The Church - Starfish (2LP, Expanded Edition)
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Lead vocal - Steve Kilbey (A1-B2, B4, C1, C3, D1-6), Peter Koppes (C2), Marty Willson-Piper (B3)
Bass - Steve Kilbey,
Guitars - Peter Koppes, Marty Willson-Piper
Drums & percussion - Richard Ploog (except A2), Russ Kunkel (A2),
Keyboards - Greg Kuehn
Mandolin - David Lindley (B4)
Synclavier - "Awesome Welles"
Backing vocals - Waddy Wachtel
2 LPs, Old-style gatefold jacket by Stoughton Printing
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g Ultra-quiet vinyl
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : Intervention Records
Original Label : Arista
Recorded in Los Angeles in 1987
Produced by The Church, Greg Ladanyi, Waddy Wachtel
Mixed by Greg Ladanyi, Waddy Wachtel, Shep Lonsdale
Engineered by Shep Lonsdale, Duane Seykora
Mastered from the original master tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound
Originally released in 1988
Reissued in 2021
Tracks:
Side A
- Destination
- Under the Milky Way
- Blood Money
Side B
- Lost
- North, South, East and West
- Spark
- Antenna
Side C
- Reptile
- A New Season
- Hotel Womb
- Under the Milky Way (Acoustic)
- Antenna (Acoustic)
Side D
- Frozen and Distant
- Texas Moon
- Anna Miranda
- Afterlife
- We Both Know Why You're Here
- Perfect Child
Reviews :
« 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. » AllMusic Review by Ned Raggett
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,89 / 5