Strange Man, Changed Man
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{{Infobox album
| name = Strange Man, Changed Man
| type = studio
| artist = Bram Tchaikovsky
| cover = Strange Man, Changed Man.jpeg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1979|06}}
| recorded = November 1978 – January 1979
| venue =
| studio =
- Pebble Beach, Worthing
- Basing Street, London
| genre = Power pop
| length =
| label = Radar
| producer = {{hlist|Bram Tchaikovsky|Nick Garvey|Peter Ker}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = The Russians Are Coming
| next_year = 1980
}}
Strange Man, Changed Man is the debut studio album by English power pop musician Bram Tchaikovsky, released in 1979 by Radar Records.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Woodstra|first=Chris|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/strange-man-changed-man-mw0000579513|title=Strange Man, Changed Man – Bram Tchaikovsky|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=18 May 2016}}
| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
| rev2score = C+{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|chapter=T|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=T&bk=70|accessdate=15 March 2019|via=robertchristgau.com|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor and Fields|year=1981|isbn=0-89919-026-X}}
}}
Robert Christgau was critical of Strange Man, Changed Man in a 1979 review for The Village Voice, dismissing the album as a mixture of "old-wave" and new wave clichés and likening Tchaikovsky to "a power pop Crosby, Crosby & Crosby."{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv11-79.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|newspaper=The Village Voice|date=29 October 1979|accessdate=18 May 2016}}
Retrospectively, Jim Green of Trouser Press described the album as "an energetic mixture of The Byrds, Springsteen and, not surprisingly, The Motors", writing that in addition to "three fine singles... the rest of the material has also worn remarkably well."{{cite web|last=Green|first=Jim|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=bram_tchaikovsky|title=Bram Tchaikovsky|website=Trouser Press|accessdate=18 May 2016}}
Track listing
- "Strange Man, Changed Man"
- "Lonely Dancer"
- "Robber"
- "Bloodline"
- "I'm the One That's Leaving"
- "Girl of My Dreams"
- "Nobody Knows"
- "Lady from the USA"
- "I'm a Believer"
- "Sarah Smiles"
- "Turn On the Light"
Personnel
- Bram Tchaikovsky – guitar, bass, vocals
- Mick Broadbent – bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Keith Boyce – drums, percussion
- Nick Garvey – backing vocals, bass on "Lady from the USA"
- Mike Oldfield – tubular bells on "Girl of My Dreams"
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"| Chart (1979) !scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|edition=illustrated|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=232}}
|style="text-align:center;"| 92 |
|---|
| {{Album chart|Billboard200|36|M|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1979-09-01|title=Billboard 200|work=Billboard|date=1 September 1979|accessdate=3 November 2020|rowheader=true}} |