No Stranger (Tom Cochrane album)

No Stranger
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 31, 2006
Recordedat Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario
GenreRock
LabelUniversal
ProducerTom Cochrane
Tom Cochrane chronology
X-Ray Sierra
(1999)
No Stranger
(2006)
Take It Home
(2015)
Singles from No Stranger
  1. "Didn't Mean"
    Released: 2006
  2. "The Party Not's Over"
    Released: 2006
  3. "Out of my Head"
    Released: 2007
  4. "Northern Star"
    Released: 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

No Stranger is Canadian singer Tom Cochrane's fifth solo studio album and first album for Universal Music Canada. Released in October 2006, it was his first album in seven years following Xray Sierra in 1999. No Stranger included the singles "Didn't Mean", "The Party's Not Over", "Northern Star", "Out of My Head", and a cover version of Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky". The album debuted at #25 on the Canadian Albums Chart.[2]

Recording

Recording took place at Metalworks Studios and Layastone. Cochrane produced the album and mixed it at his studio in Northern Ontario. Red Rider bandmates Ken Greer and Jeff Jones performed on the album. No Stranger received a Juno Award nomination for Canadian Adult Alternative Album of the Year.[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tom Cochrane unless otherwise noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Party's Not Over" 3:30
2."Glide" 4:12
3."While You Are Young"" 3:54
4."White Horse" 4:34
5."Didn't Mean" 4:08
6."Rough and Tumble" 4:29
7."Out of My Head" 3:49
8."Deep Breath" 4:13
9."Northern Star" 4:44
10."Since You Left Me" 3:32
11."Colour Blue" 1:15
12."Spirit in the Sky"Norman Greenbaum3:12

Personnel

Personnel taken from No Strangers liner notes.[4]

  • Tom Cochrane – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion, harmonica, production, engineering, mixing (tracks 3–5, 8, 10–12)
  • Tony Feener – drums
  • Jeff Jones – bass
  • Ken Greer – electric and slide guitars, bass, additional engineering
  • Bill Bell – guitars, percussion, additional engineering, mixing (tracks 7, 9)
  • George Kohler – additional bass
  • John Webster – additional keyboards, additional engineering, mixing (tracks 1, 2, 6)
  • Tony Marriott – additional bass
  • Gian Carlo Gallo – assistant engineer
  • Dylan Argument – additional assistant
  • Brent Whitcomb – additional assistant
  • João Carvalho – mastering
  • David Owen Cameron – art direction, art and design, cover photography
  • Garnet Armstrong – art direction
  • Roland Wilhelm – back cover photography, liner notes photography

References

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r931783
  2. ^ "ALBUMS : Top 100".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ "Tom Cochrane". The JUNO Awards. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  4. ^ No Strangers (CD liner notes). Tom Cochrane. 2006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)