| Strange Friend | ||||
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| Released | 2 June 2014 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 45:27 | |||
| Label | Chemikal Underground | |||
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Strange Friend is the third studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Phantom Band, released on 2 June 2014 through Chemikal Underground Records.
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Clash | (8/10) |
| Drowned in Sound | (9/10) |
| God is in the TV Zine | |
| Line of Best Fit |  |
| The List | |
| Mojo | |
| NME | (8/10) |
| Q | |
| The Scotsman | |
| The Skinny | |
Jon Dennis of The Guardian observed a new sound for The Phantom Band: "The melodies flutter around the tonic note like Caledonian reels, but this is not folk music... the use of vintage synths means they're closer to Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark than to Big Country."
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Wind That Cried The World" | 4:40 |
| 2. | "Clapshot" | 5:26 |
| 3. | "Doom Patrol" | 5:00 |
| 4. | "Atacama" | 3:47 |
| 5. | "(Invisible) Friends" | 3:57 |
| 6. | "Sweatbox" | 5:23 |
| 7. | "No Shoes Blues" | 6:12 |
| 8. | "Women Of Ghent" | 6:22 |
| 9. | "Galápagos" | 4:40 |