Frengers

Frengers is the third album by Danish band Mew, released in April 2003.

The title is a portmanteau of the words friend and stranger. A frenger is a person who is "not quite a friend but not quite a stranger" according to the album's accompanying booklet.

Many of the tracks on the album were previously included on Mew's first two albums Half The World Is Watching Me and A Triumph For Man, both of which saw only limited release. Although these tracks were re-recorded for Frengers, only "Am I Wry? No", "Symmetry" and "156" differ substantially from their original incarnations. The Frengers version of "Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years" also differs from the version on the first edition of Half The World Is Watching Me, but due to the rarity of that edition, most listeners have similar versions. The song "Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years" features vocals from Swedish singer Stina Nordenstam and "Symmetry" features vocals from 14 year old Georgian Becky Jarrett.

Track listing

1. "Am I Wry? No" – 4:54
2. "156" – 4:55
3. "Snow Brigade" – 4:22
4. "Symmetry" – 5:39
5. "Behind the Drapes" – 3:40
6. "Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years" – 2:48
7. "Eight Flew Over, One Was Destroyed" – 4:48
8. "She Came Home for Christmas" – 3:55
9. "She Spider" – 4:44
10. "Comforting Sounds" – 8:58

Japanese edition bonus tracks

11. "I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi (For You)" – 1:57
12. "Wherever" – 4:22

Singles

References