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The Strange Case Of...
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Standard edition cover. Some editions appear without the band's and album's title.
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 10, 2012
Recorded2011
Studio
  • Bay 7 Studios (Valley Village, CA)
  • Sparky Dark Studio (Calabasas, CA)
  • Sunset Sound Studios (Hollywood, CA)
Genre
Length40:56
Label Atlantic
Producer Howard Benson
Halestorm chronology
Reanimate: The Covers EP
(2011)
The Strange Case Of...
(2012)
Reanimate 2.0: The Covers EP
(2013)
Singles from The Strange Case Of...
  1. "Love Bites (So Do I)"
    Released: January 24, 2012
  2. "I Miss the Misery"
    Released: July 22, 2012
  3. "Freak Like Me"
    Released: January 8, 2013
  4. "Here's to Us"
    Released: May 14, 2013
  5. "Mz. Hyde"
    Released: October 21, 2013 [3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Strange Case Of... is the second studio album by American rock band Halestorm. It was released on April 10, 2012 by Atlantic. The album was produced by Howard Benson, who also produced the band's self-titled debut album. The first single and video from the album "Love Bites (So Do I)" won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance. [9] The song "Freak Like Me" was the band's first single to reach number one on the Mainstream Rock chart. The song "Here's to Us" was performed on the US television show, Glee , with clean lyrics. Four of the album's songs were previously released on the sneak-preview EP Hello, It's Mz. Hyde. A deluxe edition of the album was also released containing three bonus tracks. A different version of the song "Here's to Us" featuring multiple guests including Slash was included as a bonus track on the reissue version of the standard and deluxe version of the album in 2013. In interviews about the album, Hale noted that the album was heavier than their previous album, but was significantly closer to the sound of them live.

Contents

The album debuted at No. 7 on Top Rock Albums and No. 15 on the Billboard 200, selling 24,000 copies in its first week. [10] It has sold 1,000,000 copies in the US as of June 2, 2022, certified by the RIAA. [11]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Bites (So Do I)"3:11
2."Mz. Hyde"3:22
3."I Miss the Misery"
  • Hale
  • Christine Danielle Connolly
  • Stevens
3:03
4."Freak Like Me"3:38
5."Beautiful with You"
  • Hale
  • Nina Ossoff
  • Dana Calitri
  • Maria Sommer
3:16
6."In Your Room"
  • Hale
  • Zac Maloy
2:46
7."Break In"
  • Hale
  • Aimée Proal
  • Graves
  • Mark L. Holman
4:45
8."Rock Show"3:19
9."Daughters of Darkness"
  • Hale
  • Blair Daly
3:55
10."You Call Me a Bitch Like It's a Bad Thing"
3:11
11."American Boys"
  • Hale
  • Robert Huff
3:28
12."Here's to Us"
2:57
Total length:40:56
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Don't Know How to Stop"
  • Hale
  • Emery
  • Irvin
  • Jason Keith Perry
3:55
14."Private Parts" (feat. James Michael of Sixx:A.M.)
  • Hale
  • James Michael
3:59
15."Hate It When You See Me Cry"Hale3:11
Total length:52:01
Japanese edition bonus tracks (taken from Reanimate: The Covers EP )
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Slave to the Grind" (Skid Row cover)3:31
14."Bad Romance" (Lady Gaga cover)4:08
15."Hunger Strike" (Temple of the Dog cover) Chris Cornell 3:53
16."All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" (Heart cover) Robert John "Mutt" Lange 5:02
17."I Want You (She's So Heavy)" (The Beatles cover)6:49
Total length:68:34
Reissue edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Here's to Us (Guest Version)" (feat. Slash, Wolfgang Van Halen, Brent Smith, Myles Kennedy, James Michael, Tyler Connolly, David Draiman, and Maria Brink)
  • Hale
  • Gad
  • Brisebois
3:15
Total length:44:11

Hello, It's Mz. Hyde EP

The band released an EP before the album release of four of the songs set to appear on The Strange Case Of....

No.TitleLength
1."Love Bites (So Do I)" 
2."Rock Show" 
3."Daughters of Darkness" 
4."Here's to Us" 
Total length:13:28

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Strange Case Of.... [12]

Band members

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [24] Silver60,000
United States (RIAA) [25] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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