Strikes | ||||
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Studio album by Blackfoot | ||||
Released | April 1979 | |||
Recorded | Subterranean Studio, Ann Arbor, Michigan Sound Suite Studios, Detroit, Michigan Bee Jay Studios, Orlando, Florida |
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Genre | Southern rock, hard rock, blues rock | |||
Length | 33:41 | |||
Label | Atco | |||
Producer | Al Nalli, Henry Weck | |||
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Strikes is the third studio album by the American Southern rock band Blackfoot, released in April 1979. The album has received a platinum certification from the RIAA in April 1986. The album features two minor pop hits: "Highway Song" (#26) and "Train, Train" (#38).
"Train, Train" was covered by country music legend Dolly Parton on her 1999 album The Grass Is Blue which won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. Warrant covered the song on their 1990 album Cherry Pie. The song has appeared in the 2011 film Straw Dogs.