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The Stranglers – Turn the Centuries, Turn (1981) | Track profile | Dork

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The Stranglers
The Gospel According to the Meninblack
Turn the Centuries, Turn

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Turn the Centuries, Turn

Release date: 7th February 1981

From The Gospel According to the Meninblack

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About This Track

"Turn the Centuries, Turn" is a track by The Stranglers, from the album The Gospel According to the Meninblack, released 7th February 1981.

Track details

From The Gospel According to the Meninblack

1981

Album

The Gospel According to the Meninblack

Release year

1981

—Four Horsemen
—Hallow to Our Men
—Manna Machine
—Maninwhite
—Second Coming
—Tomorrow Was the Hereafter
—Top Secret
—Turn the Centuries, Turn
—Two Sunspots
—Waltzinblack
—Waiting for the Meninblack

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