Strange Charm

by Gary Numan

Strange Charm cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1986
  • Label: Numa
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 45:11
  • Community rating: 2.54/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Operating on his own independent label, the electronic pioneer attempts to navigate the shifting pop landscape of the late 80s. The album incorporates funk-slap basslines and female backing vocals, striving for a commercial dance-pop sheen while retaining traces of his signature dystopian coldness.

Genres

Descriptors: alienation

Tracklist

  1. My Breathing (6:40)
  2. Unknown And Hostile (4:32)
  3. The Sleeproom (5:21)
  4. New Thing From London Town (6:01)
  5. I Can't Stop (5:49)
  6. Strange Charm (5:04)
  7. The Need (7:10)
  8. This Is Love (4:31)

Credits

  • Chris Payne - violin
  • Tessa Niles - vocals
  • Ian Herron - drum programming
  • Rrussell Bell - guitar, vocals
  • Mike Smith - keyboards
  • Dick Morrissey - saxophone
  • Roger Odell - drum programming, written-by
  • Mark Railton - lead guitar

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