Strange Behavior (album)

Strange Behavior
Studio album by Animotion
Released	February 1986
Studio	Oasis Recording Studios (North Hollywood, California); Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California); Encore Studios (Burbank, California)
Genre	Synthpop, new wave
Length	39:14
Label	Casablanca Records 826691
Producer	Richie Zito
Animotion chronology
Animotion (1984) Strange Behavior (1986) Animotion (Room to Move) (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Strange Behavior is an album by Animotion released by Casablanca Records.[2][3] It was the last album to be released by Casablanca before the record label folded.

The single "I Engineer" hit #2 in Germany and #6 in Switzerland in 1986. The single "I Want You" hit #27 in Germany and #84 in the United States. The album went to #21 in Switzerland[4] and reached #71 on the Billboard 200 chart.[5]

Track listing

1. "I Want You" (Rick Neigher, Bill Wadhams) – 4:35
2. "I Engineer" (Mike Chapman, Holly Knight, Bernie Taupin) – 4:13
3. "Strange Behavior" (Don Kirkpatrick, Randy Sharp) – 3:55
4. "Stealing Time" (Sue Shifrin, Wadhams) – 3:54
5. "Anxiety" (John Davis, Kirkpatrick, Dennis Morgan) – 4:11
6. "Out of Control" (Greg Smith, Louie Stone) – 3:28
7. "Stranded" (Smith, Stone) – 3:19
8. "The Essence" (Wadhams) – 4:06
9. "One Step Ahead" (Smith, Stone) – 3:36
10. "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 – fretless bass
• Mike Baird – 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
• Howie Weinberg – mastering at Masterdisk (New York City, New York)
• Matthew Rolston – 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.[6]

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Swiss Hitparade	21
US Billboard Top Pop Albums	71

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
1986	"I Engineer"	US	76
		US Dance	27
		AUT	19
		GER	2
		SWI	6
	"I Want You"	US	84
		GER	27

References

1. Strange Behavior at AllMusic
2. Animotion, Strange Behavior Retrieved July 20, 2013
3. "The Morning Call, 29 Mar 1986". The Morning Call. 1986-03-29. p. 59. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
4. Animotion, Strange Behavior Chart Position Retrieved July 20, 2013
5. Animotion, Strange Behavior Chart Position Retrieved July 20, 2013
6. "Billboard 200: Animotion". Billboard. 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2017.