Strange Alliance


Strange Alliance is the debut album by Tommy Keene and was self-released on LP in 1982 on his Avenue Records label. Initially slated for release on Skip Groff's Limp Records, it still carries the Limp catalog number in the run-out groove of the vinyl. Keene's band line-up would remain the same until he moved to Los Angeles following the release of his major label debut, Songs from the Film, in 1986. In addition, a former bandmate of bassist Ted Niceley's from Nightman, Mike Colburn, contributes backing vocals on three songs.
In 2013, 12XU Records, run by Gerard Cosloy, reissued Strange Alliance on LP in a limited edition run with two bonus tracks not on the original release, "Nothing Is Gray" and "Stuck on a Ship".

Track listing

All songs written by Tommy Keene
  1. "Landscape" – 3:40
  2. "All the Way Around" – 4:32
  3. "Don't Get Me Wrong" – 3:42
  4. "I Can't See You Anymore" – 3:36
  5. "It's All Happening Today" – 4:43
  6. "Strange Alliance" – 4:25
  7. "Another Night at Home" – 2:50
  8. "Northern Lights" – 4:59
2013 reissue track listing:
  1. "Landscape" – 3:40
  2. "All the Way Around" – 4:32
  3. "Nothing Is Gray" -
  4. "Don't Get Me Wrong" – 3:42
  5. "I Can't See You Anymore" – 3:36
  6. "It's All Happening Today" – 4:43
  7. "Strange Alliance" – 4:25
  8. "Stuck On A Ship" - 4:28
  9. "Another Night at Home" – 2:50
  10. "Northern Lights" – 4:59

Personnel

The band

Production

  • Ted Niceley — Producer
  • Tommy Keene — Producer
  • Jim Crenca — Engineer
  • Mark Greenhouse — Engineer
  • Robert Ludwig — Mastering

Additional credits