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 Post subject: album of the day: Stars - Nightsongs
PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:53 pm 
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Stars - Nightsongs

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-Originally released February 27, 2001
-Debut album from Torquil Campbell and Chris Seligman
-Sounds like: electropop, the soundtrack to a night on the city
-Guest appearances from Emily Haines, James Shaw, and Evan Cranley
-Lyrics about love, radios, and telephones and old typewriters
-RIYL Memphis, The Postal Service, Saint Etienne

Highlights: This Charming Man, On Peak Hill, Tonight



*Full album YSI available on request.
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i own "set yourself on fire" and totally dig it. i have not heard this disc.


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Weird. I just thought about this album yesterday---randomly.
You forgot Amy...she sings on it too and co-wrote one song.
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i own "set yourself on fire" and totally dig it. i have not heard this disc.


I should up Heart as well. Timis, have you heard this one?

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Weird. I just thought about this album yesterday---randomly.
You forgot Amy...she sings on it too and co-wrote one song.


Just on 'Toxic Holiday'. And that's one of the "bonus tracks", whatever that means.
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"set yourself on fire" is the only one i have. i bought it when i heard a tune on sirius from that album -->"what i'm trying to say"

not sure why i never pursued more of their music

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"set yourself on fire" is the only one i have. i bought it when i heard a tune on sirius from that album -->"what i'm trying to say"

not sure why i never pursued more of their music


I'm going to up their other album for you. I think you'll like it. Anyone else who's interested, drop me a pm.

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"set yourself on fire" is the only one i have. i bought it when i heard a tune on sirius from that album -->"what i'm trying to say"

not sure why i never pursued more of their music


I'm going to up their other album for you. I think you'll like it. Anyone else who's interested, drop me a pm.


Heart?

My favorite album of theirs. And contains my favorite song of theirs, 'Elevator Love Letter'.
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I'm going to up their other album for you. I think you'll like it. Anyone else who's interested, drop me a pm.


Heart?

My favorite album of theirs. And contains my favorite song of theirs, 'Elevator Love Letter'.


Yep, going up right now.

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postal service? really? now I don't know what to think...

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alongwaltz Wrote:
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Stars - Nightsongs

Quick Info:
-Originally released February 27, 2001
-Debut album from Torquil Campbell and Chris Seligman
-Sounds like: electropop, the soundtrack to a night on the city
-Guest appearances from Emily Haines, James Shaw, and Evan Cranley
-Lyrics about love, radios, and telephones and old typewriters
-RIYL Memphis, The Postal Service, Saint Etienne

Highlights: This Charming Man, On Peak Hill, Tonight



*Full album YSI available on request.


is this one good?
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is this one good?


It's album of the day, isn't it?


Short answer: it's good, but different.

There's no Amy. It's just Torq with Emily from Metric guesting on one of the tracks. It's more electronicy and less poppy. More subdued, I guess.
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I own 'Set Yourself On Fire' and 'Heart', but not this one. Now I must investigate.

Thanks, Harley!
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I own 'Set Yourself On Fire' and 'Heart', but not this one. Now I must investigate.

Thanks, Harley!


are still un-ysi-able?

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pumachik Wrote:
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I own 'Set Yourself On Fire' and 'Heart', but not this one. Now I must investigate.

Thanks, Harley!


are still un-ysi-able?


My dial-up is running a bit faster since the phone line was fixed, so it's possible to start downloading before I go to sleep some night.

One day I will emerge from this dial-up lameness with iron fists of awesome high speed internet glory. One day...
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I need to get their entire catalogue, I love Set Yourself On Fire.



Someone remind me to specifically pick this up the next time I'm in a record store please.

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I had no idea that Set Yourself on Fire was the same band. I assumed that these guys were completely unrelated.
shame on me.
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I don't know, I think you should get Heart before Nightsongs. "Elevator Love Letter" was one of the best songs of 2003.
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I don't know, I think you should get Heart before Nightsongs.


Agreed.
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i have heart which has 2 or 3 good songs and set yourelf on fire which has more like 5 or 6. i haven't heard this album yet.

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Seeing as so many of you don't have Heart and haven't even heard Nightsongs, I won't even mention the various EP's they released.
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alongwaltz Wrote:
DumpJack Wrote:
Timis Wrote:
"set yourself on fire" is the only one i have. i bought it when i heard a tune on sirius from that album -->"what i'm trying to say"

not sure why i never pursued more of their music


I'm going to up their other album for you. I think you'll like it. Anyone else who's interested, drop me a pm.


Heart?

My favorite album of theirs. And contains my favorite song of theirs, 'Elevator Love Letter'.


I really like Romantic Comedy. I think Elevator Love Letter is my second favorite on that one.
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