Different Stars

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Different Stars
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Original 2002 American release
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2002
2003
October 19, 2004
Recorded2001–2003
Genre
Length67:10 (2002)
61:39 (2004)
Label Sonik Wire
Bella Union
Nettwerk Records
Producer Trespassers William
Trespassers William chronology
Anchor
(1999)
Different Stars
(2002)
Having
(2006)
Singles from Different Stars
  1. "Vapour Trail"
    Released: 2003
  2. "Lie in the Sound"
    Released: 2004
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro" 1:17
2."Lie In the Sound" 5:43
3."Different Stars" 4:43
4."Alone" 5:02
5."Let You Down"Matt Brown4:58
6."Love Is Blindness" Paul Hewson / Larry Mullen, Jr. / Adam Clayton / David Evans 6:59
7."Flicker" 5:28
8."Fragment" 6:25
9."Just Like This" 7:45
10."Love You More" 5:59
11."Untitled" 12:53

Bella Union version (2003)

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro" 1:17
2."Lie In the Sound" 5:42
3."Different Stars" 4:43
4."Alone" 5:02
5."Let You Down"Matt Brown4:58
6."Vapour Trail" Ride 4:55
7."Fragment" 6:24
8."Just Like This" 7:44
9."Love You More" 5:58
10."Untitled" 12:52

Nettwerk version (2004)

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro" 1:17
2."Lie In the Sound" 5:42
3."Different Stars" 4:43
4."Alone" 5:00
5."Anchor" 5:57
6."Vapour Trail"Ride4:55
7."Fragment" 6:24
8."Love You More" 5:58
9."Untitled" 5:16
10."What Could I Say" 5:02
11."In a Song" 6:30
12."Different Stars (Live Session at KCRW)" 4:55

Reception

Professional ratings
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Allmusic's MacKenzie Wilson gave Different Stars a three-and-a-half star review, praising the band's "hypnotic and lush soundscape" and drawing comparisons to The Sundays and Mazzy Star. [5] Drowned in Sound listed the album on "The Beginner's Guide to Slowcore" and called it "a solitary trip through the fog, Anna-Lynne Williams sailing voice pushing over dark dream-pop waters, played only at fragile volumes and careful times." [6] Adam Knott of Sputnikmusic significantly praised the album for the "quality of the songwriting and the allure of Williams' voice", noting how "2004 passed by without the mainstream or many at all knowing that Different Stars existed, and it's not wholly surprising; it's an album far too heavy and deliberate to listen to on a whim." [7]

Scottish footballer Pat Nevin listed the album as one of his 13 favorite records. [8]

Personnel

Trespassers William

Additional producers

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