Strange Tales (album)

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Strange Tales
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Studio album by
Released1 March 2014
Genre
Label Vertical Species
Producer Bill Rieflin
The Humans chronology
Sugar Rush
(2011)
Strange Tales
(2014)
Noise in Your Head
(2020)

Strange Tales is the third studio album by the experimental rock band The Humans, consisting of Toyah Willcox, Bill Rieflin and Chris Wong. The album was initially released only in digital format on 1 March 2014 via Willcox's Vertical Species label. The CD edition was made available in April 2015, on the band's UK concert tour Telling Strange Tales. [1] [2] In 2020, the album was re-released by Demon Music Group on LP, credited to Toyah & The Humans, with a cover of King Crimson's classic "21st Century Schizoid Man" as a bonus track. [3]

Contents

"Get in Your Car" was previewed as the lead single in February 2014. [4]

Track listing

All songs written by Toyah Willcox, Bill Rieflin and Chris Wong.

  1. "Slow Descent" – 3:24
  2. "She's Fast" – 2:50
  3. "Get in Your Car" – 4:54
  4. "Amnesia" – 5:00
  5. "Bedhead" – 3:55
  6. "Improbable Thing" – 3:55
  7. "Sleep Tight" – 4:51
2020 LP edition bonus track
  1. "21st Century Schizoid Man" – 7:02

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References

  1. "Live 2015: Telling Strange Tales: The Humans UK Tour". toyah.net. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. "INTERVIEW: Toyah Wilcox". ukmusicreviews.co.uk. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  3. "Strange Tales (Translucent Red Vinyl)". demonmusicgroup.co.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  4. "Official Toyah: The Humans Preview New Track". toyah.net. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.