Strange and Beautiful (Crimson Glory album)

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Strange and Beautiful
Crimson Glory-Strange and Beautiful.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 24, 1991
Studio
Genre
Length58:40
Label Atlantic (US)
Roadrunner (Europe)
Producer Mitch Goldfarb, Jon Drenning
Crimson Glory chronology
Transcendence
(1988)
Strange and Beautiful
(1991)
Astronomica
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 6/10 [2]

Strange and Beautiful is the third studio album from progressive metal band Crimson Glory. Signed to Atlantic Records in 1991, this album was a marked stylistic departure from their previous albums' decidedly progressive metal sound to a more bluesy, hard rock sound. It was the first album without longtime members, guitarist Ben Jackson and drummer Dana Burnell and it was also the last to feature vocalist Midnight. Two songs were co-written with former Drexel University Associate Professor and entertainment attorney, Marcy Rauer Wagman, [3] while the first single "The Chant" was written by outside songwriters M. McKinley & Marti Frederiksen. Midnight departed the band prior to the tour and was replaced by future Michael Schenker Group frontman, David Van Landing. It was the only album in their canon to feature drummer Ravi Jakhotia and the band went on hiatus following the supporting tour.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Strange and Beautiful" Jon Drenning, Midnight 6:17
2."Promise Land"Drenning, Jeff Lords, Marcy Rauer5:22
3."Love and Dreams"Drenning, Lords, Midnight5:29
4."The Chant" Marti Frederiksen, M. McKinley3:45
5."Dance on Fire"Drenning, Lords, Midnight5:27
6."Song for Angels"Drenning, Rauer5:19
7."In the Mood"Drenning, Lords, Midnight5:55
8."Starchamber"Drenning, Lords, Midnight7:28
9."Deep Inside Your Heart"Drenning, Lords, Midnight5:14
10."Make You Love Me"Drenning, Lords, Midnight4:05
11."Far Away"Midnight4:44

Personnel

Additional musicians

Production

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References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Crimson Glory - Strange & Beautiful review". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  2. Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 91. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. "Marcy Rauer Wagman | Drexel University - Academia.edu".