	"The Raven"	The Raven, 1979	5:12
2.	"Baroque Bordello"	The Raven	3:48
3.	"Duchess"	The Raven	2:29
4.	"Nuclear Device"	The Raven	3:28
5.	"Meninblack"	The Raven	4:48

Side two
No.	Title	Original release	Length
6.	"5 Minutes"	Non-album single, 1978	3:15
7.	"Rok It to the Moon"	B-side to "5 Minutes"	2:44
8.	"Vietnamerica"	Previously unreleased	4:09
9.	"G.m.B.H"	12" version of non-album single Bear Cage, 1980	3:52
10.	"Who Wants the World?"	Non-album single, 1980	3:20

Note

The extended version of "G.m.B.H" is not the full six-and-a-half-minute version of the track as it is faded out earlier, lasting just under four minutes.

Free single

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
1.	"Ode to Joy"/"Do the European" (live) (J.J. Burnel)	Ludwig van Beethoven, Jean-Jacques Burnel	Previously unreleased	4:25
2.	"Choosey Susie" (The Stranglers)		Free single with Rattus Norvegicus, 1977	3:12

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
3.	"White Room" (Hugh Cornwell and Robert Williams)	Jack Bruce, Pete Brown	Nosferatu, 1979	3:52
4.	"Straighten Out" (The Stranglers)		B-side to "Something Better Change", 1977	2:48

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album liner notes.^[4]

The Stranglers

Hugh Cornwell – guitar, vocals
Jean-Jacques Burnel – bass, vocals
Dave Greenfield – keyboards
Jet Black – Drums

Technical

The Stranglers – production (1-5, 8-10)
Alan Winstanley – production (1-5), engineering (1-7)
Martin Rushent – production (6, 7)
Steve Churchyard – production (9), engineering (1-5, 8, 9)
Gary Edwards – engineering (10)
Laurence Diana – engineering (10)
John Pasche – art direction
Shoot That Tiger! – design
Phil Jude – cover photography

References

^ Alex Ogg. "IV - The Stranglers | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Stranglers". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c Robert Endeacott (2014). Peaches: A Chronicle Of The Stranglers 1974-1990. Soundcheck Books. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-9575700-4-7. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ "The Stranglers – IV". Discogs. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

External links

IV at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e The Stranglers
Jean-Jacques Burnel Baz Warne Jim Macaulay Toby Hounsham Jet Black Hugh Cornwell Hans Wärmling Dave Greenfield John Ellis Paul Roberts
Studio albums	Rattus Norvegicus No More Heroes Black and White The Raven The Gospel According to the Meninblack La folie Feline Aural Sculpture Dreamtime 10 Stranglers in the Night About Time Written in Red Coup de Grace Norfolk Coast Suite XVI Giants Dark Matters
Live albums	Live at the Hope and Anchor Live (X Cert) All Live and All of the Night Saturday Night, Sunday Morning The Stranglers and Friends – Live in Concert Friday the Thirteenth Live at the Hammersmith Odeon '81 Live at the Apollo Apollo Revisited Coast to Coast: Live on Tour Live at the Apollo 2010 (DVD & CD)
Compilations	IV The Collection 1977–1982 Off the Beaten Track Singles (The UA Years) Greatest Hits 1977–1990 The Early Years '74 '75 '76 Rare Live and Unreleased Strangled from Birth and Beyond The Sessions The Hit Men Collection The Stranglers The Masters Lies and Deception Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers Rarities (2002) Out of the Black Sweet Smell of Success – Best of the Epic Years Live 'n' Sleazy Gold The Very Best of The Stranglers Decades Apart
Singles	"(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" "Peaches" "Something Better Change" "No More Heroes" "5 Minutes" "Nice 'n' Sleazy" "Walk On By" "Duchess" "Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)" "Bear Cage" "Who Wants the World?" "Thrown Away" "Let Me Introduce You to the Family" "Golden Brown" "La Folie" "Strange Little Girl" "European Female" "Skin Deep" "No Mercy" "Always the Sun" "All Day and All of the Night" "96 Tears" "Always the Sun (Sunny Side Up Mix)" "Golden Brown" (Re-issue) "Lies and Deception" "Big Thing Coming" "Spectre of Love"
Other songs	"Goodbye Toulouse" "Hanging Around" "Tramp"
DVD releases	The Collection 1977–1982 Live At Alexandra Palace Friday the Thirteenth Euro Live On Stage on Screen Rattus at the Roundhouse Live at the Apollo 2010
Related	Discography Soulsec Celia and the Mutations

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