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Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings
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Positive: 21 out of 29
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Mixed: 5 out of 29
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Negative: 3 out of 29
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katie,aprincessFeb 7, 2006are you keeeding me? there are no legs on 90% of the songs on this album. not only did orton make a visit it snoozeville, but her songwriting sounds lazy. i don't need big melodies or trip-hop... i just want a reason to spin it. i have heard very few reasons in "comfort of strangers."
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MattFeb 7, 2006From Orton, I like the electro-folk pop sound of Daybreaker the most. On Comfort Of Strangers, her voice, which I'm already not crazy about, sounds unclear. On the positive side, some songs do sound fresh.
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TomBFeb 8, 2006I am predisposed to liking Ms. Orton, but I must agree with Katie's comments below. A snoozer of an album.
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EvanSFeb 21, 2006I have Orton's album on a loop in my office and have found it nothing short of grating - her droning, wah-wah vocals and lackluster accompanimentmake "Comfort of Strangers" a ho-hum Jon Brion wanna-be effort.
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susieMay 28, 2006
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Both her most musically spare and artistically complex [album] to date.
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While Orton has a tendency to mimic her own melodies, she explores jazz structures here in engaging, exciting ways, and the indigent heartland iconography of her lyrics is beautiful without being cloying.
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SpinUnerringly lovely, but best when the drums heat up. [Feb 2006, p.87]