Comfort of Strangers explained

Comfort of Strangers
Type:	studio
Artist:	Beth Orton
Cover:	Comfort of Strangers (Beth Orton album) cover art.jpg
Released:	7 February 2006
Studio:	Sear Sound, New York City
Genre:	Folk
Length:	47:11
Label:	Astralwerks/EMI
Producer:	Jim O'Rourke
Prev Title:	Pass in Time
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Sugaring Season
Next Year:	2012

Comfort of Strangers is the fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter Beth Orton. The album was recorded in just two weeks at New York's Sear Sound studio in the spring of 2005, with musician and composer Jim O'Rourke as producer. It features Orton on guitar, piano and harmonica with O'Rourke on bass, piano and marimba and the American percussionist Tim Barnes on drums.

Singles

"Conceived", released 29 November 2005 as a digital download, and 31 January 2006 on 7" and CD in the UK.

Track listing

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

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" – 3:27
8. "Absinthe" – 4:02
9. "A Place Aside" – 2:19
10. "Safe in Your Arms" – 4:28
11. "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