{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Stranger Me | type = studio | artist = Amy LaVere | cover =Stranger Me.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2011|07|19}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = <!-- Please do not add unsourced genres --> | length = | label = Archer | producer = * Craig Silvey * Ward Archer | prev_title = Anchors and Anvils | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = Runaway's Diary | next_year = 2014 }} {{Music ratings |ADM = 7.2/10<ref name="ADM">{{cite web|url=http://anydecentmusic.com/review/3479/Amy-LaVere-Stranger-Me.aspx|title=AnyDecentMusic? Review|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=October 4, 2021}}</ref> |MC = 78/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/stranger-me/amy-lavere|title=Metacritic Review|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=October 4, 2021}}</ref> |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/stranger-me-mw0002165213|title=AllMusic Review|publisher=AllMusic|last=Horowitz|first=Hal|access-date=October 4, 2021}}</ref> |rev2 = ''Blurt'' |rev2score = 8/10<ref name="blurt">{{cite web|url=http://blurt-online.com/reviews/view/3208/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809031602/http://blurt-online.com/reviews/view/3208/|title=Blurt Review|work=Blurt|last=Pick|first=Steve|date=July 25, 2011|archive-date=August 9, 2011|access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref> |rev3 = ''Consequence of Sound'' |rev3score = B<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2011/08/album-review-amy-lavere-stranger-me/|title=Consequence of Sound Review|website=Consequence of Sound|last=Young|first=Alex|date=August 1, 2011|access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref> |rev4 = ''Paste'' |rev4score = 8.9/10<ref name="paste">{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/amy-lavere/amy-lavere-stranger-me/|title=Paste Magazine Review|work=Paste|last=Deusner|first=Stephen|date=July 18, 2011|access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref> |rev5 = ''PopMatters'' |rev5score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/146286-amy-lavere-stranger-me-2495968690.html|title=PopMatters Review|publisher=PopMatters|last=Horowitz|first=Steve|date=August 24, 2011|access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref> }} '''''Stranger Me''''' is the third studio album by American musician Amy LaVere. It was released in July 4, 2011 by Archer Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/stranger-me/441546259|title=Stranger Me by Amy LaVere|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=October 4, 2021}}</ref>
==Production== ''Stranger Me'' was recorded and mixed at Music + Arts Studio in Memphis, Tennessee and at The Garden Studio in London, England, with producer Craig Silvey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archer-records.com/products/stranger-me|title=Stranger Me details|website=Archer Records|access-date=October 4, 2021}}</ref>
==Critical reception== ''Stranger Me'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 78 based on 9 reviews.<ref name="MC"/> At AnyDecentMusic?, the release was given a 7.2 out of 10 based on a critical consensus of 7 reviews.<ref name="ADM"/>
In a review for AllMusic, critic reviewer Hal Horowitz wrote "''Stranger Me'' is not only a logical title but a demanding and surprisingly successful experiment that challenges both LaVere and the listener, pushing her into edgy, clearly non-commercial areas."<ref name="AM"/> Steve Pick of ''Blurt'' wrote "LaVere's vocals are deceptively lightweight. Her voice is high and thin, but she phrases eloquently and conveys a wide range of emotional conviction throughout all her work."<ref name="blurt"/> At ''Paste'', Stephen Deusner said LaVere's release is a "well-rounded album."<ref name="paste"/>
==Track listing== {{Track listing |headline ='''Stranger Me''' track listing |title1=Damn Love Song |writer1={{hlist|Amy LaVere|David Brookings}} |length1=5:12 |title2=You Can't Keep Me |writer2=Amy LaVere |length2=3:07 |title3=Red Banks |writer3=Kristi Witt |length3=3:29 |title4=A Great Divide |writer4={{hlist|Amy LaVere|Steve Selvidge}} |length4=3:11 |title5=Often Happens |writer5=Amy LaVere |length5=3:37 |title6=Lucky Boy |writer6=Jimbo Mathus |length6=3:38 |title7=Tricky Heart |writer7=Amy LaVere |length7=4:45 |title8=Stranger Me |writer8=Amy LaVere |length8=4:45 |title9=Candle Mambo |writer9=Captain Beefheart |length9=4:07 |title10=Cry My Eyes Out |writer10=Amy LaVere |length10=4:37 |title11=Let Yourself Go (Come On) |writer11=Bobby Charles |length11=4:55 }}
==Personnel== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''Musicians''' * Amy LaVere − vocals, bass * Jonathan Kirkscey − cello * David Cousar − guitar * Clint Maedgen − flute * Jim Spake − sax * Rick Steff − accordion, piano, vibrachime * Nahshon Benford − trumpet * Beth Luscombe − viola * Bobby Furgo − violin * David Brookings − vocals * Jimbo Mathus − vocals * Patrick McKinney − vocals * Steve Selvidge − vocals * Captain Beefheart − vocals * Bobby Charles − vocals {{col-2}} '''Production''' * Craig Silvey − producer, engineer, mixing * Ward Archer − producer * George Marino − mastering {{col-end}}
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==External links== * {{Discogs master|373656|type=album}} * {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=20bce2da-8bc7-48a4-a301-466dc50d82a5|name=Stranger Me}}
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Category:2011 albums Category:Archer Records albums Category:Amy LaVere albums