Strange Behavior (album)
Strange Behavior is an album by Animotion released by Casablanca Records. 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 and reached #71 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Track listing
- "I Want You" – 4:35
- "I Engineer" – 4:13
- "Strange Behavior" – 3:55
- "Stealing Time" – 3:54
- "Anxiety" – 4:11
- "Out of Control" – 3:28
- "Stranded" – 3:19
- "The Essence" – 4:06
- "One Step Ahead" – 3:36
- "Staring Down the Demons" – 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
- Gary Chang – synthesizers
- Tad Wadhams – fretless bass
- Mike Baird – drums
- Richie Zito – producer, arrangements
- Animotion – arrangements
- Michael Frondelli – engineer
- David Leonard – engineer, mixing
- Brian Reeves – engineer
- David Concors – additional engineer
- Peggy Leonard – additional engineer
- Howie Weinberg – mastering at Masterdisk
- 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.| Chart | Peak position |
| Swiss Hitparade | 21 |
| US Billboard Top Pop Albums | 71 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak position |
| 1986 | "I Engineer" | US | 76 |
| 1986 | "I Engineer" | US Dance | 27 |
| 1986 | "I Engineer" | AUT | 19 |
| 1986 | "I Engineer" | GER | 2 |
| 1986 | "I Engineer" | SWI | 6 |
| 1986 | "I Want You" | US | 84 |
| 1986 | "I Want You" | GER | 27 |