Black and White (The Stranglers album)

Black and White
Studio album by the Stranglers
Released	12 May 1978
Recorded	February–March 1978 ("In the Shadows", July 1977)
Studio	T.W. Studios, Fulham, London
Genre	Post-punk punk rock new wave
Length	39:50
Label	United Artists (UK) A&M (US)
Producer	Martin Rushent
the Stranglers chronology
No More Heroes (1977) Black and White (1978) The Raven (1979)
Singles from Black and White
"Nice 'n' Sleazy" Released: April 1978 "Walk On By" Released: July 1978

Black and White is the third studio album by English rock band The Stranglers. It was released on 12 May, 1978 through United Artists. It went to number 2 in the United Kingdom, number 81 in Australia and number 35 in Sweden.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by the Stranglers (Hugh Cornwell, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield and Jet Black), except as noted.

All CD releases (except the 2018 reissue) have a slightly different running order, with "Hey! (Rise of the Robots)" appearing after "Outside Tokyo" and "In the Shadows" coming after "Threatened". 

White side
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tank"	2:54
2.	"Nice 'n' Sleazy"	3:11
3.	"Outside Tokyo"	2:06
4.	"Mean to Me" (original cassette release only)	1:55
5.	"Sweden (All Quiet on the Eastern Front)"	2:47
6.	"Hey! (Rise of the Robots)"	2:13
7.	"Toiler on the Sea"	5:23

Black side
No.	Title	Length
7.	"Curfew"	3:10
8.	"Threatened"	3:30
9.	"Do You Wanna"	2:38
10.	"Death and Night and Blood (Yukio)"	2:50
11.	"In the Shadows"	4:15
12.	"Enough Time"	4:16
Total length:		39:50

Bonus 7"
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Walk On By"	6:22
2.	"Mean to Me"	1:55
3.	"Tits" (live at the Hope and Anchor Front Row Festival, London, 22 November 1977)	5:25
Total length:		13:42

2001 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Origin	Length
13.	"Mean to Me"	Cassette album track; Black and White bonus single	1:55
14.	"Walk On By"	Non-album single, 1978; Black and White bonus single	6:22
15.	"Shut Up"	B-side of "Nice 'n' Sleazy"	1:07
16.	"Sverige"	Non-album single, 1978	2:49
17.	"Old Codger"	B-side of "Walk On By"	2:49
18.	"Tits" (live)	Black and White bonus single	5:25
Total length:			60:13

2016 expanded vinyl edition

Self-released by the Stranglers, Black and White received a deluxe vinyl reissue in 2016, limited to 1000 numbered copies. The original 12-track album is coupled with a bonus 7-track album, which includes various associated tracks from the period and the previously unreleased "Social Secs/Wasting Time".

• Side one and two as per original vinyl edition

Side three
No.	Title	Origin	Length
1.	"Walk On By"	Non-album single	6:21
2.	"Mean to Me"	Cassette album track; Black and White bonus single	1:55
3.	"Sverige (Jag Är Insnöad På Östfronten)"	Non-album single	2:49
4.	"Shut Up"	B-side of "Nice 'n' Sleazy"	1:06

Side four
No.	Title	Origin	Length
5.	"Social Secs/Wasting Time"	Previously unreleased	3:54
6.	"Old Codger"	B-side of "Walk On By"	2:53
7.	"Tits" (live)	Black and White bonus single	5:25
Total length:			24:23

• "Social Secs", later renamed "Wasting Time", is the original version of "Yellowcake UF₆", before it was reversed and the vocals taken out, and becoming the B-side of the "Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)" single in 1979. The original riff also resurfaced on "Do the European" from bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel's solo album Euroman Cometh, which he was working on at the time.

2018 CD reissue bonus tracks (Parlophone)

(Associated recordings)
No.	Title	Origin	Length
13.	"Shut Up"	B-side of "Nice 'n' Sleazy"	1:06
14.	"Walk On By"	Non-album single	6:21
15.	"Mean to Me"	Cassette album track; Black and White bonus single	1:55
16.	"Tits" (live)	Black and White bonus single	5:26
17.	"Old Codger"	B-side of "Walk On By"	2:51
18.	"Sverige (Jag Är Insnöad På Östfronten)"	Non-album single	2:51
19.	"Walk On By" (single edit)	Promo single	4:25
Total length:			64:55