“Strange Wings” by Savatage

"Strange Wings" flies out of Hall of the Mountain King, the 1987 album on which the American heavy metal band Savatage first worked with producer Paul O'Neill. O'Neill co-wrote it with Jon Oliva and Criss Oliva, produced it with the band co-producing and shares the arranging credit with them. Jon Oliva sings lead, Criss Oliva plays guitar, Johnny Lee Middleton is on bass and Steve Wachholz on drums, with Robert Kinkel adding keyboards and Ray Gillen dropping in as a guest on backing vocals. James A. Ball engineered.

O'Neill came aboard once the Fight for the Rock tour was over and steered them toward the conceptual approach that begins with this, their fourth album. It reached number 116 on the Billboard 200, and Loudwire and Metal Hammer later ranked it among the best power metal albums ever made.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.