Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers explained

Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers
Type:	greatest
Artist:	the Stranglers
Cover:	The stranglers peaches.jpg
Released:	10 June 2002^[1]
Recorded:	1977–1990
Length:	72:38
Label:	EMI
Producer:	Martin Rushent The Stranglers Alan Winstanley Steve Churchyard Laurie Latham Mike Kemp Ted Hayton Roy Thomas Baker
Chronology:	The Stranglers compilations
Prev Title:	Lies and Deception
Prev Year:	2002
Next Title:	The Rarities
Next Year:	2002

Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers is a compilation album by The Stranglers, released in 2002 by EMI.^[2] It reached No. 21 in the UK Albums Chart in June 2002.^[3]

The album cover was designed by design4music who would design a similar cover for the compilation The Best Bands...Ever! several months later.^[4]

On 27 November 2020, the compilation was released on vinyl for the first time as a double-LP set through Parlophone.^[5]

Critical reception

AllMusic called it "one of the better introductions to the band available,"^[2] and Classic Rock a "consistently accomplished collection." Classic Rock, however, felt that "the randomised track-listing doesn't help tell the story, presenting instead post-punk's very own Jekyll and Hyde. The bloodthirsty likes of "Something Better Change" and "5 Minutes" land jarringly between sophisticated 80s pop moments such as "Strange Little Girl", "Skin Deep" and "Always the Sun", momentum superseding plot."

Track listing

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Personnel

See original albums for full credits.

The Stranglers

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

Additional musicians

• Eric Clarke – tenor saxophone (15)
• John Ellis – additional guitar (13)

Technical

• Martin Rushent – production (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 15, 17)
• The Stranglers – production (2, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19)
• Alan Winstanley – production (11, 16, 18)
• Steve Churchyard – production (2, 10, 14)
• Laurie Latham – production (5)
• Mike Kemp – production (13)
• Ted Hayton – production (7)
• Roy Thomas Baker – production (20)
• Michael Brauer – remixing (13)^[6]
• Barry Cooder – remixing (15)^[7]
• Taff B. Dylan – remixing (15)^[7]
• design4music.com – design

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stranglers Peaches - Best Of . 2024-06-17 . BPI . en.
2. Web site: Andy Kellman . Peaches: The Very Best of the Stranglers - The Stranglers | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards . AllMusic . 2002-07-02 . 2014-04-08.
3. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 535.
4. Web site: Various – The Best Bands...Ever! . Discogs. 30 January 2022.
5. Web site: Steve Janes . News - Just announced: The Stranglers – 'Peaches (The Very Best Of)' . With Guitars. 24 September 2020 . 30 January 2022.
6. Web site: The Stranglers – Always The Sun (Sunny Side Up Mix). Discogs. 30 January 2022.
7. Web site: The Stranglers – Grip '89 (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) . Discogs. 30 January 2022.