There's a Star Above the Manger Tonight

There's a Star Above the Manger Tonight
Studio album by Red Red Meat
Released	February 25, 1997 (1997-02-25)
Recorded	BJ's Truck Stop, Chicago, Il
Genre	Alternative Blues rock
Length	55:26
Label	Sub Pop
Producer	Red Red Meat
Red Red Meat chronology
Bunny Gets Paid (1995) There's a Star Above the Manger Tonight (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Alternative Press	[2]
Pitchfork Media	8.0/10 [3]

There's a Star Above the Manger Tonight is the fourth and final studio album by Red Red Meat, released in 1997 by Sub Pop. ^[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Red Red Meat.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sulfur"	6:30
2.	"There's a Star Above the Manger Tonight"	2:14
3.	"Chinese Balls"	3:30
4.	"Second Hand Sea"	3:02
5.	"All Tied"	3:06
6.	"Paul Pachal"	7:01
7.	"Bury Me"	1:33
8.	"Airstream Driver"	5:10
9.	"Mecanix (From Cold Milk)"	1:20
10.	"Quarter Horses (B-Slow)"	4:45
11.	"Just Like an Egg on Stilts"	17:15

Vinyl Reissue Jealous Butcher Bonus Tracks Cat. No. JB114 RELEASE DATE 10/21/2014 ^[5]

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Pachal Revisited"
13.	"Welcome Christmas"
14.	"Tin Hands & Lazy Motors"
15.	"Milk For The Mechanics"
16.	"Snow Shoe Waltz"
17.	"Steal Away"

Personnel

Adapted from the There's a Star Above the Manger Tonight liner notes. ^[6]

Red Red Meat Brian Deck  – synthesizer, drums, percussion, vocals, engineering, mixing Tim Hurley – bass guitar, lap steel guitar, synthesizer, berimbau, vocals Ben Massarella  – drums Tim Rutili  – guitar, mandolin, violin, piano, vocals, art direction

Additional musicians Jeremy Jacobsen – marimba, organ Matt Fields – vocals Casey Rice – effects Rick Rizzo – guitar Production and additional personnel Jeff Kleinsmith – design Red Red Meat  – production

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1997	Sub Pop	CD, LP	SP 387
	2014	Jealous Butcher	LP	JB114

References

1. Prato, Greg. "Red Red Meat: There's a Star Above the Manger Tonight > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
2. columnist (April 1997). "Red Red Meat: There's a Star Above the Manger Tonight". Alternative Press : 78.
3. Richardson, Mark (January 15, 2015). "Red Red Meat: There's a Star Above the Manger Tonight". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved January 8, 2016.
4. Sprague, David (2007). "Red Red Meat". Trouser Press . Retrieved January 8, 2016.
5. "Vinyl Reissue on Jealous Butcher".
6. There's a Star Above the Manger Tonight (booklet). Red Red Meat. Seattle, Washington: Sub Pop. 1997.

External links

• There's a Star Above the Manger Tonight at Discogs (list of releases)