''Passing Stranger'' is the debut album of British singer-songwriter,

Scott Matthews Scott Matthews is an English singer-songwriter from Wolverhampton, England.

, and was originally released in March 2006, before being re-issued by

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in October of the same year. The album contains the singles "

Elusive "Elusive" was the first single for British singer-songwriter Scott Matthews and was released on 18 September 2006. The single received much airplay from BBC Radio DJs Jo Whiley, Dermot O'Leary and Zane Lowe between 7 and 10 August. Lowe also pla ...

", "Dream Song" and "Passing Stranger". After Scott won the

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for 'Best Song Lyrically and Musically' for "Elusive", a deluxe edition of the album was re-released, and was made available on 25 June 2007. The album features ten full-length songs and seven short instrumental or minimal pieces.

Track listing

All songs written by Scott Matthews. #"Little Man Tabla Jam Pt.1" – 0:40 #"Dream Song" – 4:42 #"The Fool's Fooling Himself" – 4:01 #"Eyes Wider Than Before" – 3:36 #"Blue In The Face Again" – 1:11 #"Sweet Scented Figure" – 4:31 #"Passing Stranger" – 4:32 #"Prayers" – 3:15 #"Musical Interval" – 1:11 #"Still Fooling" – 0:21 #"City Headache" – 4:59 #"Nylon Instrumental" – 0:19 #"

" – 3:42 #"Earth To Calm" – 4:17 #"White Feathered Medicine" – 5:45 #"Little Man Tabla Jam Pt. 2" – 0:34 #"Bruno Finale" – 2:19 A deluxe two-disc edition was released in 2007 containing new recordings (on disc 2), produced by John Leckie and featuring a string quartet: # "Dream Song" – 4:37 # "Eyes Wider Than Before" – 4:00 # "Elusive" – 3:43 # "City Headache" – 4:47 # "The Fool's Fooling Himself" – 3:59

Personnel

Scott Matthews Scott Matthews is an English singer-songwriter from Wolverhampton, England.

– vocals, guitars, bass guitar, percussion, harmonica * Jon Cotton –

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, piano,

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, record producer *Matt Thomas – drums, percussion *Sukhvinder Singh Namdhari –

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*Mat Taylor – saxophone, flute, clarinet *Richard Adey – accordion *Caroline Bodimead – violin *Charlote Miles – violin *Nina Kopparhead –

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*Elizabeth Garside – cello *Bruno Cavellec –

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References

External links

Full tracklisting for Passing Stranger (Deluxe Edition recorded with John Leckie)Ivor Novello Reception and Album Re-Release Details
{{Authority control 2006 debut albums Scott Matthews albums Island Records albums