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Starfish

The Church

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One of the best albums from the late 80s

As the music scene was getting ready for a major shift in the late 80s, there were a few groups that were expressing themselves way ahead of the curve. Nirvana was just thinking about slaying the heavy metal scene pop was giving way to hip-hop. In 1988 The Church made a statement with an etherial tune called, "Under the Milky Way". Simple acoustic guitar and more "spoken" than "sung", this song captured something that music of the time had lost: feeling. The entire album is surprisingly simple, but it's mood can capture you. High points are Destination, Under the Milky Way, and Lost. This collection has stood the test of time very well; still a relevant CD.

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One of my all time favorite albums. There is a bold atmoshpere of melancholy in most of these tracks (especially the first few), expressing grave distance and solitude of mind. Dreamy lyrics and catchy instrumentation, all executed in a very intelligent way. Any fan of the "Milky Way" should consider the rest of this album (similar tracks: 1-5, 7,8).

I Love This Album

I never really heard anything from the Chuch in the 80's, as I wasn't really into the alt-rock scene back then, and only a few years later when I stumbled onto Under The Milky Way on an 80's compilation CD, I got hooked. Better late than never! I picked up the Starfish album and found that I really liked most of the songs on it, especially "Destination," and "North, South, East, and West" I picked up a few of the other Church albums and liked several of the other songs on there, but Starfish is the album I keep coming back to. I never get tired of hearing Under the Milky Way, or most of the other cuts on this album. This album is phenemenol.

Biography

Formed: 1980 in Sydney, Australia

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

One of the most successful and enduring Australian bands of the post-punk era, the Church began their career with music that paid explicit homage to psychedelia and 1960s folk rock, and with the passage of time they refined their own unique sound, fusing pop, art rock, progressive rock, and other flavors. The Church were formed in Sydney, Australia in 1980 by Steve Kilbey (bass, vocals), Peter Koppes (guitar), and Nick Ward (drums). Kilbey, a former member of the Tactics, had previously played with...
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