Stranger Songs

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Stranger Songs
Ingrid Michaelson - Stranger Songs.png
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 28, 2019 (2019-06-28)
Length36:18
Label Cabin 24
Producer
Ingrid Michaelson chronology
Songs for the Season
(2018)
Stranger Songs
(2019)
For the Dreamers
(2024)
Singles from Stranger Songs
  1. "Missing You"
    Released: May 10, 2019

Stranger Songs is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson. It was released on June 28, 2019, [1] by Cabin 24 Records. The album contains music that is inspired by Netflix television series Stranger Things , with the album released shortly prior to the premiere of its third season. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly , Michaelson described Stranger Songs as a "natural extension" of her work on composing music for the musical The Notebook . [2] The lead single from the album, "Missing You", was released on May 10, 2019. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic editor Matt Collar noted that "while the album's underpinnings do bring to mind Stranger Things 's John Carpenter-style keyboard soundtrack aesthetic, much of Stranger Songs also finds Michaelson leaning more heavily into the show's more conceptual themes of romantic teenage longing and the desire for love and acceptance [..] Ultimately, as the Stranger Things kids draw strength from each other to face whatever monsters may emerge from the dark, on Stranger Songs, Michaelson offers her own words of hope for gentle freaks in an upside-down world." [4]

Track listing

Stranger Songs– Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Freak Show"
  • Schoorl
  • Thomas
3:12
2."Young and in Love"
de Jong3:28
3."Hey Kid"
  • Cooley
  • Herzig
3:52
4."Hate You"Michaelson
  • Michaelson
  • de Jong
3:29
5."Jealous"
3:07
6."Missing You"
  • Michaelson
  • Jesse Thomas
  • de Jong
de Jong2:54
7."Best Friend"
  • Michaelson
  • Jesse Thomas
  • Jordan Palmer
Palmer2:46
8."Mother"
  • Michaelson
  • Cooley
  • Herzig
  • Cooley
  • Herzig
3:40
9."Christmas Lights"
  • Michaelson
  • Cooley
  • Herzig
  • Cooley
  • Herzig
3:09
10."Pretty" Alex Hope 2:55
11."Take Me Home"
  • Michaelson
  • Cooley
  • Herzig
  • Cooley
  • Herzig
3:46
Total length:36:18
Stranger SongsBarnes & Noble deluxe edition (bonus tracks) [5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Boy Behind the Camera"Jeffery Lutitio, Erin Mccarley, Ingrid Michaelson3:58
13."Friends Don't Lie"Ingrid Michaelson, Cason Cooley, Katie Herzig3:26
Total length:43:02

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Stranger Songs
Chart (2019)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [6] 128
US Digital Albums (Billboard) [7] 14
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [8] 3
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [9] 13

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