Strange Behavior (album)

Strange Behavior
Studio album by Animotion
Released February 1986
Genre Synthpop, new wave
Length 1:09:14
Label Casablanca Records 826691
Producer Richie Zito
Animotion chronology
Animotion
(1984)Animotion1984		 Strange Behavior
(1986)		 Animotion (Room to Move)
(1989)Animotion (Room to Move)1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic [1]

Strange Behavior is an album by Animotion released by Casablanca Records.[2] It was the last album to be released by Casablanca before the record label folded.

The single "I Engineer" hit #2 in Germany and #6 in Switzerland in 1986. The single "I Want You" hit #27 in Germany and #84 in the United States. The album went to #21 in Switzerland[3] and reached #71 on the Billboard 200 chart.[4]

Track listing

  1. "I Want You" (Rick Neigher, Bill Wadhams)
  2. "I Engineer" (Mike Chapman, Holly Knight, Bernie Taupin)
  3. "Strange Behavior" (Don Kirkpatrick, Randy Sharp)
  4. "Stealing Time" (Sue Shifrin, Wadhams)
  5. "Anxiety" (John Davis, Kirkpatrick, Dennis Morgan)
  6. "Out of Control" (Greg Smith, Louie Stone)
  7. "Stranded" (Smith, Stone)
  8. "The Essence" (Wadhams)
  9. "One Step Ahead" (Smith, Stone)
  10. "Staring Down The Demons" (Kirkpatrick, Sharp)

Personnel

Animotion
  • Jim Blair: drums, percussion
  • Don Kirkpatrick: guitars
  • Charles Ottavio: bass
  • Astrid Plane: lead vocals
  • Greg Smith: keyboards
  • Bill Wadhams: guitars, keyboards, lead vocals
Additional personnel
  • Mike Baird: drums
  • Gary Chang: synthesizer
  • Tad Wadhams: fretless bass guitar

Chart performance

The album spent 14 weeks on the U.S. Billboard 200 album charts and reached its peak position of #71 in April 1986.[5]

Chart (1986) Peak
position
Swiss Hitparade 21
Billboard Top Pop Albums 71
Singles
Year Single Chart Peak position
1986 "I Engineer" US 76
US Dance 27
AUT 19
GER 2
SWI 6
"I Want You" US 84
GER 27

References

  1. ↑ Strange Behavior at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Animotion, Strange Behavior Retrieved July 20, 2013
  3. ↑ Animotion, Strange Behavior Chart Position Retrieved July 20, 2013
  4. ↑ Animotion, Strange Behavior Chart Position Retrieved July 20, 2013
  5. ↑ "Billboard 200: Animotion". Billboard. 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
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