Stranger_to_Stranger_(Industry_album)
Stranger to Stranger (Industry album)
1983 studio album by Industry
Stranger to Stranger is the first and only album by American new wave band Industry released on Capitol Records and distributed by EMI in 1983. A Philippine CD version was later released and included an extended version of "Still of the Night".
The album features the most successful track "State of the Nation", an anti-war song that broke into European charts. It was a minor hit in the U.S., peaking at No. 81 on the Billboard Hot 100. However, it was a bigger hit in Europe and peaked at number ten in Sweden. The album peaked at No. 48 in Sweden.
The tracks "Romantic Dreams", "What Have I Got to Lose", and "Living Alone Too Long", have also earned the band the nickname "American Spandau Ballet", as each song had similar elements to "Gold" and "True", respectively.
After this album, Jon Carin started a successful solo and session musician career, becoming a permanent member of the Pink Floyd live band and co-writing Pink Floyd's hit single "Learning to Fly". Unger and Perrone went on to form their own bands.