| Strange Attractor | ||||
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| Released | 7 April 2017 | |||
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| Genre | Synth-pop | |||
| Length | 63:05 | |||
| Label | Polydor, | |||
| Producer | Alphaville, Andreas Schwarz-Ruszczynski | |||
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| Cryptic Rock |   [1] |
| laut.de | [2] |
Strange Attractor is the seventh studio album by German band Alphaville, released in 2017. [3] It placed on No. 39 in the German albums chart in April 2017. [4]
All lyrics are written by Marian Gold.
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Giants" |
| 3:29 |
| 2. | "Marionettes with Halos" |
| 4:23 |
| 3. | "House of Ghosts" |
| 5:08 |
| 4. | "Around the Universe" |
| 4:01 |
| 5. | "Enigma" |
| 5:59 |
| 6. | "Mafia Island" |
| 6:24 |
| 7. | "A Handful of Darkness" |
| 7:57 |
| 8. | "Sexyland" |
| 3:52 |
| 9. | "Rendezvoyeur" |
| 4:17 |
| 10. | "Nevermore" |
| 4:49 |
| 11. | "Fever!" |
| 3:47 |
| 12. | "Heartbreak City" |
| 3:48 |
| 13. | "Beyond the Laughing Sky" |
| 5:39 |
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