Singing to Strangers

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{{Infobox album

| name = Singing to Strangers

| type = studio

| cover = Jack Savoretti – Singing to Strangers.png

| alt =

| artist = Jack Savoretti

| released = {{start date|2019|03|15|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio = Ennio Morricone's studio, Rome{{cite web|url=https://www.abbeyroad.com/news/jack-savoretti-returns-with-europiana-recorded-at-abbey-road-full-interview-2973|title=Jack Savoretti Returns With 'Europiana' – Recorded at Abbey Road {{!}} Full Interview|website=Abbey Road Studios|date=25 June 2021|access-date=3 July 2021}}

| genre =

| length = 64:18

| label = BMG

| producer = Cam Blackwood

| prev_title = Sleep No More

| prev_year = 2016

| next_title = Europiana

| next_year = 2021

| misc =

}}

Singing to Strangers is the sixth studio album by English singer-songwriter Jack Savoretti, released on 15 March 2019 through BMG.{{cite web|url=https://www.entertainment-focus.com/music-section/music-news/jack-savoretti-to-release-new-album-singing-to-strangers-in-march/|title=Jack Savoretti to release new album Singing to Strangers in March|work=Entertainment Focus|last=Ellwood-Hughes|first=Pip|date=20 November 2018 |access-date=14 December 2018}} The lead single, "Candlelight", was released in December 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/221709/9|title=Jack Savoretti Releases Rhapsodic New Single Candlelight|work=Stereoboard|last=Payne|first=Helen|date=12 December 2018|access-date=14 December 2018}} Savoretti embarked on a European tour in support of the album. It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with 32,264 units.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-jack-savoretti-scores-first-no-1-album/075705|title=Charts analysis: Jack Savoretti scores first No.1 album - Analysis - Music Week|website=www.musicweek.com}} It is Savoretti's final album for BMG.

Background

Savoretti named the album Singing to Strangers because, he said, "That's my job: I sing to strangers. That's what I've spent most of my life doing. Singing to friends and family and fans; they're already onside, so you can, to some extent sing anything. Strangers need convincing, touching, connection."{{Cite news|url=https://www.frontview-magazine.be/en/news/jack-savoretti-releases-new-album-singing-to-strangers|title=Jack Savoretti releases new album Singing to Strangers'|date=19 March 2019|work=Front View|access-date=24 March 2019}}

Recording

The album was recorded in Rome at Ennio Morricone's studio in mid-2018 with producer Cam Blackwood. In addition to writing with Kylie Minogue,{{cite web|url=https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/17244610.into-the-woods-with-jack-savoretti/|title=Into the woods with Jack Savoretti|work=Worcester News|last=Bills-Geddes|first=Gary|date=24 November 2018|access-date=14 December 2018}} Savoretti co-wrote a track with Bob Dylan titled "Touchy Situation".{{cite web|url=https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/spettacolo/jack-savoretti-torna-con-un-nuovo-album-singing-to-strangers-e-una-collaborazione-con-bob-dylan_3176452-201802a.shtml|title=Jack Savoretti torna con un nuovo album, "Singing To Strangers" e una collaborazione con Bob Dylan|trans-title=Jack Savoretti returns with a new album, "Singing To Strangers" and a collaboration with Bob Dylan|publisher=TgCom24|language=it|date=23 November 2018|access-date=14 December 2018}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| total_length = 64:18

| title1 = Candlelight

| writer1 = {{hlist|Jack Savoretti|Joel Laslett Pott}}

| length1 = 4:31

| title2 = Love Is on the Line

| writer2 = {{hlist|Savoretti|Davide Rossi|Pedro Vito|Sebastian Sternberg}}

| length2 = 3:30

| title3 = Dying for Your Love

| writer3 = {{hlist|Savoretti|Jake Gosling}}

| length3 = 4:02

| title4 = Better Off Without Me

| writer4 = {{hlist|Savoretti|Gosling}}

| length4 = 4:01

| title5 = What More Can I Do?

| writer5 = {{hlist|Savoretti|Rossi|Vito|Sternberg}}

| length5 = 4:57

| title6 = Singing to Strangers

| note6 = interlude

| writer6 = {{hlist|Savoretti|Rossi|Vito|Sternberg}}

| length6 = 2:53

| title7 = Youth and Love

| writer7 = {{hlist|Savoretti|Samuel Dixon|Cam Blackwood|Thomas Visser}}

| length7 = 3:55

| title8 = Touchy Situation

| writer8 = {{hlist|Savoretti|Robert Zimmerman}}

| length8 = 4:26

| title9 = Greatest Mistake

| writer9 = Savoretti

| length9 = 4:59

| title10 = Things I Thought I'd Never Do

| writer10 = Savoretti

| length10 = 4:10

| title11 = Going Home

| writer11 = Savoretti

| length11 = 4:26

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Deluxe edition bonus tracks

| title12 = Symmetry

| writer12 = {{hlist|Savoretti|Matthew Benbrook}}

| length12 = 3:29

| title13 = Beginning of Us

| writer13 = {{hlist|Savoretti|Nikolaj Torp Larsen}}

| length13 = 3:48

| title14 = Music's Too Sad Without You

| note14 = with Kylie Minogue; live from Venice

| writer14 = {{hlist|Kylie Minogue|Savoretti|Dixon}}

| length14 = 4:40

| title15 = Vedrai Vedrai / Oblivion

| note15 = live from Venice

| writer15 = {{hlist|Astor Piazzolla|Luigi Tenco}}

| length15 = 6:31

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Special edition additional tracks{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/singing-to-strangers-special-edition/1482848106|title=Singing to Strangers (Special Edition) by Jack Savoretti on Apple Music|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=20 February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/121566133/credits|title=Credits / Singing to Strangers (Special Edition) / Jack Savoretti – TIDAL|date=15 March 2019 |publisher=Tidal|access-date=20 February 2021}}

| total_length = 104:32

| title16 = Waiting for the Sun

| writer16 = {{hlist|Savoretti|Rossi|Vito|Sternberg}}

| length16 = 3:16

| title17 = Closer

| writer17 = {{hlist|Savoretti|Steve Mac}}

| length17 = 3:21

| title18 = Christmas Morning

| writer18 = {{hlist|Savoretti|Kristoffer Sonne|Larsen}}

| length18 = 2:46

| title19 = Greatest Mistake

| note19 = edit

| writer19 = Savoretti

| length19 = 3:40

| title20 = Youth and Love

| note20 = featuring Mika

| writer20 = {{hlist|Savoretti|Dixon|Blackwood|Visser}}

| length20 = 3:32

| title21 = Music's Too Sad Without You

| note21 = with Kylie Minogue

| writer21 = {{hlist|Minogue|Savoretti|Dixon}}

| length21 = 4:08

| title22 = Human

| note22 = with Ward Thomas; live at the SSE Arena, Wembley

| writer22 = {{hlist|Brandon Flowers|Dave Keuning|Mark Stoermer|Ronnie Vannucci, Jr.}}

| length22 = 4:11

| title23 = Things I Thought I'd Never Do

| note23 = live at the SSE Arena, Wembley

| writer23 = Savoretti

| length23 = 7:06

| title24 = Candlelight

| note24 = Ken Bruce piano session

| writer24 = {{hlist|Savoretti|Pott}}

| length24 = 4:30

| title25 = You and Me as One

| note25 = with Sigma

| writer25 = {{hlist|Savoretti|Joe Lenzie}}

| length25 = 3:27

}}

Charts

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{{album chart|Australia|23|artist=Jack Savoretti|album=Singing to Strangers|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 March 2019}}
{{album chart|Flanders|200|artist=Jack Savoretti|album=Singing to Strangers|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 March 2019}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|99|artist=Jack Savoretti|album=Singing to Strangers|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 March 2019}}
{{album chart|Germany4|98|id=380035|artist=Jack Savoretti|album=Singing to Strangers|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 March 2019}}
{{album chart|Ireland2|47|artist=Jack Savoretti|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 March 2019}}
{{album chart|Italy|19|artist=Jack Savoretti|album=Singing to Strangers|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 March 2019}}
{{album chart|Scotland|1|date=20190322|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 March 2019}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|8|artist=Jack Savoretti|album=Singing to Strangers|rowheader=true|accessdate=27 March 2019}}
{{album chart|UK2|1|date=20190322|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 March 2019}}

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=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (2019)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-albums-of-2019__28073/|title=The Official Top 40 biggest albums of 2019|publisher=Official Charts Company|last=Copsey|first=Rob|date=1 January 2020|access-date=1 January 2020}}

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