This Is Stranger Than Love Explained

This Is Stranger Than Love
Cover:	Mark Stewart - This Is Stranger Than Love.gif
Type:	single
Artist:	Mark Stewart and The Maffia
Album:	Mark Stewart
Genre:	Post-punk, industrial
Length:	7:13
Label:	Mute
Producer:	Adrian Sherwood
Chronology:	Mark Stewart
Prev Title:	Hypnotized
Prev Year:	1985

"This Is Stranger Than Love" is a single by British vocalist Mark Stewart, released in September 1987 on Mute Records.^[1]

Formats and track listing

UK 7" single (MUTE 59)

1. "This Is Stranger Than Love" – 7:13
2. "This Is Stranger Than Love" (dub version) – 5:28
3. "Anger Is Holy" – 9:10

UK 12" single (12 MUTE 59)

1. "This Is Stranger Than Love" – 7:13
2. "This Is Stranger Than Love" (dub version) – 5:28
3. "Survival" – 4:08

Personnel

• The Maffia
  • Keith LeBlanc – drums, percussion
  • Skip McDonald – guitar
  • Adrian Sherwood – sampler, programming, production
  • Doug Wimbish – bass
• Mark Stewart – vocals

Notes and References

1. Web site: David . Parker . Singles: Mark Stewart & the Maffia - 'This Is Stranger Than Love' . skysaw.org . 2001 . 2 October 2014.
2. Book: Lazell, Barry . Indie Hits 1980-1989 . Cherry Red Books . 1997 . 2 October 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606125645/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/s.htm . 6 June 2011 .