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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
Name = Some Kind of Strange |
| name = Some Kind of Strange
Type = [[Album]] |
| type = studio
Artist = [[Collide (band)|Collide]] |
| artist = [[Collide (band)|Collide]]
Cover = Collide_-_Some_Kind_of_Strange.jpg |
| cover = Collide_-_Some_Kind_of_Strange.jpg
| alt =
Released = {{flagicon|United States}} April 22, 2003<br>{{flagicon|Canada}} May 6, 2003<br>{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} May 19, 2003<br>{{flagicon|Germany}} September 29, 2003|
| released = {{Start date|2003|4|22}}
Recorded = ? |
| recorded =
Genre = [[Darkwave]] |
Length = 56:26 |
| venue =
| studio = Noiseplus<br /> {{small|([[Los Angeles]], California)}}
Label = [[Noiseplus Music]] |
| genre = {{hlist|[[Dark wave|Darkwave]]|[[Industrial rock]]|[[trip hop]]}}
Producer = Statik |
| length = 56:30
Last album = ''[[Chasing the Ghost]]''<br />(2000) |
| label = [[Noiseplus Music|Noiseplus]]
This album = '''''Some Kind of Strange'''''<br />(2003) |
| producer = [[Eric Anest]]
Next album = ''[[Vortex (album)|Vortex]]''<br />(2004) |}}
| prev_title = [[Chasing the Ghost]]
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = [[Vortex (Collide album)|Vortex]]
| next_year = 2004
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = album
| cover = Collide - Some Kind of Strange (Instrumental version).jpg
| caption = 2018 instrumental version cover
}}
}}


'''''Some Kind of Strange''''' is the fifth [[studio album]] by [[Collide (band)|Collide]], released on April 22, 2003 by [[Noiseplus Music]].<ref name="collidesomekindofstrange">{{cite web|first=Eric |last=Anest |author-link=Eric Anest |url=https://www.collide.net/somekind-of-strange-1 |title=Collide ''Some Kind of Strange'' |website=Collide.net |publisher=[[Noiseplus Music]] |date=2017 |accessdate=August 30, 2020}}</ref><ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000322536|pure_url=yes}}|title=Collide: ''Some Kind of Strange'' > Overview |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=August 30, 2020}}</ref><ref name="allmusicbio">{{cite web |first=Eleanor |last=Ditzel |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000105825/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Collide |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=August 30, 2020}}</ref><ref name="sidelinenews">{{cite journal|first=Bernard |last=Van Isacker |url=https://www.side-line.com/collide-re-release-chasing-the-ghost-20-year-anniversary-some-kind-of-strange-albums-as-collector-versions/ |title=Collide Re-Release ''Chasing The Ghost'' (20 Year Anniversary) & ''Some Kind of Strange'' Albums as Collector Versions |journal=Side-Line Magazine |publisher=Bernard Van Isacker |date=July 29, 2020 |accessdate=August 30, 2020}}</ref>
'''''Some Kind of Strange''''' is the fourth release and third [[studio album]] by [[Darkwave]] duo [[Collide (band)|Collide]].

==Reception==
[[In Music We Trust]] said the band "churns out a heady cacophony of futuristic and mechanized sounds powered by distorted guitars, robotic rhythms and bigger-than-life synthesized symphonics, and then caps off the beautiful mess with the super-sensual, threatening purrs and dangerous coos of Collide's vampy vocalist"<ref name="inmusicwetrust">{{cite journal|first=Scott |last=D. Lewis |url=https://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/61e01.html |title=Collide ''Some Kind of Strange'' |journal=[[In Music We Trust]] |date=August 2003 |issue=61 |accessdate=August 30, 2020}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
#Crushed – 5:20
| all_lyrics = [[Karin Johnston]]
#Euphoria – 5:28
| all_music = [[Eric Anest]] and [[Karin Johnston]]
#Modify – 5:57
| title1 = Crushed
#Somewhere – 6:17
| length1 = 5:20
#Slither Thing – 4:00
| title2 = Euphoria
#Inside – 4:10
| length2 = 5:27
#Mutation – 4:31
| title3 = Modify
#Tempted – 6:45
| length3 = 5:56
#Shimmer – 5:25
| title4 = Somewhere
#Complicated – 4:37
| length4 = 6:17
#So Long – 4:06
| title5 = Slither Thing
| length5 = 4:00
| title6 = Inside
| length6 = 4:10
| title7 = Mutation
| length7 = 4:30
| title8 = Tempted
| length8 = 6:44
| title9 = Shimmer
| length9 = 5:24
| title10 = Complicated
| length10 = 4:36
| title11 = So Long
| length11 = 4:06
}}


==Trivia==
==Personnel==
Adapted from the ''Some Kind of Strange'' liner notes.<ref name="linearnotes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Some Kind of Strange |title-link=Some Kind of Strange |others=[[Collide (band)|Collide]] |year=2003 |type=booklet |publisher=[[Noiseplus Music]] |location=Los Angeles, California}}</ref>
* The album cover art was displayed as promotional posters in the Downtown area of the game [[Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines]].


[[Category:Collide albums]]
'''Collide'''
* [[Eric Anest]] <small>(as Statik)</small>&nbsp;– [[Noise in music|noises]], [[record producer|production]], [[Audio engineering|engineering]], [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]], [[cover art]], [[illustrations]], [[photography]], [[design]]
[[Category:2003 albums]]
* [[Karin Johnston]] <small>(as Tripp9)</small>&nbsp;– [[Singing|vocals]], cover art, illustrations, photography, design


'''Additional performers'''
* [[Kevin Crompton]] <small>(as cEvin Key)</small>&nbsp;– [[Drum kit|live drums]] <small>(2)</small>
* Dave Keffer&nbsp;– [[electric guitar]] <small>(4)</small>, [[illustrations]]
* [[Kevin Kipnis]]&nbsp;– electric guitar <small>(4, 10)</small>, [[Acoustic guitar|additional acoustic guitar]] and [[Guitar|additional guitar]] <small>(2)</small>
* Gilbert Levy&nbsp;– [[Percussion|live percussion]] <small>(4, 8, 9)</small>
* Rogerio Silva&nbsp;– additional acoustic guitar and electric guitar <small>(2, 7, 8)</small>, [[acoustic guitar]] <small>(3, 5)</small>, [[guitar]] <small>(9, 10)</small>


'''Production and design'''
{{2000s-electronic-album-stub}}
* [[Mark Walk]]&nbsp;– [[Audio engineering|drum engineer]]
* Chad Michael Ward&nbsp;– [[cover art]], illustrations, [[design]]
* X-8&nbsp;– illustrations

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
! Region
! Date
! Label
! Format
! Catalog
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[United States]]
|rowspan="2"| 2003
|rowspan="3"| [[Noiseplus Music|Noiseplus]]
| [[compact disc|CD]]
| Noise 002
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Music download|DL]]
| 808458200023
|-
| 2018
|
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.collide.net/some-kind-of-strange-1 ''Some Kind of Strange''] at [[Collide (band)|collide.net]]
* {{Discogs master |master=1130114|name=Some Kind of Strange |type=album}}
* [https://collide1.bandcamp.com/album/some-kind-of-strange ''Some Kind of Strange''] at [[Bandcamp]]
* [https://music.apple.com/us/album/some-kind-of-strange/5042993 ''Some Kind of Strange''] at [[iTunes]]

{{Collide (band)}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Collide (band) albums]]
[[Category:2003 albums]]

Latest revision as of 17:44, 30 September 2023

Some Kind of Strange
Studio album by
Collide
ReleasedApril 22, 2003 (2003-04-22)
StudioNoiseplus
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length56:30
LabelNoiseplus
ProducerEric Anest
Collide chronology
Chasing the Ghost
(2000) 		Some Kind of Strange
(2003) 		Vortex
(2004)
Alternative cover
2018 instrumental version cover
2018 instrumental version cover

Some Kind of Strange is the fifth studio album by Collide, released on April 22, 2003 by Noiseplus Music.[1][2][3][4]

Reception

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In Music We Trust said the band "churns out a heady cacophony of futuristic and mechanized sounds powered by distorted guitars, robotic rhythms and bigger-than-life synthesized symphonics, and then caps off the beautiful mess with the super-sensual, threatening purrs and dangerous coos of Collide's vampy vocalist"[5]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Karin Johnston; all music is composed by Eric Anest and Karin Johnston

No.TitleLength
1."Crushed"5:20
2."Euphoria"5:27
3."Modify"5:56
4."Somewhere"6:17
5."Slither Thing"4:00
6."Inside"4:10
7."Mutation"4:30
8."Tempted"6:44
9."Shimmer"5:24
10."Complicated"4:36
11."So Long"4:06

Personnel

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Adapted from the Some Kind of Strange liner notes.[6]

Collide

Additional performers

Production and design

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 2003 Noiseplus CD Noise 002
DL 808458200023
2018

References

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  1. ^ Anest, Eric (2017). "Collide Some Kind of Strange". Collide.net. Noiseplus Music. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Collide: Some Kind of Strange > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  3. ^ Ditzel, Eleanor. "Collide". AllMusic. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  4. ^ Van Isacker, Bernard (July 29, 2020). "Collide Re-Release Chasing The Ghost (20 Year Anniversary) & Some Kind of Strange Albums as Collector Versions". Side-Line Magazine. Bernard Van Isacker. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  5. ^ D. Lewis, Scott (August 2003). "Collide Some Kind of Strange". In Music We Trust (61). Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  6. ^ Some Kind of Strange (booklet). Collide. Los Angeles, California: Noiseplus Music. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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