The Strangers – The Strangers LP

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A surefire Salsoul classic and comfortably one of the label’s finest moments, the self-titled LP fromThe Strangerswas originally released in that golden year of 1983 and is one of the greatest albums of the post-disco era. It’s one of Be With’s favorite ever LPs and it’s a complete honor to be giving it the reissue treatment. Still strangely overlooked but not for much longer,The Strangerscontains flawless tracks with truly top tier production and includes the eternal Paradise Garage favorite “Step Out Of My Dream.” The Strangers were a US electronic-funk studio concept group comprisingEdward “Tree” Moore,Howard King, andHubert Eaves III, all key members ofMtumeandGary Bartz NTU Troopand, in the case of Eaves, one half ofD-Train. The album kicks off with the dope electro-funk of “Wanna Take Your Body” which features Gary Bartz on sax and becomes more sensational and irresistible the longer it plays. The wonky super-bomb “Let Me Take You Home” has a punk-funk, post-Princefeel, driving and delicate all at the same time while “Show Me How You Like It” is pure FUNK, the groove just pure fire. Side B is perfection. It kicks off with theNTSfavorite “Love Rescue,” a track so slick it positively SLAPS out the gate and, while it bangs throughout, the vocals and melodies elevate this to the status of EMOTIONAL POP. Next up, “Step Out Of My Dream” swaggers forth, the undisputed masterpiece that was huge with the London DJs and UK Soul fraternity; it’s not hard to see why. It’s a gliding, smooth, soulful piece of once-in-a-lifetime magic. The breezy “It’s Too Late” is a perfect slow jam before this remarkable set is rounded out with the sickest proto-acid synth-drizzled jam, “Stimulation”; a perfect slab of ’80s funk and a strutting vocoder-laced funk workout. Meticulously remastered and cut by bothSimon FrancisandCicely Balstonrespectively, it has been pressed to the highest possible quality at Record Industry in Holland.