Strange Kicks

1981 studio album by Alternative TV

Strange Kicks

Studio album by

Alternative TV

Released

1981 (1981)

Recorded

April 1981

Studio

Matrix Recording Studios, Bloomsbury, London

Genre

New wave

Length

57:09

Label

I.R.S.

Producer

Richard Mazda

Alternative TV chronology

Vibing Up the Senile Man (Part One)
(1979)

Strange Kicks
(1981)

Peep Show
(1987)

Strange Kicks is the third studio album by English post-punk band Alternative TV, released in 1981 by I.R.S. Records. The album showed a shift towards a more new wave style, whilst keeping with the band's non-commercial ethos.^[1]^[2]

Recording

Strange Kicks was recorded at Matrix Recording Studios in London, England in April 1981.^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Dean McFarlane of AllMusic wrote the album "fall[s] a little flat amidst the confusion and veer[s] closer to the new wave sound than most punks would dare to venture."^[1] Trouser Press called the album "a different proposition altogether", calling it a "snappy romp through an assortment of styles (ska, pop-punk, even electro-dance)".^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alternative TV and Richard Mazda

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Ancient Rebels"	2:56
2.	"Strange Kicks"	2:44
3.	"Communicate"	2:47
4.	"Mirror Boy"	3:03
5.	"Anye Is Back"	2:46
6.	"My Hand Is Still Wet"	3:22

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fun City"	2:47
2.	"TV Operator"	3:20
3.	"There Goes My Date with Doug"	2:55
4.	"Cold Rain"	3:49
5.	"Who Are They?"	3:23
6.	"Sleep in Bed"	3:04

Personnel

Alternative TV

Mark Perry – vocals
Alex Ferguson – guitar
Alan Gruner – keyboards
Dennis Burns – bass guitar
Ray Weston – drums

Additional personnel

Richard Mazda – guitar, percussion, backing vocals, production
Dee Dee Thorne – vocals on track B3
Brian James – guitar on track B3

Technical

Jesse Sutcliffe – engineering
X3 Posters – cover art
Barbarann Reeves – sleeve design
Watal Asanuma – back cover photography
Flash Gunn – front cover photography

References

^ ^a ^b ^c McFarlane, Dean. "Strange Kicks – Alternative TV | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b Lamey, Charles P.; Green, Jim. "TrouserPress.com :: Alternative TV". Trouser Press. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
^ Strange Kicks (Liner notes). Alternative TV. I.R.S. Records. 1981.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)