Strange Things
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Strange Things |
| type | album |
| artist | Tackhead |
| cover | Tackhead - Strange Things.jpg |
| released | September 1990 |
| genre | Funk, industrial |
| length | 48:30 |
| label | SBK |
| producer | Tackhead |
| prev_title | Friendly as a Hand Grenade |
| prev_year | 1989 |
| next_title | Power Inc. Volume 1 |
| next_year | 1994 |
| :: |
| name = Strange Things | type = album | artist = Tackhead | cover = Tackhead - Strange Things.jpg | alt = | released = September 1990 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Funk, industrial | length = 48:30 | label = SBK | producer = Tackhead | prev_title = Friendly as a Hand Grenade | prev_year = 1989 | next_title = Power Inc. Volume 1 | next_year = 1994 Strange Things is the third album by Tackhead, released in 1990 through SBK Records.
Critical reception
|rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = |rev2 = Chicago Tribune |rev2score = |rev3 = Entertainment Weekly |rev3Score = B | rev4 = Select | rev4Score = The St. Petersburg Times wrote that "Tackhead combines speed metal, groove-drenched dub, wah-wah guitar, acidic rap, dreamy new age and punched-up industrial to such dazzling effect that Strange Things is almost incomprehensibly complex." The Chicago Tribune determined that "Fowler's gritty voice ... and the rigid four-on-the-floor drumming are prominent in the mix, with guitars, bass and Sherwood's odd scraps of sampled sound adding tonal color."
Track listing
| all_writing = Bernard Fowler, Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood and Doug Wimbish, except where noted | title1 = Nobody to Somebody | length1 = 4:26 | title2 = Wolf in Sheeps Clothing | writer2 = Andy Fairley | length2 = 6:11 | title3 = Class Rock | length3 = 4:37 | title4 = Dangerous Sex | writer4 = Craig Derry, Melvin Glover | length4 = 4:52 | title5 = Strange Things | writer5 = John Holt | length5 = 3:37 | title6 = Super Stupid | writer6 = George Clinton, Eddie Hazel, Lucius Ross, Billy 'Big Bass' Nelson | length6 = 2:28 | title7 = See the Fire Burning | length7 = 4:50 | title8 = For This I Sing | writer8 = Bernard Alexander | length8 = 5:50 | title9 = Take a Stroll | length9 = 2:32 | title10 = Change | length10 = 4:09 | title11 = Positive Suggestion | length11 = 5:12
Personnel
;Tackhead
- Bernard Fowler – vocals
- Keith LeBlanc – drums
- Skip McDonald – guitar, vocals
- Adrian Sherwood – effects, percussion
- Doug Wimbish – bass guitar, vocals ;Production and additional personnel
- Susie Davis – keyboards on "Wolf in Sheeps Clothing"
- Lisa Fischer – backing vocals
- Mick Jagger – harmonica on "Take a Stroll"
- Me Company – illustrations
- Melle Mel – vocals on "See the Fire Burning"
- Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
- Eddie Monsoon – photography
- Jill Mumford – design
- Tackhead – producer, mixing
References
References
- "Strange Things".
- (8 Nov 1990). "Recordings". Chicago Tribune.
- Sandow, Greg. (October 1990). "Strange Things".
- Griffiths, Nick. (October 1990). "Tackhead: ''Strange Things''".
- (November 2, 1990). "A Flawless Merger of Complex Ideals". St. Petersburg Times.
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