| 词条 | Rattus Norvegicus (album) |
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| name = Rattus Norvegicus | type = studio | artist = The Stranglers | cover = Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus album cover.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1977|4|15|df=yes}} | recorded = 20 December 1976 – 28 January 1977 | venue = | studio = TW Studios, Fulham, Olympic Studios, Barnes, London, England | genre = {{flatlist|
}} | length = {{Duration|m=50|s=59}} | label = United Artists | producer = Martin Rushent | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = No More Heroes | next_year = 1977 | misc = {{Singles | name = Rattus Norvegicus | type = studio | single1 = (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) | single1date = 28 January 1977 | single2 = Peaches | single2date = 21 May 1977 }} }} Rattus Norvegicus (alternative title The Stranglers IV) is the debut studio album by the Stranglers, released on 15 April 1977. It was one of the highest-selling albums of the punk era in Britain, eventually achieving platinum record sales. Two of its tracks, "Peaches" and "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)", were released as 7" singles in the UK. Background and productionThe album was originally to be entitled Dead on Arrival but was changed at the last minute.[2] The released title is the taxonomic name for the common brown rat. The album was produced in one week by Martin Rushent, and was a snapshot of the band's live set at the time. ReleaseThe album peaked at No. 4 in the UK Albums Chart, eventually spending 34 weeks on the chart.[3][4] The first 10,000 copies of the original vinyl release included a free 7" single, containing "Peasant in the Big Shitty (live)" and "Choosey Susie". Two singles were taken from the album: "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" (released as a double A-side with album track "London Lady"), and "Peaches" (released as a double A-side with the non-album track "Go Buddy Go"), which gave the band their first major hit single, reaching No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart.[5] A remastered version of the album was reissued on CD in 2001, including these three additional tracks. The album launch party was held in the Water Rat pub on the King's Road, in the World's End district of Chelsea. Reception{{Album ratings| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[6] | rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music | rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}[7] | rev3 = The Village Voice | rev3Score = C[8] }}Rattus Norvegicus was ranked at No. 10 among the top "Albums of the Year" for 1977 by NME, with "Peaches" ranked at No. 18 among the year's top tracks.[9] NME later ranked it at No. 196 in its 2014 list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[10] It was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[11] Track listingAll tracks written by the Stranglers. Side A
Written by Hugh Cornwell, describes a violent argument with a girlfriend.[12] The same girlfriend is the subject of "Strange Little Girl" which was written earlier by Cornwell and Hans Wärmling.[13]
Music by Cornwell, lyrics by Burnel. Describes the destruction of Toulouse predicted by Nostradamus.[14]
Music by Cornwell, lyrics by Burnel. Loosely based on a contemporary female journalist.[15]
Written in {{music|time|6|8}} time, music and lyrics by Burnel. Penned 'pre-Stranglers'.[16]
Music by Burnel, lyrics by Cornwell. Describes the characters found in the London pubs that the band played live at.[17] Was covered by Hazel O'Connor on her third album, Cover Plus, and released by her as a single that same year (1981).Side B
Burnel/Cornwell. The Stranglers influenced by reggae.[18]{{Listen|filename=Stranglers - (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) excerpt.ogg|title=The Stranglers – (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) excerpt|description=An excerpt from (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) }}
Music and lyrics by Cornwell. Based on band life in their Chiddingfold squat; featured Eric Clarke, a Welsh coal miner, on saxophone.[19]
Music and lyrics by Burnel. Described as 'abstract psychedelia' by Cornwell, the poem Ozymandias is featured.[20]
Has four sections: "Falling"/"Down in the Sewer"/"Trying To Get Out Again"/"Rat's Rally". Music by Burnel, lyrics by Cornwell. The 'sewer' refers to London. [21] Lyrically the song references an episode of the 1975 post-apocalyptic BBC TV drama Survivors titled "Lights of London", where the protagonists leave the safety of a farming community to head for the city, which they find can only be entered through a rat infested sewer.Bonus 7" (limited first issue)
Music and lyrics by Burnel, describes the same girl as "Princess of the Streets".[22]
Music and lyrics by Burnel, middle 8 by Cornwell. Uses verse chord structure of "Hey Joe" by Billy Roberts for the chorus. Written 'pre-Stranglers'.[23]
Music and lyrics by Burnel, written in 9/4 time. Another observation on life in a city. Recorded for Rattus Norvegicus. A studio version of the song appeared on the band's next album, No More Heroes.[25] PersonnelThe Stranglers
References1. ^[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/u-k-punks-dark-lord-the-stranglers-hugh-cornwell-brings-new-aggro-20111031 U.K. Punk's Dark Lord, the Stranglers' Hugh Cornwell, Brings New Aggro] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728131703/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/u-k-punks-dark-lord-the-stranglers-hugh-cornwell-brings-new-aggro-20111031 |date=28 July 2017 }} 2. ^{{harvnb|Buckley|1997|p=75}} 3. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=38372| publisher = ChartStats.com| title = Stranglers IV (Rattus Norvegicus)| accessdate = 5 October 2011| deadurl = no| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110816070027/http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=38372| archivedate = 16 August 2011}} 4. ^{{harvnb|Buckley|1997|p=291}} 5. ^{{harvnb|Buckley|1997|p=292}} 6. ^{{cite web| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/rattus-norvegicus-mw0000456392|title=Rattus Norvegicus – The Stranglers|publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=5 October 2011|first=David|last=Cleary}} 7. ^{{cite book| last = Larkin| first = Colin| authorlink = Colin Larkin (writer)| year = 2011| title = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| publisher = Omnibus Press| isbn = 0-85712-595-8| edition = 5th concise}} 8. ^{{cite news| url = https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv9-77.php| title = Christgau's Consumer Guide| work = The Village Voice| date = 5 September 1977| accessdate = 8 July 2017| first = Robert| last = Christgau| authorlink = Robert Christgau| deadurl = no| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170618085424/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv9-77.php| archivedate = 18 June 2017}} 9. ^{{Cite web| url = http://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1977-2-1045409| title = Albums and Tracks of the Year| year = 2016| work = NME| accessdate = 25 November 2016| deadurl = no| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20161220234003/http://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1977-2-1045409| archivedate = 20 December 2016}} 10. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_albums_2013.htm| title = Rocklist.net NME: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time : October 2013| publisher = Rocklistmusic.co.uk| date = 9 May 1992| accessdate = 13 August 2015| deadurl = no| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170104003059/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_albums_2013.htm| archivedate = 4 January 2017}} 11. ^{{cite book| author1 = Robert Dimery| author2 = Michael Lydon| title = 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition| accessdate = | date = 7 February 2006| publisher = Universe| isbn = 0-7893-1371-5}} 12. ^{{harvnb|Cornwell|Drury|2001|p=15}} 13. ^{{harvnb|Cornwell|2004|pp= 98–99}} 14. ^{{harvnb|Cornwell|Drury|2001|p=19}} 15. ^{{harvnb|Cornwell|Drury|2001|p=22}} 16. ^{{harvnb|Cornwell|Drury|2001|pp=23–25}} 17. ^{{harvnb|Cornwell|Drury|2001|p=27}}. 18. ^{{harvnb|Cornwell|Drury|2001|pp=29–30}} 19. ^{{harvnb|Cornwell|Drury|2001|pp=33–34}} 20. ^{{harvnb|Cornwell|Drury|2001|pp=36–37}} 21. ^{{harvnb|Cornwell|Drury|2001|pp=38–43}} 22. ^{{harvnb|Cornwell|Drury|2001|p=344}} 23. ^{{harvnb|Cornwell|Drury|2001|pp=44–45}} 24. ^Note: "The Nashville" was later renamed "The Three Kings" and is situated next door to the exit from West Kensington Tube Station 25. ^{{harvnb|Cornwell|Drury|2001|pp=69–71}} Bibliography{{Refbegin}}
| last = Buckley | first = David | title = No Mercy-The Authorised and Uncensored Biography of The Stranglers | location = London | publisher = Hodder and Stoughton | year = 1997 | isbn = 0-340-68062-8 | ref = harv }}
| last = Cornwell | first = Hugh | title = A Multitude of Sins | location = London | publisher = Harper Collins Publishers | year = 2004 | isbn = 0-00-719082-4 | ref = harv }}
| last1 = Cornwell | first1 = Hugh | last2 = Drury | first2 = Jim | title = The Stranglers-Song by Song | location = London | publisher = Sanctuary Publishing Ltd. | year = 2001 | isbn = 1-86074-362-5 | ref = harv }}{{Refend}} External links
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