"Toiler On the Sea" is The Stranglers at their best; the aggressive, overdriven bass is brightened up by twinkling new-wave synths and a revved up, blistering guitar lead. "Black and White" is probably the darkest record in The Stranglers' catalog, and their most definitively-post-punk effort to date. The driving surf-wave of "Toiler On the Sea" sounds like something off of Magazine's "Real Life", another 1978 classic that paved the way for future use (and abuse) of synthesizers by the post-punk scene.
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