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Strange Man, Changed Man is the debut studio album by English power pop musician Bram Tchaikovsky, released in 1979 by Radar Records.

Strange Man, Changed Man
Studio album by Bram Tchaikovsky
Released	March 1979 (1979-03)
Recorded	November 1978 – January 1979
Studio	Pebble Beach (Worthing) Basing Street (London)
Genre	Power pop
Label	Radar
Producer	Bram Tchaikovsky Nick Garvey Peter Ker
Bram Tchaikovsky chronology
Strange Man, Changed Man (1979) The Russians Are Coming (1980)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+[2]

Robert Christgau was critical of Strange Man, Changed Man in a 1979 review for The Village Voice, dismissing the album as a mixture of "old-wave" and new wave clichés and likening Tchaikovsky to "a power pop Crosby, Crosby & Crosby."[3]

Retrospectively, Jim Green of Trouser Press described the album as "an energetic mixture of The Byrds, Springsteen and, not surprisingly, The Motors", writing that in addition to "three fine singles... the rest of the material has also worn remarkably well."[4]

Track listing

1. "Strange Man, Changed Man"
2. "Lonely Dancer"
3. "Robber"
4. "Bloodline"
5. "I'm the One That's Leaving"
6. "Girl of My Dreams"
7. "Nobody Knows"
8. "Lady from the USA"
9. "I'm a Believer"
10. "Sarah Smiles"
11. "Turn On the Light"

Personnel

• Bram Tchaikovsky – guitar, bass, vocals
• Mick Broadbent – bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Keith Boyce – drums, percussion
• Nick Garvey – backing vocals, bass on "Lady from the USA"
• Mike Oldfield – tubular bells on "Girl of My Dreams"

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[5]	92
US Billboard 200[6]	36

References

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