Together We're Stranger
| Together We're Stranger | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 2 September 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 2001–2003 | |||
| Genre | Post-rock, art rock, ambient | |||
| Length | 47:11 (CD) 53:45 (2-Disc Edition, 2014 Remaster 1-Disc Edition) | |||
| Label | Snapper Music | |||
| Producer | Tim Bowness, Steven Wilson | |||
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| CD/DVD-A | ||||
Digitally Remastered CD-DVDA | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Classic rock | (8/10) |
| Eastern Daily Press | |
| Uncut | |
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. 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".