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Starfish (Import) (CD)

By: The Church (Artist)

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The Church Artist Snapshot:

This long-running Australian band has enjoyed revered cult status and top-of-the-charts success in alternate measures, but never varies in the quality or passion of their music. They're crack purveyors of dreamy, lightly psychedelic pop with jangling guitars and enough strum-and-drone to prevent things from getting too pretty. The peak of their U.S. fame was the lovely mid-career single "Under the Milky Way," released in 1988. Like any good marriage, members of the Church have kept their union strong by having outside interests--leader Steve Kilby and guitarist Marty Willson-Piper have robust solo discographies and outside collaborations, and Kilby is a painter and published poet.

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for Starfish (Import) (CD) Album By The Church (Artist)
1   Destination  
2   Under The Milky Way  
3   Blood Money  
4   Lost  
5   North, South, East And West  
6   Spark  
7   Antenna  
8   Reptile  
9   New Season, A  
10   Hotel Womb  
11   Texas Moon  
12   Perfect Child  
13   We Both Know Why You're Here  
14   Frozen And Distant  
15   Anna Miranda  
16   Nose Dive  
17   Afterlife  
18   Under The Milkey Way  
19   Antenna  
20   Spark  
21   Warm Spell  
22   Musk  
 

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Review

CMJ (1/5/04, p.22) - Ranked #4 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1988"

Title Note

In the wake of its 1986 album HEYDAY (arguably the finest album of the band's first phase of existence), '80s college rock fave the Church found itself in a position to capitalize on its success. Its follow-up album, STARFISH (1988), contains some of the band's biggest hits, including "Under the Milky Way," while in no way compromising the band's artistic stance--making it one of a notable group of albums that bridge the gap between critical acclaim and commercial success while making absolutely no discernable changes to the artist's sound.

Nearly every track is remarkable. The album opener, "Destination" features an epic psychedelic flavor, the spacious dual guitars of Peter Koppes and Marty Willson-Piper, and Steve Kilbey's arresting lyrical imagery ("In the space between our bodies / The air has grown small fingers"). The above-mentioned "Under the Milky Way" features a bagpipe during its rather spectacular instrumental break. Willson-Piper's "Spark" is an upbeat and strikingly lush pop song. "Reptile" features stunning reverb-drenching guitar work. The list goes on--this is a wonderful record by a band at the height of its powers.

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