among the top albums of the year for 1977 by NME, with "Peaches" ranked at No. 18 among the year's top tracks. NME later ranked it at No. 196 on its 2014 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2000, Rattus Norvegicus was voted number 766 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. It was also included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. During promotion of The Head on the Door in 1985, Robert Smith of the Cure cited Rattus Norvegicus as one of his five favourite albums. Track listing Free single 1996 CD reissue bonus disc (EMI) Disc one as per original album 2001 CD bonus tracks 2018 CD reissue bonus tracks (Parlophone) Live at The Nashville pub in West Kensington, 10 Dec 1976 Charts and certifications Weekly charts Year-end charts Singles Personnel Credits adapted from the album liner notes. The Stranglers Hugh Cornwell – guitars, lead and backing vocals Jean-Jacques Burnel – bass guitar, lead and backing vocals Dave Greenfield – keyboards (Hammond L100 Organ, Hohner Cembalet electric piano, Minimoog synthesizer), backing and lead vocals Jet Black – drums, percussion Additional musicians Eric Clarke – tenor saxophone ("(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)") Technical Martin Rushent – production Alan Winstanley – engineering Doug Bennett – mixing engineering Benny King – mixing engineering assistance Vic Maile (with the Island Mobile) – engineering ("Peasant in the Big Shitty") Barry Cooder – remixing ("Grip '89") Taff B. Dylan – remixing ("Grip '89") Trevor Rogers – sleeve photography Paul Henry – sleeve design, art direction References Bibliography External links Stranglers early success: the making of Rattus Norvegicus/No More Heroes; interviews with J.J. Burnel and Jet Black plus publicist Alan Edwards, producer Martin Rushent, music writers Chas de Whalley and Barry Cain The Stranglers albums Albums produced by Martin Rushent 1977 debut albums United Artists Records albums A&M Records albums Art punk albums