If you went straight from 'Damned Damned Damned' to this you'd be a norm to think 'what the fuck happened to these pricks?'. The energy is still present but the snotty punk of their debut is replaced by a true pop sensibility. Never content with knocking out the same thing over and over, 'Strawberries' sees another huge development in the evolution of the bands sound. Who would have thought back in '77 that this band would produce something as delicate as 'Under The Floor Again' or as reflective of 'Life Goes On'. This album should have made them huge. That it's barely spoke of even in Punk circles is more upsetting to me than Boxer getting sent to the slaughterhouse in Animal Farm.
By: Weekend_Cigar_Smoker