Global InformationThe Gospel According to the Meninblack information
| The Gospel According to the Meninblack | ||||
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| Studio album by the Stranglers | ||||
| Released | 9 February 1981 | |||
| Recorded | January–August 1980 ("Two Sunspots", May 1979)[1] | |||
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| Length | 40:28 | |||
| Label | Liberty | |||
| Producer | The Stranglers | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [8] |
| The Great Rock Discography | 5/10[9] |
The Gospel According to the Meninblack (sometimes referred to as just The Meninblack) is the fifth album by English rock band the Stranglers, an esoteric concept album released 9 February 1981[10][11] on the Liberty label. The album deals with conspiratorial ideas surrounding alien visitations to Earth, the sinister governmental men in black, and the involvement of these elements in well-known biblical narratives. This was not the first time the Stranglers had used this concept; "Meninblack" on the earlier The Raven album and subsequent 1980 single-release "Who Wants the World?" had also explored it.
- ^ Endeacott, Robert (2014). Peaches: A Chronicle of The Stranglers 1974-1990. Soundcheck Books. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-9575700-4-7.
- ^ Pilgrim, Dom (June 2006). "The Burning Up Times (Issue 2). JJ Burnel: And the gods made love" (PDF). strangled.co.uk. p. 32. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Cornwell, Hugh; Drury, Jim (2001). The Stranglers: Song by Song. Sanctuary Publishing Ltd. pp. 161–173. ISBN 1-86074-362-5.
- ^ Knight, Phil (2015). Strangled: Identity, Status, Structure and The Stranglers. Zero Books. ISBN 978-1-78279-797-5.
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- ^ Ogg, Alex. "The Stranglers: The Meninblack" at AllMusic. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Stranglers". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
- ^ Strong, Martin C. (2002). The Great Rock Discography (6th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 1012. ISBN 1-84195-312-1.
- ^ Twomey, Chris (1992). The Stranglers - The Men They Love To Hate. EMI Records Ltd. pp. 102–104.
- ^ Burbeck, Rodney, ed. (24 January 1981). "Stranglers' LP and tour" (PDF). Music Week. London, England, UK: Music Week Ltd.: 3. ISSN 0144-5782. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
The Stranglers release their sixth album for Liberty Records on February 9.