''Strange Behavior'' is an album by

Animotion Animotion is an American synth-pop band from Los Angeles, California, best known for the songs "Obsession (Animotion song), Obsession", "Let Him Go (song), Let him go", "I Engineer, I engineer", and "Room to Move, Room to move". Formed in 1983 ...

released by

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. It was the last album to be released by Casablanca before the record label folded. The single " I Engineer" hit #2 in

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and #6 in

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in 1986. The single "I Want You" hit #27 in Germany and #84 in the

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. The album went to #21 in Switzerland and reached #71 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart.Animotion, ''Strange Behavior'' Chart Position
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Track listing

# "I Want You" (Rick Neigher, Bill Wadhams) – 4:35 # " I Engineer" (

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) – 4:13 # "Strange Behavior" (Don Kirkpatrick, Randy Sharp) – 3:55 # "Stealing Time" (Sue Shifrin, Wadhams) – 3:54 # "Anxiety" (John Davis, Kirkpatrick,

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) – 4:11 # "Out of Control" (Greg Smith, Louie Stone) – 3:28 # "Stranded" (Smith, Stone) – 3:19 # "The Essence" (Wadhams) – 4:06 # "One Step Ahead" (Smith, Stone) – 3:36 # "Staring Down the Demons" (Kirkpatrick, Sharp) – 4:12

Personnel

Animotion * Astrid Plane – vocals * Bill Wadhams – vocals, keyboards, guitars * Greg Smith – keyboards, gang vocals * Don Kirkpatrick – guitars, gang vocals * Charles “Char” Ottavio – bass guitar, gang vocals * Jim Blair – drums, percussion Additional personnel * Gary Chang – synthesizers * Tad Wadhams –

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– drums Production * Richie Zito – producer, arrangements * Animotion – arrangements * Michael Frondelli – engineer (1) * David Leonard – engineer (2–10), mixing * Brian Reeves – engineer (2–10) * David Concors – additional engineer * Peggy Leonard – additional engineer *

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– mastering at

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(New York City, New York) *

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– photography * Bill Levy – art direction * Vigon/Seireeni – art direction

Charts

The album spent 14 weeks on the U.S. ''Billboard'' pop albums chart, peaking at No. 71 in April 1986. Singles

References

1986 albums Animotion albums Albums produced by Richie Zito Casablanca Records albums {{1980s-pop-album-stub