The Stranglers - Nice In Nice (Epic)

A rags to riches tale that bobs along with an alarming lack of dignity. The lads have had their moments of glittering glory - this ain't another to add to the roster. Either a piss-take or twee in the extreme. Return to suntanned senders and assign cold showers at random. (Lesley O'Toole, Record Mirror, August 16, 1986)

'Nice', as in pleasant, opposite to nasty or horrid; 'Nice' as in v. chic city on the Cote D'Azur in the South of France. Clever, eh? This is quite a good song about a spoilt girl who's 'got diamond rings from her Dad.' I like Hugh Cornwell because he hisses when he sings and I'll always have a soft spot for The Stranglers because they once did a song, "Go Buddy Go", which went "Boooooooogie!" (Simon Hills, Smash Hits, August 13, 1986)

Oh dear. Another rich-girl-who's-going-to-break-all-the-boys-hearts saga. In the old days if some tarty rich girl had tried to break one of the Men in Black's hearts they would have broken her jaw and kicked her in the shins for good measure. These days they just sit there and take it. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. A dirge. 2/5 (Pat Thomas, No 1, August 16, 1986)