As with many other bands, a number of Stranglers boxed sets have appeared over the years.

The first offering in this category was the 1990 set "3" (Epic, 467395). With its thin card open-ended jacket, this release appears to be less of a custom package than a convenient way of offering digitally mastered copies of "Feline", "Aural Sculpture" and "Dreamtime" at a discount price. No bonus tracks or other extras are included. Oddly, although the packaging for each individual CD (including the booklet) appears to be the same as the standard CD release, the interiors of the CD cases are in red, rather than black, plastic.

In contrast, "The Old Testament" (1994, EMI, CDSTRANG 1) is a fairly comprehensive collection of the Stranglers' material from 1977 to 1982. This four-CD set contains 83 tracks, including the first six albums and associated single-material. It is noted that the exceptions can be found on the "Rarities" album (1988, EMI, CDP 7 91072 2).

The highlight of this package is the accompanying 112 page book, "The Men They Love to Hate" by Chris Twomey. This volume traces the band from the early beginnings and evolution into the team of Black, Burnel, Cornwell and Greenfield, up to the point where they left EMI (in 1982, following the release of "Strange Little Girl"). Chris Twomey has presented a well-written and -researched effort, (also boasting a good selection of black-and-white prints) which is a must for fans. Unfortunately, it's only available with the boxed set.

The track-listing for "The Old Testament" is:

Disc 1 Sometimes Goodbye Toulouse London Lady Princess of the Streets Hanging Around Peaches (Get a) Grip (on Yourself) Ugly Down in the Sewer Choosey Susie Go Buddy Go I Feel Like a Wog Bitching Dead Ringer Dagenham Dave Bring on the Nubiles Something Better Change No More Heroes Disc 3 Longships The Raven Dead Loss Angeles Ice Baroque Bordello Nuclear Device Shah Shah a Go Go Don't Bring Harry Duchess Meninblack Genetix Fools Rush Out Yellowcake UF6 Vietnamerica Bear Cage Who Wants the World Waltzinblack Just Like Nothing on Earth Second Coming Waiting for the Meninblack Turn the Centuries Turn

Disc 2 Peasant in the Big Shitty Burning Up Time English Towns School Mam Straighten Out 5 Minutes Rok It to the Moon Tank Nice 'N' Sleazy Outside Tokyo Sweden (All Quiet on the Eastern Front) Hey! Rise of the Robots Toiler on the Sea Curfew Threatened In the Shadows Do You Wanna? Death and Night and Blood Enough Time Shut Up Walk on By Mean to Me Old Codger Disc 4 Two Sunspots Four Horsemen Thrown Away Manna Machine Hallow to Our Men Top Secret Maninwhite Non Stop Everybody Loves You When You're Dead Tramp Let Me Introduce You to the Family Ain't Nothing to It The Man They Love to Hate Pin Up It Only Takes Two to Tango Golden Brown How to Find True Love and Happiness in the Present Day La Folie Love 30 Strange Little Girl Cruel Garden

1995 saw the release of the single "Lies and Deception". The original CD-single (When!, WENX 1007) featured a sticker on the front noting that this was "Part 1 of a 2 CD Set". Shortly after this release, the accompanying box and the second CD were released (When!, WENX 1008). This second offering was a limited, numbered, release and also contained a poster of the band featuring live shots and the current promotional picture of the band. The track-listing for this box set is:

Disc 1 Lies and Deception Swim Cool Danny

Disc 2 Lies and Deception Kiss the World Goodbye Bed of Nails

In 2001, EMI released "The UA Singles 77-79" (catalogue no. 8891722), a collection of 2-track CD singles, representing the first ten 7" singles originally released on this label. Each CD comes in a reproduction of its original sleeve artwork (including the Peaches "Blackmail" sleeve), with original catalogue numbers. The upper surface of each CD is printed with a copy of the original single-label. This set of discs come packaged together in an orange/red flip-top card box.

The contents of this package are as follows:

CD1: (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)/London Lady
CD2: Peasant in the Big Shitty (Live)/Choosey Susie (Originally free with "Rattus Norvegicus")
CD3: Peaches/Go Buddy Go
CD4: Something Better Change/Straighten Out
CD5: No More Heroes/In the Shadows
CD6: 5 Minutes/Rok It to the Moon CD7: Nice 'n' Sleazy/Shut Up
CD8: Mean to Me/Tits/Walk on By (Edited version) (Orginally free with "Black and White")
CD9: Walk on By/Old Codger/Tank
CD10: Duchess/Fools Rush Out

2001 also marked the release of "The Stranglers 'The Epic Years'" by Sony. This limited edition box set contains all five Epic albums, remastered and with bonus tracks (including the much asked-about b-sides) and new sleeve notes/previously unseen photos. Five limited edition photo prints were also included. (The albums were also made available individually). The box itself is matt black with gloss black/red print. The track-listings are as follows (with the bonus tracks in green):

FELINE: Midnight Summer Dream; It's a Small World; Ships That Pass in the Night; European Female; Let's Tango in Paris; Paradise; All Roads Lead to Rome; Blue Sister; Never Say Goodbye; Savage Breast; Pawsher; Permission; Midnight Summer Dream/European Female (Live); Vladimir and Olga; Aural Sculpture Manifesto.

AURAL SCULPTURE: Ice Queen; Skin Deep; Let Me Down Easy; No Mercy; North Winds; Uptown; Punch and Judy; Spain; Laughing; Souls; Mad Hatter; Here and There; In One Door; Head on the Line; Achilles Heel; Hot Club (Riot Mix); Place de Victoires; Vladimir and the Beast (part 3); Vladimir Goes to Havana.

DREAMTIME: Always the Sun; Dreamtime; Was it You?; You'll Always Reap What You Sow; Ghost Train; Nice in Nice; Big in America; Shakin' Like a Leaf; Mayan Skies; Too Precious; Since You Went Away; Norman Normal; Dry Day; Hitman; Was it You?; Burnham Beeches.

10: Sweet Smell of Success; Someone Like You; 96 Tears; In This Place; Let's Celebrate; Man of the Earth; Too Many Teardrops; Where I Live; Out of My Mind; Never to Look Back; Instead of This; Poisonality; Motorbike; Something; You; !Viva Vlad!; All Day and All of the Night (Studio Version); Always the Sun (Sunny-Side Up Mix).

ALL LIVE AND ALL OF THE NIGHT: No More Heroes; Was it You?; Down in the Sewer; Always the Sun; Golden Brown; North Winds; European Female; Strange Little Girl; Nice 'n' Sleazy; Toiler on the Sea; Spain; London Lady; Souls; Uptown; Shakin' Like a Leaf; Who Wants the World; Peaches; Straighten Out; Nuclear Device; All Day and All of the Night; Punch and Judy.

In 2003, EMI released a second set of CD singles -- "The UA Singles '79-82'" (EMI, catalogue number 551 6722). As with the first volume in 2001, this set comes in a flip-top box and each CD comes in a "pouchette" which replicates the original single sleeve. Similarly, each CD is printed with a replica of the original single-label. A bonus is the two foreign-language singles that accompany this release.

The contents of this package are as follows:

CD1: Nuclear Device/Yellowcake UF6
CD2: Don't Bring Harry/Wired/Crabs (live)/In the Shadows (live)
CD3: Bear Cage/Bear Cage (extended mix)/Shah Shah a Go Go/Shah Shah a Go Go (12" version)
CD4: Who Wants the World/The Meninblack (Instrumental)
CD5: Thrown Away/Top Secret
CD6: Just Like Nothing on Earth/Maninwhite
CD7: Let Me Introduce You to the Family/Vietnamerica
CD8: Golden Brown/Love 30
CD9: La Folie/La Folie (radio edit)/Waltzinblack
CD10: Strange Little Girl/Cruel Garden
CD11: Sverige/In the Shadows
CD12: N'Emmenes Pas Harry/(Livin' in a) Bear Cage

April 2004 saw the release of a three CD box set by East World Recordings (through Plastic Head Distribution). Titled "A Collection" (Catalogue No. EWO009CD), this set contains all the material from the MK II albums "About Time", "Written in Red", "Coup de Grace" and "Friday the Thirteenth" and comes packaged in a 3-CD plastic case.