''Strange Behavior'' is an album by

Animotion Animotion is an American synth-pop band from Los Angeles, California, best known for the songs "Obsession", "Let Him Go", " I Engineer", and " Room to Move". Formed in 1983 from the remnants of a retro science-fiction band called Red Zone, th ...

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 Switzerland 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,

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) – 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 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

Chart performance

The album spent 14 weeks on the U.S. ''

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'' album charts and reached its peak position of #71 in April 1986. Singles

References

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