The Strange Case Of...

Standard edition cover. Some editions appear without the band's and album's title.

Studio album by

Halestorm

Released

April 10, 2012

Recorded

2011

Studio

Bay 7 Studios (Valley Village, CA)
Sparky Dark Studio (Calabasas, CA)
Sunset Sound Studios (Hollywood, CA)

Genre

Length

40:56

Halestorm chronology

Reanimate: The Covers EP
(2011)

The Strange Case Of...
(2012)

Reanimate 2.0: The Covers EP
(2013)

Singles from The Strange Case Of...

"Love Bites (So Do I)"
Released: January 24, 2012
"I Miss the Misery"
Released: July 22, 2012
"Freak Like Me"
Released: January 8, 2013
"Here's to Us"
Released: May 14, 2013
"Mz. Hyde"
Released: October 21, 2013^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
411Mania	^[1]
AllMusic	^[4]
aNewRisingMusic	^[5]
Kerrang!	^[6]
Live Metal	^[7]
Loudwire	^[8]

The Strange Case Of... is the second studio album by American rock band Halestorm. It was released on April 10, 2012 by Atlantic. The album was produced by Howard Benson, who also produced the band's self-titled debut album. The first single and video from the album "Love Bites (So Do I)" won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance.^[9] The song "Freak Like Me" was the band's first single to reach number one on the Mainstream Rock chart. The song "Here's to Us" was performed on the US television show, Glee, with clean lyrics. Four of the album's songs were previously released on the sneak-preview EP Hello, It's Mz. Hyde. A deluxe edition of the album was also released containing three bonus tracks. A different version of the song "Here's to Us" featuring multiple guests including Slash was included as a bonus track on the reissue version of the standard and deluxe version of the album in 2013. In interviews about the album, Hale noted that the album was heavier than their previous album, but was significantly closer to the sound of them live.

The album debuted at No. 7 on Top Rock Albums and No. 15 on the Billboard 200, selling 24,000 copies in its first week.^[10] It has sold 1,000,000 copies in the US as of June 2, 2022, certified by the RIAA.^[11]

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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Bites (So Do I)"	Lzzy Hale Dave Bassett	3:11
2.	"Mz. Hyde"	Hale Scott Stevens	3:22
3.	"I Miss the Misery"	Hale Christine Danielle Connolly Stevens	3:03
4.	"Freak Like Me"	Hale Johnny Andrews Rob Graves	3:38
5.	"Beautiful with You"	Hale Nina Ossoff Dana Calitri Maria Sommer	3:16
6.	"In Your Room"	Hale Zac Maloy	2:46
7.	"Break In"	Hale Aimée Proal Graves Mark L. Holman	4:45
8.	"Rock Show"	Hale Julian Emery Jim Irvin	3:19
9.	"Daughters of Darkness"	Hale Blair Daly	3:55
10.	"You Call Me a Bitch Like It's a Bad Thing"	Hale Ossoff Calitri Martin Briley	3:11
11.	"American Boys"	Hale Robert Huff	3:28
12.	"Here's to Us"	Hale Toby Gad Danielle Brisebois Brian Connors	2:57
Total length:			40:56

Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Don't Know How to Stop"	Hale Emery Irvin Jason Keith Perry	3:55
14.	"Private Parts" (feat. James Michael of Sixx:A.M.)	Hale James Michael	3:59
15.	"Hate It When You See Me Cry"	Hale	3:11
Total length:			52:01

Japanese edition bonus tracks (taken from *Reanimate: The Covers EP*)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Slave to the Grind" (Skid Row cover)	Sebastian Bach Rachel Bolan Dave "The Snake" Sabo	3:31
14.	"Bad Romance" (Lady Gaga cover)	Stefani Germanotta Nadir Khayat	4:08
15.	"Hunger Strike" (Temple of the Dog cover)	Chris Cornell	3:53
16.	"All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" (Heart cover)	Robert John "Mutt" Lange	5:02
17.	"I Want You (She's So Heavy)" (The Beatles cover)	John Lennon Paul McCartney	6:49
Total length:			68:34

Reissue edition bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Here's to Us (Guest Version)" (feat. Slash, Wolfgang Van Halen, Brent Smith, Myles Kennedy, James Michael, Tyler Connolly, David Draiman, and Maria Brink)	Hale Gad Brisebois	3:15
Total length:			44:11

Hello, It's Mz. Hyde EP

The band released an EP before the album release of four of the songs set to appear on The Strange Case Of....

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love Bites (So Do I)"
2.	"Rock Show"
3.	"Daughters of Darkness"
4.	"Here's to Us"
Total length:		13:28

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Strange Case Of....^[12]

Band members

Lzzy Hale – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
Joe Hottinger – lead guitar, backing vocals
Josh Smith – bass guitar, backing vocals
Arejay Hale – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional personnel

Musicians

Wolfgang Van Halen – background vocals
Myles Kennedy – guitar
Slash – guitar
Phil X – guitar
Howard Benson – keyboards
Lenny Skolnik – keyboards
Jamie Muhoberac – piano
Maria Brink – background vocals
Tyler Connolly – background vocals
David Draiman – background vocals
Myles Kennedy – background vocals
James Michael – background vocals
Brent Smith – background vocals

Artistry

Alex Kirzhner – art direction, design, photography
Hikari Tezuka – hair stylist
Lucky Smyler – make-up
Chris Phelps – photography
Mody Al Khufash – stylist

Production

Anne Declemente – A&R, administration
Pete Ganbarg – A&R
Paul DeCarli – digital editing, engineer
Jon Nicholson – drum technician
Jimmy Fahey – engineer
Hatsukazu "Hatch" Inagaki – engineer
James Michael – engineer
Mike Plotnikoff – engineer
Marc VanGool – guitar technician
Ted Jensen – mastering
Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
Brian Ranney – packaging
Howard Benson – producer, programming
Lenny Skolnik – programming

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2012-2023)	Peak position
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)^[13]	26
UK Albums (OCC)^[14]	49
UK Rock and Metal Albums (OCC)^[15]	2
Japanese Albums Chart (Oricon)^[16]	52
US Billboard 200^[17]	15
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[18]	7
US Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)^[18]	1
US Alternative Albums (Billboard)^[18]	6
US Top Digital Albums (Billboard)^[18]	15
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)^[18]	21

Year-end charts

Chart (2012)	Position
US Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)^[19]	12
US Rock Albums (Billboard)^[20]	59
US Alternative Albums (Billboard)^[21]	44
Chart (2013)	Position
US Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)^[22]	12
US Rock Albums (Billboard)^[23]	69

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[24]	Silver	60,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[25]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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v t e Halestorm
Lzzy Hale Arejay Hale Joe Hottinger Josh Smith Roger Hale
Studio albums	Halestorm The Strange Case Of... Into the Wild Life Vicious Back from the Dead
EPs	One and Done Reanimate: The Covers EP Reanimate 2.0: The Covers EP Reanimate 3.0: The Covers EP
Live albums	Live in Philly 2010
Singles	"I Get Off" "It's Not You" "Familiar Taste of Poison" "Love Bites (So Do I)" "Mz. Hyde" "Apocalyptic" "Amen" "Uncomfortable"
Related articles	Discography

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