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Monster 2018

rock 72 min 20 tracks Silvertone Records

Monster is the ninth studio album by the English musician Hugh Cornwell, released on 5 October 2018 by Sony Music. It is a concept album, which celebrates the lives of 10 influential, and in some cases controversial, figures from the 20th century, including Lou Reed, Evel Knievel and Benito Mussolini. The release comes with a companion disc named Restoration, which features re-recorded acoustic versions of songs from Cornwell's former band the Stranglers.

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Character

Spare, grave, classical in form and cool.

sparerichly built
gravecomic
classical in formformally daring

Tracks

1Pure Evel4:43
2La Grande Dame3:41
3The Most Beautiful Girl in Hollywood2:48
4Mosin’3:16
5Mr. Leather4:45
6Bilko5:03
7Robert3:30
8Monster3:38
9Attack of the Major Sevens3:27
10Duce Coochie Man4:27
1Outside Tokyo2:26
2Let Me Down Easy3:28
3Souls2:37
4Don’t Bring Harry4:52
5Goodbye Toulouse2:59
6Ships That Pass in the Night3:06
7Never Say Goodbye3:09
8No More Heroes3:34
9Big in America2:29
10Always the Sun4:31

20 tracks, 72 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Hugh Cornwell
Label: Silvertone Records
Released: 2018
Type: Album
Format: CD
Country: GB

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