Star

Artist: Belly
Label: Reprise / Wea
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 093624518723
EAN: 0093624518723
ASIN: B000002MIA

Release Date: 1993-02-02

Star

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Tracks:

Someone To Die For
Angel
Dusted
Every Word
Gepetto
Witch
Slow Dog
Low Red Moon
Feed The Tree
Full Moon, Empty Heart
White Belly
Untogether
Star
Sad Dress
Stay

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After playing supporting roles in Throwing Muses and the Breeders, Tanya Donelly proves she's got the vision/songs/smarts to pilot her own vehicle. "Angel," "Dusted," and "Feed the Tree" are short, sharp, edgy pop. --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

Love the mood........2006-05-23

Belly sets up a mood with this album that is sustained throughout each song. The album's a little melancholy and sullen, moody and thoughtful. The music is sort of like what Fiona Apple's dreams must sound like. I've had the album for years and will never part with it.

listened to.......2006-05-19

I have owned this fascinating album for many years and keep coming back to it. The lyrics are strong, but it's the whole package that comes together: voice/harmonies, music (the guitars complement voice and theme perfectly), and lyrics (dark, poetic). Everyone knows it's rare to find an album you want to listen to all the way through, not just 2-3 tracks. This is one of those albums.

sense and sensibility.......2005-07-31

i have to admit that i'm a fan of 4AD bands such as Throwing Muses and Pixies (how couldn't i be?). But Star is such a fragile yet biting record. I keep on listening to it every half year or so, and i always feel amazed about how the songs don't sound old. It sometimes may sound a bit cheesy, but it's got a real sensibility. Angel and Dusted are thrilling and (in a worrying sad way) euphoric, while White Belly and Low Red Moon are touching and really dark. I would honestly say that every song here is a work of art...musically and lyrically.

Please enter a title for your review.......2005-07-13

I bought this album on the strength of Feed The Tree and Gepetto, both awesome songs, but was disappointed to find there isn't a single other song on the album that is even half as good. I know, they're obvious favorites because they're the singles, but in this instance they really were well chosen. A lot of the other songs have an odd off-key quasi-classical style. I'm not sure what it was the band were trying to achieve, but unless it was experimentalism for it's own sake, I don't think they were successful. As far as 90s alternative chick-rock goes, you could do far worse than this album, but it's hard to see the rest of the album as anything but inexplicably wasted potential after hearing Feed The Tree and Gepetto.

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