Strangefolk is the third album by Kula Shaker

Kula Shaker

Kula Shaker are an English psychedelic rock band. Led by outspoken frontman Crispian Mills, the band came to prominence during the Post-Britpop era of the late 1990s. The band enjoyed great commercial success in the UK between 1996 and 1999, notching up a number of Top 10 hits on the UK Singles...

, the first album since the band reformed. The album has received mixed reviews since its release. It entered the UK charts at number 69.
Strangefolk was produced in collaboration with an all-star team of hit makers and Grammy winners, including Tchad Blake

Tchad Blake

Tchad Blake is an American record producer, audio engineer, mixer and musician.He has worked with numerous artists and musicians, including State Radio, Apartment 26, Elvis Costello, Peter Gabriel, Pearl Jam, Tom Waits, Richard Thompson, Brazilian Girls, Sheryl Crow, November 2nd, Travis, Marike...

 (Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

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, Crowded House

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), Sam Williams (Supergrass

Supergrass

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) and Chris Sheldon

Chris Sheldon

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 (The Foo Fighters, Pixies).

Track listing

1. "Out on the Highway"
2. "Second Sight"
3. "Die for Love"
4. "Great Dictator (Of the Free World)"
5. "Strangefolk"
6. "Song of Love / Narayana"
7. "Shadowlands"
8. "Fool That I Am"
9. "Hurricane Season"
10. "Ol' Jack Tar"
11. "6ft Down Blues"
12. "Dr. Kitt"

In addition, all editions of the album feature at least one bonus track. The bonus tracks available on different releases of the album are as follows:

• "Persephone" (bonus track on the Japanese edition, the US edition and UK / Europe CD release)
• "Super CB Operator" (bonus track on the Japanese edition, the US edition and UK / Europe digital release)
• "Wannabe Famous" (bonus track on the Japanese edition only)

Trivia

• In Crispian Mills' BBC Radio 2 interview on Monday 10 September 2007, he confirmed that "Strangefolk" was originally the working title for their 1999 album Peasants, Pigs and Astronauts.
• "Song of Love/Narayana" incorporates elements from the tracks "Narayan" and "Climbatize," both from The Prodigy
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  's The Fat of the Land
  The Fat of the Land
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  . Mills co-wrote Narayan and also contributed vocals on it.