Strange Alliance

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Strange Alliance
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Studio album by
Tommy Keene
Released1982
Genre Power pop
Label Avenue
Producer Ted Niceley, Tommy Keene
Tommy Keene chronology
Strange Alliance
(1982)		 Songs from the Film
(1986)
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Strange Alliance is the debut album by Tommy Keene and was self-released on LP in 1982 on his Avenue Records label (catalog #AVE 001). Initially slated for release on Skip Groff's Limp Records, it still carries the Limp catalog number (LIMP 1010) in the run-out groove of the vinyl. Keene's band line-up would remain the same until he moved to Los Angeles following the release of his major label debut, Songs from the Film, in 1986. In addition, a former bandmate of bassist Ted Niceley's from Nightman, Mike Colburn (who had also been an early member of (The) Razz), contributes backing vocals on three songs.

Tommy Keene American singer-songwriter

Tommy Keene was an American singer-songwriter, best known for releasing critically acclaimed rock & roll/power pop songs in the 1980s. He has a longtime cult following among fans of the musical genre of power pop.

Skip Groff

Frank "Skip" Groff was a record producer, DJ, and owner of Yesterday and Today record store in Rockville, Maryland, at the center of much of Washington D.C.'s punk and alternative music scenes.

Limp Records

Limp Records was an independent record label in Rockville, Maryland, that operated from 1978 to 1982. Run by Skip Groff out of his Yesterday and Today Records store, Limp was one of the first labels releasing music from the nascent D.C. punk scene. The label's more notable output includes the first Bad Brains release, the second Minor Threat record, and the first record by Black Market Baby. The label's first release was the Slickee Boys second EP.

Contents

In 2013, 12XU Records (run by Gerard Cosloy) reissued Strange Alliance on LP in a limited edition run with two bonus tracks not on the original release, "Nothing Is Gray" and "Stuck on a Ship".

Gerard Cosloy is an American music industry executive.

Track listing

All songs written by Tommy Keene

  1. "Landscape" – 3:40
  2. "All the Way Around" – 4:32
  3. "Don't Get Me Wrong" – 3:42
  4. "I Can't See You Anymore" – 3:36
  5. "It's All Happening Today" – 4:43
  6. "Strange Alliance" – 4:25
  7. "Another Night at Home" – 2:50
  8. "Northern Lights" – 4:59


2013 reissue track listing:

  1. "Landscape" – 3:40
  2. "All the Way Around" – 4:32
  3. "Nothing Is Gray" -
  4. "Don't Get Me Wrong" – 3:42
  5. "I Can't See You Anymore" – 3:36
  6. "It's All Happening Today" – 4:43
  7. "Strange Alliance" – 4:25
  8. "Stuck On A Ship" - 4:28
  9. "Another Night at Home" – 2:50
  10. "Northern Lights" – 4:59

Personnel

The band

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Production

Ted Niceley is an American record producer. He is most widely known for his production work with Fugazi, Girls Against Boys, Jawbox and Tripping Daisy among others.

Bob Ludwig American audio mastering engineer

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