Strange Brotherhood

Strange Brotherhood was released in 1998 and is the seventh studio album by British rock band, New Model Army and the first on their own independent label, Attack Attack Records.

Strange Brotherhood
Studio album by New Model Army (band)
Released	13 April 1998
Genre	Rock
Length	56:59
Label	Attack Attack
Producer	Simon Dawson, Mike Gregovich
New Model Army (band) chronology
B-Sides and Abandoned Tracks (1994) Strange Brotherhood (1998) All of This – The "Live" Rarities (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The album was produced by Simon Dawson except for the tracks "Whites of Their Eyes" and "Queen of My Heart" which were produced by Mike Gregovich. The album featured the guest guitarist, Dave Blomberg, and also an orchestral arrangement.

This album is also notable in being the last studio album to feature long-serving New Model Army member Robert Heaton.

Singles

"Wonderful Way to Go" was released as a single in March 1998 with two separate releases as "Part One of Two" and "Part Two of Two" ^[2] and "Queen of My Heart" and "Brother" were released as a double A-side in May 1998.^[3]

Versions

The album was originally released as a 12-track CD in May 1998 along with a limited edition digipak two CD version including sticker and lyric booklet. The bonus CD containing "See You in Hell", "Sunset", and live versions of "Ballad of Bodmin Pill" and "The Hunt".

A limited edition fan club version was released in July 1998 as a triple LP with the original tracks on the first two records and adding the tracks "Brother", "Southwest", "Rainy Night 65", "Refugee", "Sunset", "Caslen" and "See You in Hell" on the third record.^[4]

Track listing

Standard CD version

1. "Wonderful Way to Go" (Justin Sullivan, Robert Heaton) – 5:44
2. "Whites of Their Eyes" (Sullivan, Heaton) – 4:41
3. "Aimless Desire" (Sullivan, Heaton) – 5:05
4. "Over the Wire" (Sullivan, Heaton) – 3:27
5. "Queen of My Heart" (Sullivan, Heaton) – 4:15
6. "Gigabyte Wars" (Sullivan, Heaton) – 4:15
7. "Killing" (Sullivan, Heaton, Nelson, Dave Blomberg) – 5:43
8. "No Pain" (Sullivan) – 4:55
9. "Headlights" (Sullivan, Heaton, Nelson) – 5:35
10. "Big Blue" (Sullivan, Heaton) – 4:21
11. "Long Goodbye" (Sullivan) – 3:18
12. "Lullaby" (Sullivan) – 5:40

Bonus CD

1. "See You in Hell" (Sullivan, Heaton)
2. "Sunset" (Sullivan)
3. "Ballad of Bodmin Pill" (live) (Sullivan, Heaton)
4. "The Hunt" (live) (Sullivan, Heaton)

Third record from fan club edition

Side one

1. "Brother" (Sullivan)
2. "Southwest" (Sullivan)
3. "Rainy Night 65" (Sullivan, Heaton)

Side two

1. "Refugee" (Sullivan, Heaton)
2. "Sunset" (Sullivan, Heaton)
3. "Caslen" (Nelson)
4. "See You in Hell" (Sullivan, Heaton)

Personnel

• Justin Sullivan – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica
• Robert Heaton – drums, guitar, synthesizer, harmonica, backing vocals
• Nelson – bass, guitar, percussion, violin, backing vocals
• Dave Blomberg – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Dean White – keyboards, clarinet
• Rachel Auty (her name was mistyped on the cd release and said Hunter. It was corrected on the vinyl release), Tobias Unterberg, Samantha Rowe, Ed Wolstenholme, Becky Pugh – string section
• Ed Collins, Simon Pugsley, Stuart Edge – brass section

Production

• Simon Dawson – producer ("Wonderful Way to Go", "Aimless Desire", "Over the Wire", "Gigabyte Wars", "Killing", "No Pain", "Headlights", "Big Blue", "Long Goodbye", "Lullaby"), mixed by ("No Pain", "Big Blue")
• Mike Gregovich – producer ("White of Their Eyes", "Queen of My Heart"), mixed by ("Wonderful Way to Go", "Whites of Their Eyes", "Queen of My Heart", "Gigabyte Wars", "Killing", "Headlights", "Long Goodbye", "Lullaby")
• Mark Dodson – mixed by ("Aimless Desire", "Over the Wire")
• Dave Blomberg – editor

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Strange Brotherhood

Chart (1998)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5]	41

References

1. Michael M. Murphy. "Strange Brotherhood - New Model Army | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
2. "New Model Army - Wonderful Way To Go (1998)".
3. "New Model Army - Queen Of My Heart (1998)".
4. "Strange Brotherhood (1998)". The Official New Model Army Website. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
5. [https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-28863 "Offiziellecharts.de – NEW MODEL ARMY – E Strange Brotherhood"] (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

External links

• Official NMA website