Stellastarr

stellastarr* | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B0000CABIB
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (76 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,326 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bass Players Should Pay Special Attention, June 26, 2004

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Michael Lombardi (Poughkeepsie, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stellastarr (Audio CD)

Stellastarr*, I first read about them in Bass Player magazine. I'm a bass player and I'm always looking for good distinct bass lines, so when I saw this in my BMG Music catalog I thought I'd take a chance since the review in the magazine gave them a great review.
WOW!!! From the first track, "In The Walls", I was blown away!
Amanda Tannen is their bass player, and she is simply amazing.
You can truly hear her talent step out on several songs, but most notably probally being, "Homeland", the bass is so clear and rich, overall she's just having a ball on it.
10 songs on this CD, there is also a Japanese import which has 1 bonus song and the E.P for, "My Coco", has 1 bonus song, 2 videos and an acoustic version of one song too.
This is defnitely a band worth checking out and truly a band that wants to keep their listeners happy by wetting our whistles with new tracks in between of CD's. Also check out their website which is very active, good forum, tons of soundclips, pic from touring, etc.
A++, then another A++

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shooting for the starrs, September 25, 2003

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"sockbandit" (Astoria, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stellastarr (Audio CD)

This CD is absolutely amazing. I have kept it in my CD player for months. Every song on the album is very radio-friendly. I predict at least 6-7 of the songs will get air play. I would say the band is very similar to The Cure, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Strokes, and Hot Hot Heat. Actually, a few of the songs somehow remind me of that song "Bandages" by Hot Hot Heat. Most of the songs are happy and upbeat and will surely want to make you jump up and dance. Moongirl is definitely a moody song...sounds like a throwback to the 70's. Untitled is a romantic ballad "There's a great set of eyes, and they're resting in your pretty head" I can't not say enough about this band, and I agree with the last reviewer, in that I can't wait for their next release. Until then, there is a CD single for the song "Jenny" for sale on Amazon...it features another great song called "Arlington Queen" not found on this album. Add this to your cart NOW, and if they're playing in your area, check them out in concert!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Party Fun, January 2, 2004

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James Carragher (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stellastarr (Audio CD)

Yes, Stellastarr* is hopelessly derivative, but to quote the b.d. Wong character in Father of the Bride as he fingers Steve Martin's navy blue tux that Steve has been insisting is black, this CD is really "lots of fun." (By the way, what's with the asterisk, guys? A nod to the Artist Formerly Known as Prince school of band naming?)

Anyway, Stellastarr plays fast and furious, managing at various moments to sound like the Bangles, early Blondie, Sleater-Kinney, and even, in the clashing chords of Jenny, Clash at its most hard-charging. Vocal interplay between lead singer Shawn Christensen and bassist Amanda Tannen, particularly her harmonizing echoes on A Million Reasons, sometimes rises to the level of wistful beauty. My Coco starts slowly, builds quickly to a "wall of sound" Phil Spector would have been proud of and, then, two-thirds through turns into a reggae-tinged rave. Of the ten cuts, only Moongirl fails; it is overlong and ponderous. Also, Christensen's vocal debt to Robert Smith and Jarvis Crocker is almost too obvious in three otherwise excellent songs -- Somewhere Across Forever, Untitled, and the ironically (?) titled Pulp Song.

It will be interesting to hear Stella's next release. On the evidence here, they have the talent to be more than the sum of their influences and by doing so they could become a band for the ages.