Strawberry Switchblade (album)

Strawberry Switchblade is the only studio album released by the Scottish new wave duo Strawberry Switchblade.

Release
The album did not live up to the high chart expectations created by the #5 (UK) single "Since Yesterday". It entered and peaked at #25 on the UK Album Chart in April 1985. The album was promoted by two additional singles: the first, "Let Her Go", reached #59 and the final single, "Who Knows What Love Is?", reached #84 on the UK Singles Chart. "Since Yesterday" also charted in Ireland and the Netherlands where it reached #6 and #24 respectively.

Re-release
The original Strawberry Switchblade LP has not been re-released in the UK (or in Europe) since 1985, though all of its tracks (apart from the short instrumental reprise of "Who Knows What Love Is?") appeared on the group's Platinum Collection compilation. In Japan, where the group were extremely popular, it was issued on CD for the first time in 1989, and released again there on CD in 1997 in a 20-track expanded version, including B-sides, remixes and non-album singles. Additionally, the track "Go Away" was rerecorded for the 1997 CD.

Track listing
All songs written by Jill Bryson and Rose McDowall, except where noted.

Personnel
with: "Thanks to David Balfe and Bill Drummond"
 * Strawberry Switchblade
 * Jill Bryson – vocals, harmonies, lead guitar
 * Rose McDowall – lead vocals, harmonies, guitars
 * Gary Hutchins – sequences, keyboards
 * Alan Park – keyboards
 * Bruce Nockles – trumpet
 * Dave Morris – percussion
 * David Motion – keyboards, drum machine
 * Phil Thornalley – keyboards
 * Boris Williams – "tippy tappy" drums
 * David Bedford – string and woodwind arrangements
 * Andrew Poppy – horn arrangements on "10 James Orr Street"
 * Technical
 * David Motion – production, arrangements, engineering
 * Phil Thornalley – production, engineering on "Let Her Go" and "Who Knows What Love Is?"
 * Trig – engineering
 * Peter McArthur – photography
 * Chris Branfield – design

The 12" Album
The 12" Album was a remix album released in Japan in November 1985. The album contains 5 extended mixes, one standalone single and one B-side.

Despite the name of the album, only two of the remixes had previously appeared on 12" singles, these being the mixes of "Let Her Go" (from the 12" release of "Who Knows What Love Is?") and "Jolene" (from that single's 12" release). The other three mixes were specially done for this remix album and were not released in the United Kingdom.

The extended mix of "Since Yesterday" later appeared as the B-side of the Strawberry Switchblade's final single "I Can Feel" in 1986.