Strange Cruise (album)

Strange Cruise
Studio album by Strange Cruise
Released	August 1986
Recorded	1985-1986
Genre	Pop rock
Label	EMI
Producer	Mike Hedges, Simon Hanhart, Steve Forward
Singles from Strange Cruise
"Rebel Blue Rocker" Released: February 1986 "The Beat Goes On" Released: 1986

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Strange Cruise is the eponymously titled album by the short-lived British band Strange Cruise released on EMI. Released in 1986, it was the band's only album.

Background[edit]

After Visage 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.^[2] Mike Hedges produced the album, with contributions from Simon Hanhart and Steve Forward.

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

Track listing[edit]

All tracks written by Steve Strange and Steve Barnacle, except from "The Beat Goes On", written by Sonny Bono, and "12 Miles High", written by Steve New.^[3]

1. "Hit and Run" – 3:06
2. "The Beat Goes On" – 3:26
3. "Rebel Blue Rocker" – 3:15
4. "Communication (Breaking Down the Walls)" – 4:00
5. "This Old Town" – 3:15
6. "Animal Call" – 2:54
7. "Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" – 3:44
8. "Love Addiction" – 2:55
9. "12 Miles High" – 2:50
10. "Where Were Their Hearts" – 3:44

Personnel[edit]

• Steve Strange - vocals
• Wendy Wu - vocals (credited as Wendy Cruise)
• Frankie Hepburn - guitar, backing vocals
• Steve Barnacle - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Pete Barnacle - drums, backing vocals
• Pete Murray - synthesizer, backing vocals

Additional Musicians[edit]

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

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