Strange Behavior (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Strange Behavior

| type = studio

| cover = Strangebehavior .jpg

| alt =

| released = February 17th 1986

| recorded =

| studio = Oasis Recording Studios (North Hollywood, California); Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California); Encore Studios (Burbank, California)

| genre = Synthpop, new wave

| length = 39:14

| label = Casablanca Records 826691

| producer = Richie Zito

| prev_title = Animotion

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = Animotion (Room to Move)

| next_year = 1989

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=strange-behaviour-mw0000192832}}

}}

Strange Behavior is an album by Animotion released by Casablanca Records.[http://www.discogs.com/Animotion-Strange-Behavior/release/1799598 Animotion, Strange Behavior] Retrieved July 20, 2013{{Cite news|date=1986-03-29|title=The Morning Call, 29 Mar 1986|pages=59|work=The Morning Call|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65862488/the-morning-call-29-mar-1986/|access-date=2020-12-23}} It was the last album to be released by Casablanca before the record label folded.

The single "I Engineer" hit #2 in Germany and #6 in Switzerland in 1986. The single "I Want You" hit #27 in Germany and #84 in the United States. The album went to #21 in Switzerland[http://www.hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=animotion&cat=a Animotion, Strange Behavior Chart Position] Retrieved July 20, 2013 and reached #71 on the Billboard 200 chart.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/strange-behaviour-mw0000192832/awards Animotion, Strange Behavior Chart Position] Retrieved July 20, 2013

Track listing

"I Want You" (Rick Neigher, Bill Wadhams) – 4:35
"I Engineer" (Mike Chapman, Holly Knight, Bernie Taupin) – 4:13
"Strange Behavior" (Don Kirkpatrick, Randy Sharp) – 3:55
"Stealing Time" (Sue Shifrin, Wadhams) – 3:54
"Anxiety" (John Davis, Kirkpatrick, Dennis Morgan) – 4:11
"Out of Control" (Greg Smith, Louie Stone) – 3:28
"Stranded" (Smith, Stone) – 3:19
"The Essence" (Wadhams) – 4:06
"One Step Ahead" (Smith, Stone) – 3:36
"Staring Down the Demons" (Kirkpatrick, Sharp) – 4:12

Personnel

Animotion

Astrid Plane – vocals
Bill Wadhams – vocals, keyboards, guitars
Greg Smith – keyboards, gang vocals
Don Kirkpatrick – guitars, gang vocals
Charles “Char” Ottavio – bass guitar, gang vocals
Jim Blair – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

Gary Chang – synthesizers
Tad Wadhams – fretless bass
Mike Baird – drums

Production

Richie Zito – producer, arrangements
Animotion – arrangements
Michael Frondelli – engineer (1)
David Leonard – engineer (2–10), mixing
Brian Reeves – engineer (2–10)
David Concors – additional engineer
Peggy Leonard – additional engineer
Howie Weinberg – mastering at Masterdisk (New York City, New York)
Matthew Rolston – photography
Bill Levy – art direction
Vigon/Seireeni – art direction

Charts

The album spent 14 weeks on the U.S. Billboard pop albums chart, peaking at No. 71 in April 1986.{{Cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/279356/animotion/chart?f=305 |title=Billboard 200: Animotion |author= |date=2017 |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=February 11, 2017 }}

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!Chart (1986)

!Peak
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Swiss Hitparade

|align="center"|21

US Billboard Top Pop Albums

|align="center"|71

Singles

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!Single

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