Singing to Strangers

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Singing to Strangers
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Studio album by
Released15 March 2019 (2019-03-15)
Studio Ennio Morricone's studio, Rome [1]
Length64:18
Label BMG
Producer Cam Blackwood
Jack Savoretti chronology
Sleep No More
(2016)
Singing to Strangers
(2019)
Europiana
(2021)

Singing to Strangers is the sixth studio album by English singer-songwriter Jack Savoretti, released on 15 March 2019 through BMG. [2] The lead single, "Candlelight", was released in December 2018. [3] Savoretti embarked on a European tour in support of the album. [3] It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with 32,264 units. [4] It is Savoretti's final album for BMG.

Contents

Background

Savoretti named the album Singing to Strangers because, he said, "That's my job: I sing to strangers. That's what I've spent most of my life doing. Singing to friends and family and fans; they're already onside, so you can, to some extent sing anything. Strangers need convincing, touching, connection." [5]

Recording

The album was recorded in Rome at Ennio Morricone's studio in mid-2018 with producer Cam Blackwood. [2] In addition to writing with Kylie Minogue, [6] Savoretti co-wrote a track with Bob Dylan titled "Touchy Situation". [7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Candlelight"4:31
2."Love Is on the Line"
3:30
3."Dying for Your Love"
4:02
4."Better Off Without Me"
  • Savoretti
  • Gosling
4:01
5."What More Can I Do?"
  • Savoretti
  • Rossi
  • Vito
  • Sternberg
4:57
6."Singing to Strangers" (interlude)
  • Savoretti
  • Rossi
  • Vito
  • Sternberg
2:53
7."Youth and Love"
3:55
8."Touchy Situation"
4:26
9."Greatest Mistake"Savoretti4:59
10."Things I Thought I'd Never Do"Savoretti4:10
11."Going Home"Savoretti4:26
Total length:64:18
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Symmetry"
  • Savoretti
  • Matthew Benbrook
3:29
13."Beginning of Us"3:48
14."Music's Too Sad Without You" (with Kylie Minogue; live from Venice)
4:40
15."Vedrai Vedrai / Oblivion" (live from Venice)6:31
Special edition additional tracks [8] [9]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."Waiting for the Sun"
  • Savoretti
  • Rossi
  • Vito
  • Sternberg
3:16
17."Closer"
3:21
18."Christmas Morning"
  • Savoretti
  • Kristoffer Sonne
  • Larsen
2:46
19."Greatest Mistake" (edit)Savoretti3:40
20."Youth and Love" (featuring Mika)
  • Savoretti
  • Dixon
  • Blackwood
  • Visser
3:32
21."Music's Too Sad Without You" (with Kylie Minogue)
  • Minogue
  • Savoretti
  • Dixon
4:08
22."Human" (with Ward Thomas; live at the SSE Arena, Wembley)4:11
23."Things I Thought I'd Never Do" (live at the SSE Arena, Wembley)Savoretti7:06
24."Candlelight" (Ken Bruce piano session)
  • Savoretti
  • Pott
4:30
25."You and Me as One" (with Sigma)
3:27
Total length:104:32

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