Smiling at Strangers is an Australian Hip Hop album by TZU

TZU

For the ancient chinese military strategist and author, see Sun Tzu.TZU are an Australian hip hop group, originating from Melbourne, Victoria. They are known for live shows with significant crowd involvement, at festivals such as Big Day Out, Falls Festival, MS Fest and the Meredith Music Festival,...

, released in 2005. The album was produced by Magoo

Magoo (Australian producer)

Magoo is the professional name of Lachlan Goold, a multi award-winning Australian music producer based in Brisbane, Australia. With his business partner Jeff Lovejoy, Magoo operates Black Box Recording, a Brisbane-based recording facility....

 (Regurgitator

Regurgitator

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 and Butterfingers

Butterfingers

Butterfingers were an Australian hip hop group from Ipswich, Queensland. Most of their releases are on their own label, Valley Trash Records.-History:...

) and released under the P & C Liberation Music

Liberation Music

Liberation Music is a boutique, independent Australasian record company, started in 1999 by Michael Gudinski and Warren Costello. Its stated aim is to find, nurture and then to develop new talent for a world market while remaining independent in the process...

 record label.

The first single released from their third album "Smiling at Strangers" was entitled "In Front of Me". It received airplay on national youth radio station Triple J

Triple J

triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

, and the video was broadcast on Rage

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 and Video Hits

Video Hits (Australian TV series)

Video Hits was an Australian music video program that first aired on 15 February 1987. From 7 May 2011 it broadcasted on Network Ten for two hours each Saturday and Sunday morning: 10am – 12pm on Saturdays and 8am – 10am on Sundays. Video Hits was the world's second longest running music show...

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The album was later re-released as a limited edition double LP entitled Snarling at Strangers

Snarling at Strangers

Snarling at Strangers is a repackaged version of Smiling at Strangers, an Australian Hip Hop album by TZU. The album also came with an EP containing five previously unreleased tracks...

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Track listing

1. "Hey Ok" - 3:23
2. "She Gets Up" - 4:00
3. "Logical" - 2:50
4. "Recoil" - 5:00
5. "Tzu Blues (Sweet Little Hoochie)" - 4:31
6. "Won't Get Played" - 5:52
7. "Coming Round" - 6:16
8. "In Front Of Me" - 3:38
9. "Back To Front" - 3:09
10. "Reminisce" - 4:52
11. "Lounge" - 4:09
12. "Raise 'Em Up" - 3:13
13. "Unnecessarily Blue" - 5:21
14. "Unnecessarily Blue (Remix)" - 7:55