Stranger Heads Prevail

Stranger Heads Prevail
Studio album by Thank You Scientist
Released	July 29, 2016 (2016-7-29)
Genre	Progressive rock [1]
Length	67:53
Label	Evil Ink [1]
Producer	Tom Monda
Thank You Scientist chronology
Maps of Non-Existent Places (2012) Stranger Heads Prevail (2016) Terraformer (2019)

Stranger Heads Prevail is the second album by progressive rock band Thank You Scientist. It was released on July 29, 2016. ^{[2] [1]} It is the first album to feature Cody McCorry on bass and theremin and the final album to feature Odin Alvarez, Andrew Digrius, and Ellis Jasenovic on drums, trumpet, and saxophone, respectively, prior to their departure in 2017.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Salvatore Marrano; all music is composed by Thank You Scientist, except where noted

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Prologue: A Faint Applause..."	Tom Monda Marrano Mark Radice	2:03
2.	"The Somnambulist"		5:33
3.	"Caverns"		7:06
4.	"Mr. Invisible"		7:36
5.	"A Wolf in Cheap Clothing"		6:43
6.	"Blue Automatic"		5:41
7.	"Need More Input"		7:47
8.	"Rube Goldberg Variations"		8:53
9.	"Psychopomp"		9:26
10.	"The Amateur Arsonist's Handbook"		6:04
11.	"Epilogue: ...And the Clever Depart"	Tom Monda Marrano Mark Radice	1:07

Personnel

Thank You Scientist

• Salvatore Marrano – vocals
• Tom Monda – fretted and fretless guitar, acoustic guitar, shamisen, sitar, vocals, strings arrangement
• Cody McCorry – bass, theremin, saw
• Ben Karas – violin, viola, five string electric violin
• Ellis Jasenovic – tenor sax
• Andrew Digrius – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Odin Alvarez – drums

Additional personnel

• Mark Radice – vocals, piano, keys
• AJ Merlino – percussion (mallets and hands)
• Sean Redman – timpani
• Gergly Kiss – cello
• Tory Anne Daines – viola
• Rebecca Harris – violin
• Bumblefoot – vocals on "Prologue: A Faint Applause"
• The Spectrum Vocal Ensemble – gang vocals

Production

• Tom Monda – production
• Mike Ferretti – mixing, engineering
• Shane Stanton – assistance
• Van Dette – mastering
• Bumblefoot – additional vocal engineering on "Prologue: A Faint Applause" and "Epilogue"
• Tim High – additional vocal engineering on "Prologue" and "Epilogue: And the Clever Depart"

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [3]	193
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [4]	14

References

1. "Thank You Scientist – Stranger Heads Prevail". Heavy Blog Is Heavy. 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
2. "Stream: Thank You Scientist's wild ride of an prog rock album, Stranger Heads Prevail". 2016-07-22. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
3. "Thank You Scientist Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
4. "Thank You Scientist Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 10, 2016.