''Strangers in the Wind'' is a 1978 rock album by the

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. It was the group's sixth original studio album, and second consecutive disc to feature the production work of

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, who produced hits for Air Supply. Early 1978 had seen a reunion of the Rollers' most successful line-up as bassist

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, a founding member, re-joined the band after a two-year hiatus, now on rhythm guitar. The group timed the release of their new album to coincide with their very own network television series, '' The Krofft Superstar Hour Starring the Bay City Rollers'', a Saturday morning NBC show. Unfortunately, the kiddie format did little to push record sales for the Rollers, who were over two years removed from their phenomenon stage. The lush, mature soft-rock of ''Strangers in the Wind'' did not find an audience, and each of three singles failed to hit the U.S. charts. The most successful single from the album, " Where Will I Be Now," was a minor hit in Germany. The band regrouped again with another new line-up and a name change for 1979's ''

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''. ''Strangers in the Wind'' was reissued on CD with 1 bonus track in October 2007 ("All of the World Is Falling in Love (single version)").

Track listing

Side one

#" Another Rainy Day in New York City" (Eric Faulkner, Stuart Wood) #" All of the World Is Falling in Love" (Faulkner, Wood) #" Where Will I Be Now" (Chris East) #"Back on the Street" (Faulkner, Wood) #"Strangers in the Wind" (Faulkner, Wood)

Side two

#"Love Brought Me Such a Magical Thing" ( Barry Kirsch, Charlie Spencer) #"If You Were My Woman" (Faulkner, Wood) #"Every Tear I Cry" ( Iain Sutherland) #"Shoorah Shoorah for Hollywood" (Faulkner, Wood) #"When I Say I Love You (The Pie)" ( Iain Sutherland)

Charts

Personnel

Group members

Eric Faulkner Eric Faulkner (born 21 October 1953 as Eric Falconer) is a guitarist, songwriter and singer, best known as a member of the Scottish pop band, the Bay City Rollers. Faulkner was born at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland. As a ...

– Lead guitars, acoustic guitars, vocoder, Roland synth-guitar, harmony vocals, lead vocal on "Back on the Street" *

– Rhythm & acoustic guitars, synthesizer, harmony vocals *

Derek Longmuir Derek Longmuir (born 19 March 1951, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish former drummer and a founding member of the 1970s pop group, Bay City Rollers. His elder brother, Alan Longmuir, played bass guitar in the group. Biography Longmuir was bo ...

– Drums, vocals *

Les McKeown Leslie Richard McKeown (12 November 195520 April 2021) was a Scottish pop singer. He was the lead singer of the Bay City Rollers during their most successful period in the 1970s. Early life McKeown was born in Broomhouse, a suburb close to the ...

– Lead vocals, harmonies * Stuart "Woody" Wood – Bass, saxophone, harmony vocals, lead vocal on "Magical Thing"

Other personnel

– producer * David Richards – engineer *Martin Pearson – assistant engineer *

Barry Fasman Barry Fasman is an American music producer, songwriter, arranger, composer

– strings and brass arrangements *

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– vocal arrangements *

Nicky Hopkins Nicholas Christian "Nicky" Hopkins (24 February 1944 – 6 September 1994) was an English pianist and organist. Hopkins performed on many popular and enduring British and American rock music recordings from the 1960s to the 1990s, most notably ...

– keyboards *

Neal Preston Neal Preston (born 1952) is a photographer based in Los Angeles, California. Preston is known primarily for his photographs of rock musicians. He has worked closely with such artists as Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Who, Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood ...

– photography *

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– sleeve illustrator

Other information

*Recorded at Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland *Given its first wide CD release in 2008 on the 7Ts label

References

{{Authority control Bay City Rollers albums 1978 albums Arista Records albums