Strange Times

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Strange Times
Strange Times cover
Studio album by The Chameleons
Released September, 1986
Recorded 1986 at Jacob's Studio, Surrey, England
Genre Post-punk, Dream Pop
Length 52:28
Label Geffen Records
Producer David M. Allen
Professional reviews
The Chameleons chronology
What Does Anything Mean? Basically
(1985)		 Strange Times
(1986)		 Strip
(2000)
For the Black Keys song, see Strange Times (The Black Keys song)

Strange Times, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music), is the third album released by The Chameleons.

The limited edition release includes a 6 track Bonus Disc, two of which are covers. The North American CD includes all the tracks on one CD, whilst the UK release is on two. Previous North American releases on single 74 minute CDs discarded 'Ever After'.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Mark Burgess, Dave Fielding, Reg Smithies, and John Lever.

  1. "Mad Jack" – 3:58
  2. "Caution" – 7:51
  3. "Tears (Original Arrangement)" – 5:07
  4. "Soul In Isolation" – 7:29
  5. "Swamp Thing" – 5:57
  6. "Time the End of Time" – 5:41
  7. "Seriocity" – 3:00
  8. "In Answer" – 4:54
  9. "Childhood" – 4:39
  10. "I'll Remember" – 3:46

The album was re-released in 1995 with the following additional bonus tracks, the last two of which are covers.

  1. "Tears (Full Arrangement)" – 5:10
  2. "Paradiso" – 4:35
  3. "Inside Out" – 3:34
  4. "Ever After" – 3:59
  5. "John, I'm Only Dancing" (David Bowie) – 2:30
  6. "Tomorrow Never Knows" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 6:08

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Technical

  • Dave M. Allen - producer
  • Mark Saunders - engineering
  • Paul Corcket, Beki - assistant engineering, piano
  • Reg Smithies - Cover

[edit] External links