Strangers Only

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Strangers Only
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 3, 2013
RecordedMarch 2013
StudioMachine Shop Recordings [1]
Genre Nu metalcore, [2] nu metal [3]
Length33:50
Label Rise
Producer Will Putney, Randy Leboeuf
My Ticket Home chronology
To Create a Cure
(2012)
Strangers Only
(2013)
UnReal
(2017)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Dead Press8/10 [3]

Strangers Only is the second studio album by American heavy metal band My Ticket Home. It was released on September 3, 2013, through Rise Records. The album's musical style is a drastic departure from the post-hardcore and metalcore sound of the band's previous releases, instead showcasing a nu metal sound with only some elements of metalcore. It was the band's final album with Rise Records, after the band left the label and would later sign with Spinefarm Records.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Spit Not Chewed"3:22
2."Painfully Bored"3:18
3."Hot Soap"3:22
4."Teenage Cremation"2:34
5."Keep Alone"2:54
6."You All Know Better Than Me"3:28
7."Head Change"4:38
8."Foul Stench of Youth"3:39
9."Ayahuasca"3:26
10."Kick Rocks"3:04

Personnel

My Ticket Home

Production

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References

  1. Video on YouTube
  2. "My Ticket Home" . Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "ALBUM: My Ticket Home – Strangers Only". DeadPress.co.uk. September 3, 2013. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019.