Strange Friend

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Strange Friend
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Studio album by
Released2 June 2014
Genre Indie rock
Length45:27
Label Chemikal Underground
The Phantom Band chronology
The Wants
(2010)
Strange Friend
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Clash (8/10) [3]
Drowned in Sound (9/10) [4]
God is in the TV ZineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]
Line of Best FitStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The List Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
NME (8/10) [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Scotsman Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Strange Friend is the third studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Phantom Band, released on 2 June 2014 through Chemikal Underground Records. [13]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Wind That Cried The World"4:40
2."Clapshot"5:26
3."Doom Patrol"5:00
4."Atacama"3:47
5."(Invisible) Friends"3:57
6."Sweatbox"5:23
7."No Shoes Blues"6:12
8."Women Of Ghent"6:22
9."Galápagos"4:40

Personnel

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