Beth Orton, Comfort of Strangers - 45m 12s

Tracks & Durations

1. Worms	2:29
2. Countenance	3:52
3. Heartland Truckstop	4:00
4. Rectify	2:50
5. Comfort of Strangers	3:20
6. Shadow of a Doubt	3:29
7. Conceived	4:30
8. Absinthe	3:11
9. A Place Aside	2:21
10. Safe in Your Arms	2:25
11. Shopping Trolley	3:37
12. Feral Children	4:04
13. Heart of Soul	2:53
14. Pieces of Sky	2:04

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Review

Few vocalists equal the expressive subtlety of Beth Orton, whose fourth album is both her most musically spare and artistically complex to date. Not only does the production and backing by Jim O'Rourke (known for his work with Sonic Youth and Wilco) capture Orton's vocal style at its most unstudied and unvarnished, the lack of embellishment focuses all the more attention on her songwriting. From the jazzy phrasing on the deceptively jaunty "Worms" through the haunting "Feral" and the amazing grace of the closing, hymnlike "Pieces of Sky," Orton's songs give voice to the sort of knotty, prickly emotions that are as hard to define as they are deeply felt. Most of the musical dynamic features piano or guitar over an elemental, insistent rhythm section, making the coloring of an occasional string section ("Conceived"), harmonica ("Absinthe"), or accordion ("Safe in Your Arms") all the more striking. As an indication of the emotional range of this musical minimalism, the title cut is soothing enough to please fans of Norah Jones, while "Heartlandstruckstop" is as edgy as Patti Smith. --Don McLeese

Other Versions

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Comfort of Strangers

Tracks: 14, Disk length: 45m 12s

Comfort of Strangers

Tracks: 14, Disk length: 44m 45s (-1m 33s)

Comfort of Strangers

Tracks: 14, Disk length: 44m 11s (-2m 59s)

Comfort of Strangers

Tracks: 12 (-2 tracks), Disk length: 37m 17s (-8m 5s)

Comfort of Strangers

Tracks: 16 (+2 tracks), Disk length: 1h 14m (+28m 48s)

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