''Strange Cruise'' is the eponymously titled album by the short-lived British band

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released on EMI. Released in 1986, it was the band's only album.

Background

After

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disbanded in 1985, vocalist Steve Strange put a new band together the same year. The recording of the album took place in late 1985 in Germany, in a studio near Nuremberg.

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produced the album, with contributions from Simon Hanhart and

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. The album was a commercial disappointment, failing to enter the chart. Two singles taken off the album, "Rebel Blue Rocker" and a cover of Sonny & Cher's "

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", were also unsuccessful. There was also a B-side called Silver Screen Queen.

Track listing

All tracks written by Steve Strange and

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, except from "The Beat Goes On", written by Sonny Bono, and "12 Miles High", written by

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. #"Hit and Run" – 3:06 #"The Beat Goes On" – 3:26 #"Rebel Blue Rocker" – 3:15 #"Communication (Breaking Down the Walls)" – 4:00 #"This Old Town" – 3:15 #"Animal Call" – 2:54 #"Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" – 3:44 #"Love Addiction" – 2:55 #"12 Miles High" – 2:50 #"Where Were Their Hearts" – 3:44

Personnel

* Steve Strange - vocals *

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- vocals (credited as Wendy Cruise) *Frankie Hepburn - guitar, backing vocals *

- bass guitar, backing vocals *

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, backing vocals * Pete Murray -

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, backing vocals

Additional Musicians

* Gary Barnacle - saxophone * Pete Thoms - trombone * Luke Tunney - trumpet * Martin Ditcham - percussion

References

{{Authority control 1986 debut albums Albums produced by Mike Hedges EMI Records albums Pop rock albums by English artists