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Aural Sculpture
Aural Sculpture is the eighth album recorded by The Stranglers. It was also the name given to a one-sided 7-inch single given free with a limited number of copies of their "Feline" album in 1983. The "Aural Sculpture Manifesto" on the 7" single was played before The Stranglers appeared on stage during concerts during both the 1983 "Feline" Tour and the 1985 "Aural Sculpture" Tour.
The album featured acoustic guitar as well as a three-piece horn section (trumpet,
the band themselves did not initially see this as a potential single. In addition to its chart success, the song also won an Ivor Novello award.
On the "Feline" album, Greenfield began using an Oberheim OB-Xa polyphonic synthesizer; the technical specifications of which are read by him at the end of the free single, "Aural Sculpture". By the time of the "Aural Sculpture" album, he had replaced both the Hammond L-100, and Yamaha CP-30 piano with two PPG Wave digital samplers.