Strange House

Strange House
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Studio album by The Horrors
Released	5 March 2007
Recorded	2006
Genre	Garage punk, garage rock, post-punk, gothic rock
Label	Loog
Producer	Alan Moulder, Rob Kirwan, Nick Zinner, Ben Hillier, Jim Sclavunos
The Horrors chronology
The Horrors EP (2006)The Horrors EP2006 Strange House (2007) Primary Colours (2009)Primary Colours2009

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
BBC Collective
Drowned in Sound	6/10
The Guardian
Yahoo! Music	9/10
Mojo
NME	7/10
The Observer
Rolling Stone
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Strange House is the debut album by The Horrors. It entered the UK album charts at No. 37. The band announced the title via a MySpace bulletin on 11 January 2007. It was released on 5 March 2007 on Loog Records. Several alternative titles for the album were considered, including Through Wax Seals and Padlocks, a line taken from their song "Gloves". The album consisted mostly of previously released material, although several of these tracks were re-recorded or remixed.

A special edition including a DVD in a gatefold digipack was also released, which contained three music videos ("Sheena is a Parasite", "Count in Fives" and "Gloves"), three live performances (one full-length and two short sets), an interview and a photo gallery.

Psychotic Sounds for Freaks and Weirdos

The album subtitle, "Psychotic Sounds for Freaks and Weirdos", was created by two fans from the official Horrors forum. The band's lead singer, Faris Badwan, asked fans on the forum to suggest a name for their then yet-to-be-released album, before the title was finalised. The tag line "Psychotic Sounds for Freaks and Weirdos" was not only a subtitle to the album, but was used on all promotional material for Strange House.

Track listing

1. "Jack the Ripper" – 3:00 (Screaming Lord Sutch cover)
2. "Count in Fives" – 3:13
3. "Draw Japan" – 3:23
4. "Gloves" – 3:46
5. "Excellent Choice" – 2:53
   • On the US edition, "Excellent Choice" is replaced by "Horrors Theme"
6. "Little Victories" – 2:40
7. "She Is the New Thing" – 3:21
8. "Sheena Is a Parasite" – 1:42
9. "Thunderclaps" – 3:06
10. "Gil Sleeping" – 4:51
11. "A Train Roars" – 3:54
    • On UK editions of the album, there are three minutes of silence in the pregap preceding "Death at the Chapel"
12. "Death at the Chapel" (UK bonus track) – 2:19

Special Edition bonus DVD

1. Videos
   • "Sheena Is a Parasite"
   • "Count in Fives"
   • "Gloves"
2. Live in London, 21 September 2006 (Underage Club at Coronet Theatre)
   • "Jack the Ripper"
   • "Count in Fives"
   • "Horrors Theme"
   • "Death at the Chapel"
   • "Gloves"
   • "Sheena Is a Parasite"
   • "A Knife in the Eye"
   • "Count in Fives" (Reprise)
3. Live in New York, 2 November 2006 (The Annex)
   • "Horrors Theme"
   • "Crawdaddy Simone"
4. Live in Tokyo, 20 December 2006 (The Astrohall)
   • "Count in Fives"
5. Bonus video material
   • Interview
   • Photo Gallery
6. Hidden Footage: Live from the Casa de Ultragrrrl
   • Untitled