Most great albums are more than sequences of songs: they're a single piece of artwork, with multiple, inter-related chapters. "Walking with Strangers" is one of my favorite albums ever because it is, more than anything else, a piece of art - not a sequence of unrelated chapters. The way that the songs flow into each other makes it seem like a cohesive narrative, even though it isn't really a concept album. Also, it has these creepy, dark fairy / serial killer / twilight haunting vibes that always spark inspiration. It takes the best of the 1980s' new Romantic scene and the worst of the 1980s' synth-pop scene and somehow makes them work together. Imagine Depeche Mode meets Tiffani, and you have "Walking with Strangers."
I could go on and on, but I'll simply say that buying this disc - even though it was one of the very few full price purchases that I've made for myself - was worth ten times what I paid for it.
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