History and Structure
The album mixed new material with three songs left over from the session for the Rattus Norvegicus sessions ("Something Better Change", "Bitching" and "Peasant in the Big Shitty"). In his book The Stranglers: Song by Song, guitarist Hugh Cornwell noted the fact that the first three tracks on the record are all sung by different lead vocalists, a trait it shares with Revolver by The Beatles.
Two singles were released from the album: "No More Heroes", and a double A-side of "Something Better Change" and the non-album track "Straighten Out". A further non-album single was released later that year, "5 Minutes" b/w "Rok It to the Moon". The album was reissued as a remastered CD in 2001, which included the additional tracks from these singles.
The album's title track became one of the band's most popular hits. Its lyrics include references to Leon Trotsky, Sancho Panza, Lenny Bruce and Elmyr de Hory.
The brass plaque on the album cover was engraved by Steven Stapleton of Nurse With Wound.
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