''Stories of a Stranger'' is the fifth

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by American

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O.A.R. O.A.R. (short for Of A Revolution) is an American rock band, founded in 1996 in Rockville, Maryland. The band consists of lead vocalist/guitarist Marc Roberge, drummer Chris Culos, guitarist Richard On, bassist Benj Gershman, saxophonist/guitar ...

(Of a Revolution). The album was released on October 4, 2005 by Everfine Records and

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, and debuted and peaked at #40 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Three songs from ''Stories of a Stranger'' were released as singles, "Love and Memories" in 2005 as well as "Heard the World" and "Lay Down" in 2006. "Love and Memories" was at the time their best charting single, peaking at #98 in the

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, #30 in the

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chart and #18 in the

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Bonus Disc

A bonus disc was packaged with this album that featured live tracks recorded at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ. The live tracks featured "Heard the World", "Lay Down", and "About Mr. Brown". The CD also included a never released, never performed to date, track titled "Sometimes".

Track listing

Personnel

O. A. R. * Marc Roberge – lead vocals, guitar * Richard On – guitar, background vocals * Benj Gershman – bass * Jerry DePizzo – saxophone, guitar, piano * Chris Culos – drums Additional musicians * Joe Gore – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, E-bow *

Bernie Worrell George Bernard Worrell, Jr. (April 19, 1944 – June 24, 2016) was an American keyboardist and record producer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He is a member of the Rock and Roll ...

– piano, Hammond organ, Rhodes piano, synthesizer, clavinet, synth bass, Mellotron * Colin Smith – percussion, tambourine, shaker * Vincent Nguini – baritone saxophone *

Jerry Harrison Jeremiah Griffin Harrison (born February 21, 1949) is an American songwriter, musician, producer, and entrepreneur. He began his professional music career as a member of the cult band the Modern Lovers before becoming keyboardist and guitarist ...

– guitar, keyboards, celeste, percussion, drum programming, radio shortwave *

Lenny Pickett Lenny Pickett (born April 10, 1954) is an American saxophonist and musical director of the ''Saturday Night Live'' band. From 1973 to 1981 he was a member of Tower of Power. He is known for his skill in the altissimo register (executed by using ...

– saxophone * Brian Switzer – trumpet * Toby Lightman,

Matt Nathanson Matthew Adam Nathanson (born March 28, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter whose work is a blend of folk and rock and roll music. In addition to singing, he plays acoustic (sometimes a 12-string) and electric guitar, and has played both sol ...

, Cassidy, Kristen Henderson, Cathy Henderson – additional background vocals * Raw Sun - lead & background vocals on "Program Director"

Chart positions

References

2005 albums O.A.R. albums Albums with cover art by Storm Thorgerson Albums produced by Jerry Harrison {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub