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Strange Alliance

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Released
  
1982

Artist
  
Tommy Keene

Genre
  
Power pop

Label
  
Avenue

Release date
  
1982

Producers
  
Ted Niceley, Tommy Keene

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Strange Alliance (1982)
  
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Tommy keene strange alliance 1982


Strange Alliance is the debut album by Tommy Keene and was self-released on LP in 1982 on his Avenue Records label (catalog #AVE 001). Initially slated for release on Skip Groff's Limp Records, it still carries the Limp catalog number (LIMP 1010) in the run-out groove of the vinyl. This album has never been reissued on any other format. Keene's band line-up would remain the same until he moved to Los Angeles following the release of his major label debut in 1986. In addition, a former bandmate of bassist Ted Niceley's from Nightman, Mike Colburn (who had also been an early member of (The) Razz), contributes backing vocals on three songs.

Contents

Strange alliance holding on


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

The band

  • Tommy Keene — Vocals, guitar, keyboards, "[a]ll instruments on "Northern Lights""
  • Ted Niceley — Bass guitar, percussion
  • Doug Tull — Drums
  • Michael Colburn — Harmony vocals ("Don't Get Me Wrong", "I Can't See You Anymore", "Another Night at Home")

    • Production

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

    • Additional credits

  • Recorded at Track Recorders, Silver Spring, Maryland
  • Mastered at Masterdisk
  • Roger G. Williams — Graphics design
  • Stephen Figliozzi — Photography
  • Skip Groff — Album coordinator
  • Peter C. Leeds — Manager (American Entertainment Management, New York City)
  • Seth Hurwitz — Booking
  • David Einstein — Liner notes

    • References

    Strange Alliance Wikipedia
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