Rattus Norvegicus

Label: EMI UK
Release date: 1 Mar 2003
Running length: 12 tracks
Running time: 50:41

Tracklist

	Track	Duration	Listeners
1	Sometimes (1996 Digital Remaster)	4:54	162
2	Goodbye Toulouse (1996 Digital Remaster)	3:16	144
3	London Lady (1996 Digital Remaster)	2:32	156
4	Princess Of The Streets (1996 Digital Remaster)	4:36	122
5	Hanging Around (1996 - Remaster)	4:25	143
6	Peaches (1996 - Remaster)	4:06	304
7	(Get a) Grip (On Yourself) (1996 - Remaster)	4:00	63
8	Ugly (1996 Digital Remaster)	4:07	133
9	Down In The Sewer (Medley) (1996 Digital Remaster)	7:56	109
10	Choosey Susie (1996 Digital Remaster)	3:11	84
11	Go Buddy Go (1996 - Remaster)	3:57	25
12	Peasant In The Big Shitty (Live) (1996 Digital Remaster)	3:41	64

About this album

Rattus Norvegicus is the first album by The Stranglers, released in 1977. The band’s name was printed as “The Stranglers IV” on the sleeve. The album was originally to be entitled “Dead on Arrival” but was changed at the last minute. It was one of the highest-selling albums of the punk era in Britain. Some websites incorrectly list the album as IV by a band called Rattus Norvegicus.

It was produced in one week by Martin Rushent, and was basically a snapshot of the band’s live set at the time.