A Star for Bram is an album released by Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Rowan Hitchcock is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano and bass guitar....

 in 2000, comprising outtakes from his then recent Jewels for Sophia

Jewels for Sophia

Jewels For Sophia is a 1999 album by Robyn Hitchcock, released on Warner Records.Since Respect , the hitherto prolific Hitchcock had released just one full studio album , the rest of his recent output consisting largely of repackages and live recordings...

. It was issued on Hitchcock's own Editions PAF! label. The cover art matches its partner album, but is printed in different colours.

Although nominally outtakes, several of the tracks which appear are as strong as those on Jewels for Sophia, and include a formal recording of "1974", previously only available as a live track.

"I Saw Nick Drake" has garnered the most attention, being a plaintive ballad about English guitar legend Nick Drake

Nick Drake

Nicholas Rodney "Nick" Drake was an English singer-songwriter and musician. Though he is best known for his sombre guitar based songs, Drake was also proficient at piano, clarinet and saxophone...

, whilst "Nietzsche's Way" references the group Spirit

Spirit (band)

Spirit was an American jazz/hard rock/progressive rock/psychedelic band founded in 1967, based in Los Angeles, California.- The original lineup :...

, and their classic "Nature's Way". "Antwoman" references the Bob Marley

Bob Marley

Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...

 song "Punky Reggae Party

Punky Reggae Party

"Punky Reggae Party" is a reggae song by Bob Marley & The Wailers, recorded and released in 1977. Not appearing on any studio album, it was released as the b-side to the Jamming single in some countries and was later released as a live single on Babylon By Bus...

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Track listing

1. "Daisy Bomb"
2. "I Saw Nick Drake"
3. "Adoration of the City"
4. "1974"
5. "I Wish I Liked You"
6. "Nietzsche's Way"
7. "The Philosopher's Stone"
8. "The Green Boy"
9. "Judas Sings (Jesus & Me)"
10. "Antwoman (Dub)"
11. "I Used to Love You"
12. "The Underneath"