Strange Behavior (album) explained

Strange Behavior
Type:studio
Artist:Animotion
Cover:Strangebehavior .jpg
Released:February 1986
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

Strange Behavior is an album by Animotion released by Casablanca Records.[1] [2] 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[3] and reached #71 on the Billboard 200 chart.[4]

Track listing

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

Personnel

Animotion

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

The album spent 14 weeks on the U.S. Billboard pop albums chart, peaking at No. 71 in April 1986.[5]

Chart (1986)Peak
position
Swiss Hitparade21
US Billboard Top Pop Albums71

Singles

YearSingleChartPeak position
1986"I Engineer"US76
US Dance27
AUT19
GER2
SWI6
"I Want You"US84
GER27

Notes and References

  1. http://www.discogs.com/Animotion-Strange-Behavior/release/1799598 Animotion, Strange Behavior
  2. News: 1986-03-29. The Morning Call, 29 Mar 1986. 59. The Morning Call. 2020-12-23.
  3. http://www.hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=animotion&cat=a Animotion, Strange Behavior Chart Position
  4. http://www.allmusic.com/album/strange-behaviour-mw0000192832/awards Animotion, Strange Behavior Chart Position
  5. Web site: Billboard 200: Animotion . 2017 . . February 11, 2017 .