Comfort of Strangers

Untitled

The 14-track album Comfort of Strangers, Beth Orton's fourth studio album, the follow-up to 2002's Daybreaker, 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 as producer. It features Beth on guitar, piano and harmonica with O'Rourke on bass, piano and marimba and the American percussionist Tim Barnes on drums.

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

According to Astralwerks, the album will be released on February 8th, 2006, and a week later (the 13th) in the UK.

The album is preceded by a single, Conceived (released 29 Nov 2005 as a digital download, and 31st January in 7" vinyl and Compact Disc format in the UK).

Track listing (Special Edition)

DISC 1

1. Worms
2. Countenance
3. Heartland Truckstop
4. Rectify
5. Comfort Of Strangers
6. Shadow Of A Doubt
7. Conceived
8. Absinthe
9. A Place Aside
10. Safe In Your Arms
11. Shopping Trolley
12. Feral Children
13. Heart Of Soul
14. Pieces Of Sky

DISC 2

1. What We Begin
2. On My Way Home
3. Comfort Of Strangers #9
4. Did Somebody Make A Fool Of You...?
5. Northern Sky