Leave Here a Stranger is the sixth full-length album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Starflyer 59

Starflyer 59

Starflyer 59 is an alternative rock band from Riverside, California that was founded in 1993 by Jason Martin, brother of Ronnie Martin of Joy Electric. While Jason Martin has written nearly all of Starflyer 59's songs, the band has included a number of different musicians over the years, including...

. Unlike most contemporary albums, it was recorded and mixed in mono

Monaural

Monaural or monophonic sound reproduction is single-channel. Typically there is only one microphone, one loudspeaker, or channels are fed from a common signal path...

 as opposed to stereo

STEREO

STEREO is a solar observation mission. Two nearly identical spacecraft were launched into orbits that cause them to respectively pull farther ahead of and fall gradually behind the Earth...

. Leave Here a Stranger was listed in Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....

 among the Top 10 albums of 2002.

HM Magazine characterizes its lyrical content as a concept album

Concept album

In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...

 about the troubles associated with the life of a recording artist.

Track listing

(all songs written by Jason Martin)

1. "All My Friends Who Play Guitar" – 5:21
2. "Can You Play Drums?" – 2:56
3. "When I Learn to Sing" – 3:25
4. "Give Up the War" – 4:49
5. "Things Like This Help Me" – 4:58
6. "This I Don't Need" – 2:53
7. "I Like Your Photographs" – 6:21
8. "...Moves On" – 1:20
9. "Night Music" – 3:41
10. "Your Company" – 4:21

Personnel

• Jason Martin - Vocals, guitar
• Jeff Cloud
  Jeff Cloud
  Jeff Cloud is a former bass guitar player for rock band Starflyer 59. He joined the band after the album Americana had been recorded, and remained a member until after the recording of the album I Am the Portuguese Blues. From 1996 until 2002, Cloud was member of the electropop/synth pop group...
  
   - Bass guitar
• Josh Dooley - Keyboards
• Joey Esquibel - Drums
• Terry Scott Taylor
  Terry Scott Taylor
  Terry Scott Taylor is an American songwriter, record producer, writer and founding member of the bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies . Taylor is also a member of the roots and alternative music group, Lost Dogs. He is currently based in San Jose, California, USA.Taylor is highly regarded for...
  
   - Producer
• Andrew D. Prickett - Engineer
• Chris Colbert - Mixing
• Rob Watson - Additionals
• Frank Lenz
  Frank Lenz
  Frank Lenz is a drummer from Southern California who has done work for many bands and artists, including but not limited to Starflyer 59, Daniel Amos, Crystal Lewis, Duraluxe, Map, Charity Empressa, Kevin Max, Cush and The Dingees.-Biography:Frank Lenz started taking drum lessons when he was eight...
  
  - Additionals
• Brian Gardner - Mastering
• Matt@muellerworld.com - Color photography
• Matt Wignal - Band photography
• Andy Mueller - Art Direction and Design