# Stranger Me

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Stranger Me
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Amy LaVere](/source/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](/source/Archer_Records)
| producer   = 
* Craig Silvey
* Ward Archer
| prev_title = Anchors and Anvils
| prev_year  = 2007
| next_title = [Runaway's Diary](/source/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](/source/Metacritic)|access-date=October 4, 2021}}</ref>
|rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/stranger-me-mw0002165213|title=AllMusic Review|publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|last=Horowitz|first=Hal|access-date=October 4, 2021}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[Blurt](/source/Blurt_(magazine))''
|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](/source/Blurt_(magazine))|last=Pick|first=Steve|date=July 25, 2011|archive-date=August 9, 2011|access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[Consequence of Sound](/source/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](/source/Consequence_of_Sound)|last=Young|first=Alex|date=August 1, 2011|access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[Paste](/source/Paste_(magazine))''
|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](/source/Paste_(magazine))|last=Deusner|first=Stephen|date=July 18, 2011|access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters)''
|rev5score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/146286-amy-lavere-stranger-me-2495968690.html|title=PopMatters Review|publisher=[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters)|last=Horowitz|first=Steve|date=August 24, 2011|access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref>
}}
'''''Stranger Me''''' is the third [studio album](/source/studio_album) by American musician [Amy LaVere](/source/Amy_LaVere). It was released in July 4, 2011 by [Archer Records](/source/Archer_Records).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/stranger-me/441546259|title=Stranger Me by Amy LaVere|publisher=[Apple Music](/source/Apple_Music)|access-date=October 4, 2021}}</ref>

==Production==
''Stranger Me'' was recorded and mixed at Music + Arts Studio in [Memphis, Tennessee](/source/Memphis%2C_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](/source/Archer_Records)|access-date=October 4, 2021}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
''Stranger Me'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At [Metacritic](/source/Metacritic), which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an [average](/source/weighted_arithmetic_mean) 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](/source/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](/source/Blurt_(magazine))'' 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](/source/Paste_(magazine))'', [Stephen Deusner](/source/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](/source/Steve_Selvidge)}}
|length4=3:11
|title5=Often Happens
|writer5=Amy LaVere
|length5=3:37
|title6=Lucky Boy
|writer6=[Jimbo Mathus](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Bobby_Charles)
|length11=4:55
}}

==Personnel==
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'''Musicians'''
* [Amy LaVere](/source/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](/source/Steve_Selvidge) − vocals
* Captain Beefheart − vocals
* Bobby Charles − vocals
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'''Production'''
* Craig Silvey − producer, engineer, mixing
* Ward Archer − producer
* [George Marino](/source/George_Marino) − mastering
{{col-end}}

==References==
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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

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