(1993) Belly - Star (Remastered 2016)
Review:
Following her inestimable contributions as a founding member of both Throwing Muses and The Breeders, Tanya Donelly took centre stage to form Belly with brothers Tom and Chris Gorman on guitars and drums respectively and Fred Abong on bass. Around the release of their debut album Star in 1993, Fred left the band and was replaced by Gail Greenwood.Among a wave of essential new American guitar acts in the early-90s, it was Belly’s spikey dream pop that helped set them apart. Catching fire with singles ‘Feed The Tree’ and ‘Gepetto’, Star saw them grab their moment and catapulted them in to the mainstream, selling almost two million copies worldwide and earning them two GRAMMY nominations.
In the time off between Throwing Muses albums at the turn of the 1990s, Donelly and Pixies guitarist Kim Deal collaborated on a new project, The Breeders, who released their debut Pod in 1990 largely consisting of Deal’s songs with the plan of the follow up featuring largely Donelly’s songs. As luck would have it, that second Breeders album would become Belly’s first.
“Everything that is on Star was intended for the next Breeders album. All the old reels I have in my basement of the demos are labeled The Breeders. The Pixies had announced a year long, worldwide tour and Kim signed on for that. I sort of got antsy, had already left the Muses and so I thought, I’m taking my songs and making my own band!”
Tracklist:
01 Someone To Die For.flac
02 Angel.flac
03 Dusted.flac
04 Every Word.flac
05 Gepetto.flac
06 Witch.flac
07 Slow Dog.flac
08 Low Red Moon.flac
09 Feed The Tree.flac
10 Full Moon, Empty Heart.flac
11 White Belly.flac
12 Untogether.flac
13 Star.flac
14 Sad Dress.flac
15 Stay.flac
Summary:
Country: USA
Genre: dream-pop, indie-rock
Media Report:
Source : CD
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : ~ 721-1000 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
