Xmal Deutschland

What's it called? What's the album called again, did you say? Three, as in kind of Roman numerals three.

Fantastic.

One of the things that you will notice, certainly, as soon as you play it, large chunks of it are very, very reminiscent of Exmal Deutschland.

If you took X-Mail Deutschland, the drumming, even some of the keyboard sounds that they use.

If you took Manuela Rica's guitar offer, gave her a load of schnapps and acid and said, here's some electronics, let your hair down, you'd probably get... a good cross between Rakta and Exmal Deutschland.

They're very much like Exmal Deutschland and they're brilliant.

Brilliant.

The first album is even more like Exmal Deutschland than this one.

So what is he saying goodbye to and what is he moving towards? Now, Hugh refused to be on camera for this interview, which I promise won't happen with anyone ever again.

So prepare this time to listen to a fascinating interview where Hugh talks about the music he made with the Stranglers, the work he's created since leaving the band, and the songs he's yet to write.

Hugh Cornwell, welcome.

You're going on a new tour, which is Never Say Goodbye, the final solo acoustic tour.

a guitar player.

So I prefer, you know, you end up being just a rhythm guitarist when you're playing an acoustic guitar.

So what does it reveal though about a song? Because, you know, if you're going to play, if you play with a full band, I presume it's different.

And when you're playing solo, it reveals something about a song that can be disguised maybe when you've got a band.

A- and then they stopped.

They did f- they did about four, I think, um, and they never did any more, which is real- I would have loved to have seen the, the, uh, XMAL Deutschland stuff released in that format.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.