To a Stranger

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To a Stranger
Odette - To a Stranger.png
Studio album by
Released6 July 2018
Length44:17
Label EMI Music Australia
Producer Damian Taylor
Odette chronology
To a Stranger
(2018)
Herald
(2021)
Singles from To a Stranger
  1. "Watch Me Read You"
    Released: August 2017 [1]
  2. "Colllide"
    Released: November 2017 [2]
  3. "Take It to the Heart"
    Released: 20 April 2018 [3]
  4. "Lotus Eaters"
    Released: October 2018 [4]
  5. "A Place That I Don't Know"
    Released: November 2018 [5] [6]

To a Stranger is the debut studio album by Australian musician Odette, released on 6 July 2018. [7] The album peaked at number 13 on the ARIA Charts.

Contents

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018, the album was nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album and Breakthrough Artist. [8]

Track listing

To a Stranger track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Collide"3:43
2."Lights Out"3:32
3."Watch Me Read You"4:30
4."Come Close"4:16
5."Do You See Me"4:05
6."Fractured Glass"4:22
7."Lotus Eaters"4:34
8."Onyx" (featuring Lanks)4:17
9."Take It to the Heart"3:35
10."You"3:40
11."Pastel Walls"3:43
Total length:44:17
Digital bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."A Place That I Don't Know" (featuring Gretta Ray)3:05
13."Magnolia" (Triple J Like a Version )3:55
14."Angels"2:39
Total length:53:56

Charts

Chart performance for To a Stranger
Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [9] 13

Release history

Release history for To a Stranger
CountryDateFormatLabelCatalogue
Australia6 July 2018 Digital download, CD, LP, streaming EMI Music Australia 6733874
Europe, UK8 February 2019 [6] Digital download, CD, streaming

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