Feline was the seventh studio album by The Stranglers

The Stranglers

The Stranglers are an English punk/rock music group.Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s...

 and was released in the new year of 1983 (on the Epic

Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...

 record label in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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). The first edition came with a free one-sided 7" single "Aural Sculpture Manifesto". Feline drew heavily on two of the dominant musical influences in Europe of the time, by using only acoustic guitars and electronic drums.

Whilst Feline was critically acclaimed, it was not the commercial success it was hoped to be and fell way short of the previous studio album, La Folie

La Folie (album)

La Folie is an album by The Stranglers, recorded and released in 1981.The Stranglers had initially been the most commercially successful band of the punk/new-wave period in Britain, but by 1981, their success had waned noticeably. The La Folie album was a conscious attempt to deliver a more...

. However, Feline peaked higher than La Folie in the UK album chart (peaking at no.4). Although not especially well regarded in Britain, it brought them considerable success in the rest of Europe.

Track listing

1. "Midnight Summer Dream" - 6:12
2. "It's a Small World" - 4:34
3. "Ships that Pass in the Night" - 4:06
4. "The European Female (In Celebration Of)
   European Female
   "European Female" is a single by the British group The Stranglers, released in 1982. It is taken from the album Feline where it features under its full title "The European Female ". The track features bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel on lead vocals.The single was the Stanglers first for Epic Records...
   
   " - 3:59
5. "Let's Tango in Paris" - 3:12
6. "Paradise" - 3:46
7. "All Roads Lead to Rome" - 3:50
8. "Blue Sister" - 3:57
9. "Never Say Goodbye" - 4:10

CD bonus tracks

1. "Savage Breast"
2. "Pawsher"
3. "Permission"
4. "Midnight Summer Dream / European Female (Live)"
5. "Vladimir and Olga"
6. "Aural Sculpture Manifesto"
7. "Golden Brown" [U.S.Release only]