| Artist |
The Church |
| Album Title: |
Starfish |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Indie |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
02/16/1988 |
| Label |
Arista Records, Inc. |
| Catalog No |
ARCD-8521 |
| Bar Code No |
7822-18521-2 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Destination (5:52)
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| 2.
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Under The Milky Way (4:58)
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| 3.
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Blood Money (4:25)
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| 4.
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Lost (4:48)
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| 5.
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North, South, East And West (4:49)
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| 6.
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Spark (3:45)
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| 7.
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Antenna (3:50)
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| 8.
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Reptile (4:56)
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| 9.
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A New Season (2:57)
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| 10.
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Hotel Womb (5:40)
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| Date Acquired |
01/01/1989 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Down In The Valley |
| Purchase Price |
14.00 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide Entry
Discogs Entry: |
Notes |
Backing Vocals – Waddy Wachtel
Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals – Steve Kilbey
Design – Maude Gilman
Drums, Percussion – Richard Ploog
Engineer – Shep Lonsdale
Engineer [Assistant] – Duane Seykora
Guitar – Marty Willson-Piper, Peter Koppes
Keyboards – Greg Kuehn
Lyrics By – Steve Kilbey (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7, 8)
Mixed By – Greg Ladanyi, Shep Lonsdale, Waddy Wachtel
Music By – The Church (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7, 8)
Photography By [Cover] – Caroline Greyshock
Photography By [Starfish] – Michael Englert
Producer – Greg Ladanyi, The Church, Waddy Wachtel
Synthesizer [Synclavier] – Awesome Welles
Written-By – Jansson (tracks: 2), Willson-Piper (tracks: 6), Koppes (tracks: 9), Kilbey (tracks: 2, 10)
℗&© 1988 Arista Records, Inc.
Printed in U.S.A.
Manufactured in U.S.A. for Arista Records, Inc.
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foobar2000 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2014-01-31 19:42:04
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Analyzed: The Church / Starfish
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -2.40 dB -17.45 dB 5:52 01 - Destination
DR12 -1.65 dB -16.65 dB 4:58 02 - Under the Milky Way
DR13 -1.87 dB -17.77 dB 4:25 03 - Blood Money
DR13 -2.67 dB -18.92 dB 4:49 04 - Lost
DR13 -2.14 dB -17.44 dB 4:50 05 - North, South, East and West
DR12 -2.36 dB -16.43 dB 3:45 06 - Spark
DR13 -0.00 dB -15.62 dB 3:50 07 - Antenna
DR13 -1.70 dB -16.59 dB 4:56 08 - Reptile
DR12 -3.56 dB -17.44 dB 2:57 09 - A New Season
DR13 -2.88 dB -18.36 dB 5:40 10 - Hotel Womb
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 855 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Ned Raggett
Signing to Arista might have seemed an unusual move to start with, getting produced by L.A. studio types like Waddy Wachtel even more so. But for the Church the rewards were great -- if sometimes too clean around the corners in comparison to the song-for-song masterpiece Heyday, Starfish set up the band's well-deserved breakthrough in the States. The reason was "Under the Milky Way," still one of the most haunting and elegant songs ever to make the Top 40. As Kilbey details a lyric of emotional distance and atmosphere, the band executes a quietly beautiful -- and as is so often the case with the Church, astonishingly well-arranged -- song, with mock bagpipes swirling through the mix for extra effect. That wasn't the only strong point on an album with more than a few; the lead-off track "Destination" was as strong an album opener as "Myrrh," if slower paced and much more mysterious, piano blending through the song's steady pace. The rest of the first side has its share of highlights, such as the quietly threatening edge of "Blood Money" and the confident, restrained charge of "North, South, East and West." Willson-Piper gets to lead off the second side with "Spark," a vicious, tight rocker that captures some of the best '60s rock edge and gives it a smart update. Equally strong is Kilbey's "Reptile," with an appropriately snaky guitar line and rhythm punch offset against weirdly soothing keyboards. Koppes has an okay vocal to his credit on "A New Season," but the stronger tracks are Kilbey's other contributions, the strong guitar waltz of "Antenna" (with great guest mandolin from David Lindley) and the closing charge (and very Church-like title) of "Hotel Womb." Performances throughout are at the least fine and at the most fantastic.
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