Strange Spirits

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Strange Spirits
Cover skatt bros strange spirits.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 6, 1979
RecordedPhase One Recording Studios, Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
1979
Genre Rock, disco
Length34:17
Label Casablanca
Producer Ian Guenther and Willi Morrison
Skatt Bros. chronology
Strange Spirits
(1979)
Rico and the Ravens
(1981)

Strange Spirits is a 1979 album by the Skatt Brothers.

Contents

Casablanca supported this release with a single release in the U.S. of "Dancing' for the Man" backed with "Walk the Night." A video was also created by Polygram Records (Australia) for "Life at the Outpost" which was deemed a total misrepresentation of the Skatt Bros, as it contained none of the band members, but actors performing choreography. Nonetheless, the song was released as a single in other markets, notably in Australia where it was backed with "Midnight Companion", and reached gold record status. The KISS connections continue on this album, apart from the obvious Sean Delaney one: a KISS pinball machine features on the album's rear cover photograph.

Release details

In 2010, European music company Premium Series reissued Strange Spirits with a bonus track: Walk the Night (12 inch version). The reissue claimed to be "24 Bit Digitally Remastered From Original Master Tapes".[ citation needed ]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dancin' For the Man" Sean Delaney 3:46
2."Fear of Flying"Willi Morrison3:44
3."Midnight Companion"Delaney, Pieter Sweval3:25
4."Walk the Night"David Andez, Richie Fontana3:53
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Strange Spirits"Pieter Sweval4:21
2."Someone's Taken My Baby"Delaney, Sweval, Richard Martin-Ross4:29
3."Life at the Outpost"Delaney, Sweval4:56
4."Old Enough"Delaney, Sweval5:43

2010 bonus track

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."Walk The Night" (extended version)David Andez, Richie Fontana5:21

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
Position
Australian (Kent Music Report) [1] 71

Personnel

Recording

Auxiliary musicians:

Recorded at: Phase One Recording Studios Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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References

  1. Kent, David (1972). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 276. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.