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{{Infobox album
| name       = Strange and Beautiful
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Crimson Glory]]
| cover      = Crimson Glory-Strange and Beautiful.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = June 24, 1991
| recorded   =
| studio     = *Kajem/Victory Studios - Victory West ([[Gladwyne]])
*Kajem/Victory Studios - Victory East ([[Philadelphia]])
| genre      =
*[[Hard rock]]
*[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
| length     = 58:40
| label      = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] (US)<br/>[[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]] (Europe)
| producer   = Mitch Goldfarb, [[Jon Drenning]]
| prev_title = [[Transcendence (Crimson Glory album)|Transcendence]]
| prev_year  = 1988
| next_title = [[Astronomica (album)|Astronomica]]
| next_year  = 1999
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/strange-beautiful-mw0000675268 |title=Crimson Glory - Strange & Beautiful review |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |accessdate=2021-05-19 }}</ref>
| rev2 =''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2Score = 6/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = 1 August 2007 | location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] | page=91 |isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}
'''''Strange and Beautiful''''' is the third studio album from [[progressive metal]] band [[Crimson Glory]]. Signed to [[Atlantic Records]] in 1991, this album was a marked stylistic departure from their previous albums' decidedly progressive metal sound to a more bluesy, hard rock sound. It was the first album without longtime members, guitarist [[Ben Jackson (musician)|Ben Jackson]] and drummer Dana Burnell and it was also the last to feature vocalist [[Midnight (musician)|Midnight]]. Two songs were co-written with former [[Drexel University]] Associate Professor and entertainment attorney, Marcy Rauer Wagman,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://drexel.academia.edu/MarcyRauerWagman|title = Marcy Rauer Wagman &#124; Drexel University - Academia.edu}}</ref> while the first single "The Chant" was written by outside songwriters M. McKinley & [[Marti Frederiksen]]. Midnight departed the band prior to the tour and was replaced by future [[Michael Schenker Group]] frontman, [[David Van Landing]]. It was the only album in their canon to feature drummer [[DJ Ravidrums|Ravi Jakhotia]] and the band went on hiatus following the supporting tour.
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| title1 = Strange and Beautiful
| writer1 = [[Jon Drenning]], [[Midnight (musician)|Midnight]]
| length1 = 6:17
| title2 = Promise Land
| writer2 = Drenning, [[Jeff Lords]], Marcy Rauer
| length2 = 5:22
| title3 = Love and Dreams
| writer3 = Drenning, Lords, Midnight
| length3 = 5:29
| title4 = The Chant
| writer4 = [[Marti Frederiksen]], M. McKinley
| length4 = 3:45
| title5 = Dance on Fire
| writer5 = Drenning, Lords, Midnight
| length5 = 5:27
| title6 = Song for Angels
| writer6 = Drenning, Rauer
| length6 = 5:19
| title7 = In the Mood
| writer7 = Drenning, Lords, Midnight
| length7 = 5:55
| title8 = Starchamber
| writer8 = Drenning, Lords, Midnight
| length8 = 7:28
| title9 = Deep Inside Your Heart
| writer9 = Drenning, Lords, Midnight
| length9 = 5:14
| title10 = Make You Love Me
| writer10 = Drenning, Lords, Midnight
| length10 = 4:05
| title11 = Far Away
| writer11 = Midnight
| length11 = 4:44
}}
==Personnel==
* [[Midnight (musician)|Midnight]] – lead vocals, background vocals
* [[Jon Drenning]] – guitars, background vocals
* [[Jeff Lords]] – bass, background vocals
* Ravi Jakhotia – drums, percussion
'''Additional musicians'''
* John Avarese – keyboards
* Annette Hardeman, Charlene & Paula Holloway – background vocals
* Ric Sandler – grand piano
* Daryl Burgee – percussion
* Ron Kerber – saxophone
* [[Babatunde Olatunji]] – intro vocal to "Promise Land"
'''Production'''
*Jon Drenning - producer, mixing
*Mitch Goldfarb – producer, engineer, mixing
*Brook Hendricks – second engineer
*Brian Stover, John Fairhead, Jeff Chestek, Cherri Parker – assistant engineers
*[[George Marino]] – mastering at [[Sterling Sound]], New York
*Justice Mitchell – artwork
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Discogs master|126418}}
{{Crimson Glory}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Crimson Glory albums]]
[[Category:1991 albums]]
[[Category:Atlantic Records albums]]
[[Category:Roadrunner Records albums]]