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| Released    = October 2, 2012
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'''''Don't Be A Stranger''''' is the 10th solo studio album by [[Mark Eitzel]]. It was released on October 2, 2012 on [[Merge Records]] in the US and [[Decor Records]] in the UK, and produced by [[Sheldon Gomberg]].
'''''Don't Be A Stranger''''' is the 10th solo studio album by [[Mark Eitzel]]. It was released on October 2, 2012 on [[Merge Records]] in the US and [[Decor Records]] in the UK, and produced by [[Sheldon Gomberg]]. The working title was ''The Bill Is Due''.
 
==Promotional videos==
[[Merge Records]] created a series of promotional videos for the album, featuring [[Mark Eitzel]] asking various friends and celebrities for advice surrounding the advancement of his new album.
 
Eitzel and playwright Simon Stephens discuss "[[Nowhere To Run]]"
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHhYETUmJ-w</embedvideo>
 
Eitzel and comedian Neil Hamburger discuss "[[Break The Champagne]]"
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9OnP8cDSQM</embedvideo>
 
Eitzel and actress Grace Zabriskie discuss "[[You're Waiting]]"
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-b-tpcfKsI</embedvideo>
 
Eitzel and acting coach Drew Droege discuss "[[Oh Mercy]]"
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMSZAuEwxYo</embedvideo>
 
Eitzel and DJ Foodcourt discuss "[[All My Love]]"
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5jmq1oHFgc</embedvideo>
 
Eitzel and writer Nadya Ginsburg discuss "[[I Love You But You're Dead]]"
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKj3jF6Z_ZM</embedvideo>
 
Eitzel and style consultant/makeup artist Billy B discuss the album
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmcLO5C4xGI</embedvideo>


==Track list==
==Track list==
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Note: iTunes included 2 bonus tracks:
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|title1=[[In Your House]]
|length1=2:46
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|title2=[[Things Slip Through Your Hands]]
|length2=3:10
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==Personnel==
* [[Mark Eitzel]] - vocals, guitar, organ, piano, bongos, bass, zither, xylophone, arrangements, cover photo
* [[Sheldon Gomberg]] - bass, production, recording, mixing
* [[Pete Thomas]] - drums
* [[Vudi]] - electric guitar
* [[Danny Frankel]] - kokiriko
* [[Fred Bows]] - strings
* [[David Piltch]] - bass
* [[Ben Peeler]] - lap steel guitar
* [[Larry Goldings]] - piano
* [[Jon Langmead]] - drums
* [[Zak Rae]] - piano
* [[Alexander Perkins]] - backing vocals
* [[Jerry Minchin]] - backing vocals
* [[BooHoo Institutional Choir]] - backing vocals


==References==
==References==