Album · The Stranglers
10 by The Stranglers
10 is an album by The Stranglers, released in 1990. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “96 Tears”, on 3 lists with a best position of #846.
10, the Stranglers' tenth studio album, came out on Epic in March 1990, and it closed the book on the classic lineup: Hugh Cornwell on guitar and lead vocals, Jean-Jacques Burnel on bass, Dave Greenfield on keyboards and Jet Black on drums. It was Cornwell's last record with the band he'd fronted since the Guildford days.
Roy Thomas Baker produced it, and with a horn section still in tow the whole thing swells into a big, brassy sound, a long way from the snarl of their early years. The highlight is a cover of Question Mark & the Mysterians' "96 Tears", which made number 17 in the UK, while "Sweet Smell of Success" stalled at 65 and Epic scrapped plans for "Man of the Earth" as a third single. The album reached No. 15. Cornwell has said he's pleased with it; the rest of the band, John Ellis included, have not been kind.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from 10 on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 96 Tears | 3 | #846 | – | 2001–2016 | |
| 2 | Sweet Smell of Success | 1 | #1878 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.