Comfort of Strangers is English

England

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Beth Orton

Beth Orton

Beth Orton is a BRIT Award–winning English singer-songwriter, known for her 'folktronica' sound, which mixes elements of folk and electronica. She was initially recognised for her collaborations with William Orbit and the Chemical Brothers in the mid 1990s. However, these were not Orton's first...

's fourth studio album, the follow-up to 2002's Daybreaker

Daybreaker

Daybreaker is an album by singer-songwriter Beth Orton released in 2002 on Heavenly Records and the Astralwerks Records label. The album reached #40 in US and #8 in UK. Mojo Magazine called the album "her best to date...". Q Magazine was not excited about the album: "Tortoise-pace strumming and a...

. The album was recorded in just two weeks at New York's Sear Sound studio in the spring of 2005, with the much-acclaimed musician and composer Jim O'Rourke

Jim O'Rourke (musician)

Jim O'Rourke is an Irish-American musician and record producer. He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene...

 as producer. It features Beth on guitar, piano and harmonica with O'Rourke on bass, piano and marimba and the American percussionist Tim Barnes

Tim Barnes

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 on drums.

Track listing

All songs were composed by Orton, although the title track was written in partnership with O'Rourke and singer-songwriter M. Ward

M. Ward

Matthew Stephen Ward, known by his stage name M. Ward, is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who rose to prominence in the Portland, Oregon music scene. In addition to his solo work he is known as a member of She & Him and Monsters of Folk.-Career:...

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1. "Worms" – 2:04
2. "Countenance" – 2:23
3. "Heartland Truckstop" – 2:48
4. "Rectify" – 2:27
5. "Comfort of Strangers" – 3:18
6. "Shadow of a Doubt" – 3:58
7. "Conceived
   Conceived
   "Conceived" is the first single released by Beth Orton from her album Comfort of Strangers. It was released as a download single via iTunes on 29 November 2005, and then on CD and vinyl on 30 January 2006. It peaked at #44 in the UK official singles chart. It also peaked at #6 on the US's Triple A...
   
   " – 3:27
8. "Absinthe" – 4:02
9. "A Place Aside" – 2:19
10. "Safe in Your Arms" – 4:28
11. "Shopping Trolley
    Shopping Trolley
    "Shopping Trolley" was a 2006 single by English songwriter Beth Orton. It was released as a 2 CD single set and 12 inch vinyl , and an early version of the title song can be purchased from iTunes.-CD: EMI / CDEMS 694 United Kingdom :# "Shopping Trolley"...
    
    " – 2:51
12. "Feral Children" – 3:35
13. "Heart of Soul" – 3:50
14. "Pieces of Sky" – 3:09

Limited Edition: Bonus Disc

1. "What We Begin" – 3:30
2. "On My Way Home" – 3:08
3. "Comfort of Strangers #9" – 3:16
4. "Did Somebody Make a Fool of You?" – 2:16
5. "Northern Sky" – 2:58

Singles

• "Conceived
  Conceived
  "Conceived" is the first single released by Beth Orton from her album Comfort of Strangers. It was released as a download single via iTunes on 29 November 2005, and then on CD and vinyl on 30 January 2006. It peaked at #44 in the UK official singles chart. It also peaked at #6 on the US's Triple A...
  
  ", released 29 November 2005 as a digital download, and 31 January 2006 on 7"
  Gramophone record
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   and CD
  Compact Disc
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   in the UK
  United Kingdom
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External links

• Official artist website
• American label website