Seeing Stars
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| Studio album by Seeing Stars | ||||
| Released | 1993 (Recorded), 1997, 1999 | |||
| Label | Border Music, Heyday | |||
| Producer | Seeing Stars | |||
| Seeing Stars chronology | ||||
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Seeing Stars was the first (and only) album by the band Seeing Stars. It is of musical significance, however, because it was essentially intended to be the fifth studio album by UK band All About Eve. In the aftermath of the Ultraviolet album's release - its bad reception and lost recording contract - whilst this album was being recorded in early 1993, lead singer Julianne Regan left the band, and All About Eve disbanded.[1]
The remaining members of the group, Andy Cousin (bass), Mark Price (drums), and Marty Willson-Piper (guitars and - on this record - lead vocals), continued their work on the album for the longest time. It eventually saw the light of day four years later on the Swedish Border Music[2] label, as a rather limited pressing.
In 1999, following the reformation of All About Eve, renewed interest in the band saw a re-release of the album in an extremely limited pressing of 500 copies. Nearly all of them were sold at All About Eve gigs during their Fairy Light Nights period.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Salome"
- "I Can't Hate You"
- "Where the Rainstorm Ends"
- "Staring at the Sun"
- "A Drink to Drift Away"
- "Ugly and Cruel"
- "Venus of Prose"
- "Come"
- "Mesmerized"
- "Pendulum"
[edit] Notes
In addition to the Cousin/Price/Willson-Piper line-up, "A Drink to Drift Away" and "Ugly and Cruel" also featured Anna Nyström of The Lucy Nation on piano.
An earlier provisional title of the album was Never Swallow Stars.[3]
The official fifth All About Eve studio album (more an EP), was released in 2002 when the band reformed, and is titled Iceland. It consists mostly of covers, re-recordings and remixes, plus a couple of new tracks.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Page on Seeing Stars on fan site for Marty Willson-Piper's band The Church.
- Another fan page on Seeing Stars.
- Julianne Regan official site
- Translated interview with Marty Willson-Piper from Swedish 'Magazine Groove' magazine
- Copy of Marty Willson-Piper interview from German 'Zillo' magazine, mentioning Seeing Stars
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