Strange Tales (album) explained

Strange Tales
Type:studio
Artist:The Humans
Cover:HumansStrangeTales.jpg
Released:1 March 2014
Label:Vertical Species
Producer:Bill Rieflin
Prev Title:Sugar Rush
Prev Year:2011
Year:2014
Next Title:Noise in Your Head
Next Year:2020

Strange Tales is the third studio album by the experimental rock band The Humans, consisting of Toyah Willcox, Bill Rieflin and Chris Wong. The album was initially released only in digital format on 1 March 2014 via Willcox's Vertical Species label. The CD edition was made available in April 2015, on the band's UK concert tour Telling Strange Tales.[1] [2] In 2020, the album was re-released by Demon Music Group on LP, credited to Toyah & The Humans, with a cover of King Crimson's classic "21st Century Schizoid Man" as a bonus track.[3]

"Get in Your Car" was previewed as the lead single in February 2014.[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Toyah Willcox, Bill Rieflin and Chris Wong.

  1. "Slow Descent" – 3:24
  2. "She's Fast" – 2:50
  3. "Get in Your Car" – 4:54
  4. "Amnesia" – 5:00
  5. "Bedhead" – 3:55
  6. "Improbable Thing" – 3:55
  7. "Sleep Tight" – 4:51

2020 LP edition bonus track

  1. "21st Century Schizoid Man" – 7:02

Personnel

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Live 2015: Telling Strange Tales: The Humans UK Tour . 2014-11-26 . toyah.net . 2022-12-23.
  2. Web site: INTERVIEW: Toyah Wilcox . 2015-03-30 . ukmusicreviews.co.uk . 2022-12-30.
  3. Web site: Strange Tales (Translucent Red Vinyl) . demonmusicgroup.co.uk . 2022-12-30.
  4. Web site: Official Toyah: The Humans Preview New Track . 2014-02-16 . toyah.net . 2015-01-02.