Together We're Stranger

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Together We're Stranger | type = studio | artist = No-Man | cover = togetherwerestranger.jpg | alt = | released = 2 September 2003 | recorded = 2001–2003 | venue = | studio = | genre = Post-rock, art rock, ambient | length = 47:11 (CD)<br />53:45 (2-Disc Edition, 2014 Remaster 1-Disc Edition) | label = Snapper Music | producer = Tim Bowness, Steven Wilson | prev_title = Returning Jesus | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = Schoolyard Ghosts | next_year = 2008 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = CD/DVD-A | type = Album | cover = No-man - togetherwerestranger2007.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = Digitally Remastered CD-DVDA }} }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r640966|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> |rev2 = ''Classic rock'' |rev2score = (8/10)<ref>[http://www.no-man.co.uk/recordings/togetherwerestranger-reviews.html#classicrock Classic rock review]</ref> |rev3 = ''Eastern Daily Press'' |rev3score = {{rating|4|4}}<ref>[http://www.no-man.co.uk/recordings/togetherwerestranger-reviews.html Eastern Daily Press review]</ref> |rev4 = ''Uncut'' |rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[http://www.uncut.net/music/no-man/reviews/5585 Uncut review]</ref> }}

'''''Together We're Stranger''''' is No-Man's fifth studio album released by the Snapper Music label in 2003.

The first four songs are linked to form a 28-minute suite of continuous music with recurring lyrical and musical themes. The remaining three songs feature acoustic guitar and clarinet-dominated arrangements and are amongst the band's most stripped-down and intimate recordings.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} In keeping with other No-Man releases, the title track reuses the musical basis of a previous Steven Wilson work: that of "Drugged" from his first Bass Communion album. The chord progression in "The Break-Up For Real" would later be reused by Wilson for songs on Porcupine Tree's 2009 album, ''The Incident''.

The album was released in a limited edition white vinyl format on the Dutch label Tonefloat in November 2005 and in February 2007 on Snapper Music as a two disc CD/DVD edition comprising a remastered 5.1 DVD-A surround sound mix, high resolution 24 bit stereo of the album and additional bonus material. In 2014 was released a remaster (by Steven Wilson) single-disc edition on the Kscope label, includes 2 bonus tracks "Bluecoda" and "The Break-up for Real – drum mix".

== Track listing == {{tracklist | title1 = Together We're Stranger | length1 = 8:31 | title2 = All the Blue Changes | length2 = 7:48 | title3 = The City in a Hundred Ways | length3 = 2:23 | title4 = Things I Want to Tell You | length4 = 9:03 | title5 = Photographs in Black and White | length5 = 10:03 | title6 = Back When You Were Beautiful | length6 = 5:07 | title7 = The Break-up for Real | length7 = 4:11 | title8 = Bluecoda | note8 = vinyl bonus track later included on the high resolution stereo and surround mixes of the two disc Snapper edition and on 2014 remaster 1-disc edition; originally placed before "Photographs in Black and White" | length8 = 2:36 | title9 = The Break-up for Real – drum mix | note9 = vinyl bonus track later included on the high resolution stereo and surround mix of the two disc Snapper edition and on 2014 remaster 1-disc edition; originally replaced the other version on the single LP editions, then was included in addition to the original mix on the double LP pressing | length9 = 3:58 }}

== Two disc Snapper edition == The two disc edition (on Snapper Music) comes with the original stereo mix on CD and a DVD featuring the album in 5.1 DVD-A surround sound and in high resolution 24 bit stereo, with bonus tracks "Bluecoda" and "The Break-up for Real – drum mix" as well as the video for "Things I Want to Tell You"<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.stephenjamesbennett.co.uk/reverse/Videos/tiw2tytdewdslm.mov | title = music video directed by Stephen Bennett | date = 2007-06-12 | accessdate= 2007-06-26}}</ref> and a photo gallery. Both "Bluecoda" and "The Break-up for Real – drum mix" later appeared on the compilation album ''All the Blue Changes – An Anthology 1988–2003'' and on the 2014 Remaster version of the album, released by Kscope label.

== Personnel ==

*Tim Bowness – vocals, words *Steven Wilson – instruments, harmony vocals

with:

*Michael Bearpark – guitar solo (1) *Stephen Bennett – noise (1), organ and cymbal (6) *Ben Castle – clarinet, bass clarinet, flute *Peter Chilvers – space-bass (1,2), bass (6) *Roger Eno – harmonium (5,8) *David Picking – trumpet (1,2), electronics (1,2,3,4), percussion (2,5,9)

==External links== *[http://www.no-man.co.uk No-Man's Official Website] *[http://www.burningshed.com/aconfession/ No-Man's Fan Site]

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Category:2003 albums Category:No-Man albums Category:Snapper Music albums