While the track list looks a little too heavy on the later years but generally pretty good, the early tracks included on
The Stranglers Anthology are mostly live and recorded with vocalist
Paul Roberts, who replaced keystone member
Hugh Cornwell, and
Roberts' swagger is less rough/more cool than
Cornwell's. This is a repackaging of 2003's
Gold Collection, with the picture of
Cornwell taken off the back cover.
–
David Jeffries, Rovi