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Strange Boutique (album)

Field	Value
name	Strange Boutique
type	studio
artist	The Monochrome Set
cover	MONOCHROMESETSTRANGEBOUTIQUELP.jpg
released	April 1980
studio	Sound Suite, Camden, England
genre	Post-punk
length	35:24
label	Dindisc
producer	Bob Sargeant
next_title	Love Zombies
next_year	1980

Strange Boutique is the debut studio album by English band The Monochrome Set. It was released in 1980, through record label Dindisc.

Track listing

Release

The album reached number 62 on the UK Albums Chart.

Critical reception

Writing for Smash Hits in 1980, Red Starr, in a mixed review, described Strange Boutique as "virtually impossible to pigeonhole. Starr described the lyrics as an "odd mixture of amusing fantasy and sudden seriousness". Starr finished by saying the album was "light, modern and attractive, but difficult to take too seriously".

AllMusic gave the album a mildly favourable review, writing "amid the austerity of post-punk England, and before we became awash with irony and archness, we needed a band who could raise their eyebrows and smirk at it all without ever being condescending (or maybe only a little bit condescending)."

Personnel

;The Monochrome Set

Bid – lead vocals, guitar
Lester Square – lead guitar, vocals
Andy Warren – bass guitar, vocals
J.D. Haney – drums, percussion, vocals ; Technical
Bob Sargeant – keyboards, vocals, production
Alvin "2 Shades" Clark – engineering
Peter Saville, The Monochrome Set – cover design

References

"Monochrome Set ". officialcharts.com.
Ogg, Alex. "''Strange Boutique'' – The Monochrome Set : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". [[Allmusic.
Starr, Red. "Albums". [[Smash Hits]].

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