| Strange Cargo | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | William Orbit |
| Cover: | Strange Cargo.jpg |
| Released: | 1987 |
| Genre: | Electronic, synth-pop, synth-rock, ambient, downtempo |
| Length: | 38:00 |
| Label: | I.R.S. No Speak |
| Producer: | William Orbit |
| Prev Title: | Orbit |
| Prev Year: | 1987 |
| Next Title: | Strange Cargo II |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
Strange Cargo is the second album by the English musician William Orbit, released in 1987.[1] [2] It is the first in a series of similarly titled albums: Strange Cargo II, Strange Cargo III, and Strange Cargo Hinterland. Its initial release was accompanied by a short liner note by Miles Copeland.
The Philadelphia Inquirer called the album "well-played but rather dull," with a few "occasionally witty compositions." Trouser Press wrote that, "mostly urgent and kinetic, with colorful sound effects, the unresolved semi-songs are mood-heavy and suggest a number of visual idioms, including action-adventure, comedy, espionage and mystery."[3]