''Stranger to Stranger'' is the first and only album by American new wave band

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released on Capitol Records and distributed by EMI in 1983. A Philippine CD version was later released and included an extended version of "Still of the Night". The album features the most successful track " State of the Nation", an anti-war song that broke into European charts. It was a minor hit in the U.S., peaking at #81 at the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. However, it was a bigger hit in Europe and peaked at number ten in

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. The album peaked at #48 in Sweden. After this album,

Jon Carin Jon Carin (born October 21, 1964) is a musician, singer, songwriter and producer who has been a longtime collaborator with the bands Pink Floyd and The Who, and the solo careers of David Gilmour and Roger Waters, Pete Townshend, Eddie Vedder, Kate ...

started a successful solo and session musician career, becoming a permanent member of the

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live band and co-writing Pink Floyd's hit single " Learning to Fly". Unger and Perrone went on to form their own bands.

Track listing

Side one #"Still of the Night" (Jon Carin) - 4:06 #"Until We're Together" (Jon Carin, Rudy Perrone) - 3:59 #"Romantic Dreams" (Jon Carin) - 3:53 #"What Have I Got to Lose" (Jon Carin) - 4:03 #" State of the Nation" (Jon Carin, Mercury Caronia) - 4:33 Side two #"Shangri-La" (Rudy Perrone) - 3:47 #"Communication" (Jon Carin, Mercury Caronia) - 4:05 #"All I Need Is You" (Jon Carin, Mercury Caronia, Rudy Perrone) - 2:55 #"Stranger in a Strange Land" (Jon Carin) - 5:18 #"Living Alone Too Long" (Brian Unger) - 4:07

Personnel

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- lead vocals, keyboards, synthesizer; acoustic guitar and "final bass pops" on "Until We're Together" *Brian Unger - guitar, vocals *Rudy Perrone - guitar, bass, vocals; lead vocals on "Shangri-La" *Mercury Caronia - drums, electronic percussion, vocals with: *

Vini Poncia Vincent "Vini" Poncia Jr. (born April 29, 1942) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. Life and career The 1960s In the 1960s, Poncia formed a songwriting team with Peter Anders (née Peter Andreoli). An album of songs co-writt ...

- "virtuoso" tambourine on "What Have I Got to Lose"

Catalog number and format

*Catalog: ST-12316 *Format: Vinyl, LP, Album

Notes

*Produced and engineered by Rhett Davies for EG Management Ltd. *Mixed By -

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, Bob Schaper *Additional Production -

*Engineered by Rhett Davies and Ray Niznik at Bearsville Sound, NY. *Overdubs, mix and sweat by Dr. Bob Schaper at Boogie Hotel, Long Island, NY. *Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC.

References

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