The Stranglers had mellowed considerably by 1984. They no longer wanted to stick their fingers right up your nose, nor make questionable, no let's face it deploy appalling and crass tactics like tying up or threatening journalists or calling songs I Feel Lika Wog. They were always bright boys and there was never any excuse for crap attention seeking behaviour like the latter.
They still dressed in black but had eased into middle age comfortably and wanted uncomplicated chart action. They were low maintenance for their relieved record company these days and Skin Deep was one of the finest singles they put out. Perhaps their hardcore fans thought they'd gone soft but some of those people were just brutal ftankly.
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