Leave Here a Stranger

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{{Infobox album

| name = Leave Here a Stranger

| type = Album

| artist = Starflyer 59

| cover = Sf59lhas.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 5, 2001

| recorded = 2001

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Indie rock, dream pop

| length = 40:05

| label = Tooth & Nail

| producer = Terry Scott Taylor

| prev_title = Easy Come Easy Go

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = Can't Stop Eating

| next_year = 2002

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Starflyer 59 studio albums

| type = studio

| prev_title = Everybody Makes Mistakes

| prev_year = 1999

| title = Leave Here a Stranger

| year = 2001

| next_title = Old

| next_year = 2003

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r535192}}

|rev2=HM|rev2Score=(not rated){{cite journal |last=Jones |first=Sarah |title=Reviews / Leave Here a Stranger |pages=74 |date=July–August 2001 |journal=HM Magazine |issn=1066-6923 |issue=90}}

|}}

Leave Here a Stranger is the sixth studio album by alternative rock band Starflyer 59. Unlike most contemporary albums, it was recorded and mixed in mono as opposed to stereo. Leave Here a Stranger was listed in Los Angeles Times among the Top 10 albums of 2001.{{cite web|last=Cromelin|first=Richard|title=Pop Music; The Consensus Top 10, Plus One|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/421707887|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=31 July 2013}}

HM Magazine characterizes its lyrical content as a concept album about the troubles associated with the life of a recording artist.