Strange Behavior (album)

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Strange Behavior
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Studio album by
Animotion
ReleasedFebruary 1986
StudioOasis Recording Studios (North Hollywood, California); Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California); Encore Studios (Burbank, California)
Genre Synthpop, new wave
Length39:14
Label Casablanca Records 826691
Producer Richie Zito
Animotion chronology
Animotion
(1984)		Strange Behavior
(1986)		Animotion (Room to Move)
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Strange Behavior is an album by Animotion released by Casablanca Records. [2] [3] It was the last album to be released by Casablanca before the record label folded.

Contents

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 [4] and reached #71 on the Billboard 200 chart. [5]

Track listing

  1. "I Want You" (Rick Neigher, Bill Wadhams) – 4:35
  2. "I Engineer" (Mike Chapman, Holly Knight, Bernie Taupin) – 4:13
  3. "Strange Behavior" (Don Kirkpatrick, Randy Sharp) – 3:55
  4. "Stealing Time" (Sue Shifrin, Wadhams) – 3:54
  5. "Anxiety" (John Davis, Kirkpatrick, Dennis Morgan) – 4:11
  6. "Out of Control" (Greg Smith, Louie Stone) – 3:28
  7. "Stranded" (Smith, Stone) – 3:19
  8. "The Essence" (Wadhams) – 4:06
  9. "One Step Ahead" (Smith, Stone) – 3:36
  10. "Staring Down the Demons" (Kirkpatrick, Sharp) – 4:12

Personnel

Animotion

Additional personnel

Production

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. [6]

Chart (1986)Peak
position
Swiss Hitparade 21
Billboard Top Pop Albums 71

Singles

YearSingleChartPeak position
1986"I Engineer" US 76
US Dance 27
AUT 19
GER 2
SWI 6
"I Want You"US84
GER27

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References

  1. ↑ Strange Behavior at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Animotion, Strange Behavior Retrieved July 20, 2013
  3. ↑ "The Morning Call, 29 Mar 1986". The Morning Call. 1986-03-29. p. 59. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  4. ↑ Animotion, Strange Behavior Chart Position Retrieved July 20, 2013
  5. ↑ Animotion, Strange Behavior Chart Position Retrieved July 20, 2013
  6. ↑ "Billboard 200: Animotion". Billboard. 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
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