''Walking with Strangers'' is the third

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. The album was released on September 10, 2007, in North America and September 21, 2007, in Europe. The song "To Die For" is a reworked and re-recorded version of the track of the same name that appeared on the band's first album, '' Nothing & Nowhere'', in 2002. "Remember Me" is also a reworked and re-recorded version of the track of the same name that appeared on the band's limited edition demo 1 ''Imagica''. Walking with Strangers

Singles

The first single, ''Red Stars'', was released as a digital download on

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on August 21, 2007. An EP for the song ''Looking Glass'' was released on May 6, 2008.

Credits and personnel

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programming, backing vocals *Mike Falcore -

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, synth/percussion programming *O.E. - live bass, backing vocals *O-EN - live keyboards * Rhim - live drums

Reviews

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Charts

On the issue date of September 29, 2007, ''Walking with Strangers'' debuted at number #10 on the ''Billboard'' Top Heatseekers chart. It stayed on the chart for two weeks.

Release history

Notes

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" by U2. *The track "Red Stars" is the album's first single and was released as an

digital download. "Looking Glass", the second single off the album, received a physical release and a music video. *To promote the CD, the band went on two tours. The first being the "Walking with Strangers Tour" in 2007. For 2008 the band co-toured with

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on their " If" tour. *A demo version of "Kill the Lights" was released on January 1, 2007. The band also played this demo version on their Broken Minds Tour in both North America and Europe in 2006.

References

External links

* , the band's official website {{Authority control 2007 albums The Birthday Massacre albums Metropolis Records albums