10 is the tenth studio album by English rock band the Stranglers, released in March 1990 by Epic Records.

[7] There was a big band sound to this album, possibly due to the production work of Roy Thomas Baker and the continued use of a horn section.

The band had begun recording 10 in bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel's newly built 16-track home studio in Cambridgeshire in 1988.

[10] The label's A&R man Muff Winwood, however, was unhappy with the production and suggested re-recording the album with producer Roy Thomas Baker, aiming for the American market.

[15] The album sleeve shows the members of the band dressed up as ten of the most notable world leaders of the time (l-r: Yasser Arafat, Rajiv Gandhi, Pope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, George H. W. Bush, Fidel Castro, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Benazir Bhutto and Joshua Nkomo).

"[2] Ira Robbins of Trouser Press wrote, "Although Roy Thomas Baker produced the rock'n'rolly 10 ... things didn't turn out all that bad.

As horrifying as it is to hear this once-dynamic group reduced to covering "96 Tears" ... the originals that otherwise comprise the record are pretty lively.