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Comfort of Strangers
Singer-Songwriter · 2006 · 19 tracks

Comfort of Strangers

A sharp pivot away from electronic textures toward skeletal, dry-room folk. Intimate, unpolished, and captured with startling immediacy by producer Jim O'Rourke.

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It's like Beth Orton is sitting in your living room playing just for you, no computers allowed.

A quiet, domestic intimacy that feels both fragile and grounded.

Comfort of Strangers · vs · Beth Orton
Stripped Back+2.0σ

The production is pushed notably harder into stripped back than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 19 Tracks
01
Worms
2:04
02
Countenance
2:23
03
Heartland Truckstop
2:48
04
Rectify
2:27
05
Comfort of Strangers
3:19
06
Shadow of a Doubt
3:58
07
Conceived
3:28
08
Absinthe
4:02
09
A Place Aside
2:19
10
Safe in Your Arms
4:28
11
Shopping Trolley
2:52
12
Feral Children
3:35
13
Heart of Soul
3:51
14
Pieces of Sky
3:09
15
What We Begin
3:31
16
On My Way Home
3:09
17
Comfort of Strangers # 9
3:17
18
Did Somebody Make a Fool Outta You...?
2:16
19
Northern Sky
2:58
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden, playful rhythmic bounce of the marimba on 'Worms' that subverts the typical folk opener.
The skeletal, bone-dry piano chords on 'Absinthe' that feel like they are being played in the room with you.
The way her voice cracks slightly on the title track, emphasizing the raw, unpolished nature of the two-week session.
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