Heart (Stars album)
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Heart is an album by the Canadian
indie rock
band Stars, released on Paper Bag Records
in Canada and on Arts & Crafts
in the USA.
The album features three regional covers; the Canadian
cover features a man embracing a woman resting on his lap, the US
cover features a billboard with a girl's eyes gazing onward and the Europe
an cover features three girls spying out of a porthole
.
The album was originally released with a bonus promotional sampler of acts with current releases on Paper Bag, including Matthew Barber
, Hawaii, The FemBots and Uncut
. Two tracks from Heart were repeated on the sampler, along with a non-album bonus track, "Timeless".
The US release includes a hidden bonus track, a live version of "The Comeback
", originally taken from the 2001 EP of the same name. The track "Look Up" uses an English horn solo from the beginning of the third movement of Symphonie Fantastique
by Berlioz and the track "The Woods" contains quotes from the movie Grey Gardens
, the famed cult-classic documentary from 1975. Videos for the songs "Elevator Love Letter" and "Look Up" were shot to promote this album.
The album was recorded in the bedroom of keyboard player Chris Seligman on Avenue Mont-Royal
in Montreal
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band Stars, released on Paper Bag Records
Paper Bag Records
Paper Bag Records is a Canadian independent record label and artist-management company, founded in 2002 and based in Toronto, Ontario.-History:...
in Canada and on Arts & Crafts
Arts & Crafts (record label)
Arts & Crafts Productions is a Toronto-based independent artist services company, offering expertise as an independent record label, management firm, merchandiser and music publisher both in Canada and internationally...
in the USA.
The album features three regional covers; the Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
cover features a man embracing a woman resting on his lap, the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
cover features a billboard with a girl's eyes gazing onward and the Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an cover features three girls spying out of a porthole
Porthole
A porthole is a generally circular, window used on the hull of ships to admit light and air. Porthole is actually an abbreviated term for "port hole window"...
.
The album was originally released with a bonus promotional sampler of acts with current releases on Paper Bag, including Matthew Barber
Matthew Barber
Matthew Barber is a Canadian singer-songwriter. His music has been classified as indie pop and pop rock with folk and alternative country influences....
, Hawaii, The FemBots and Uncut
Uncut (band)
Uncut is an indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They formed as a duo consisting of Ian Worang and Jake Fairley in 2001, and have released two 12" singles and two full-length albums...
. Two tracks from Heart were repeated on the sampler, along with a non-album bonus track, "Timeless".
The US release includes a hidden bonus track, a live version of "The Comeback
The Comeback EP
The Comeback EP is an EP by the Canadian indie rock band Stars, released in 2001 on Le Grand Magistery Records.-Track listing:...
", originally taken from the 2001 EP of the same name. The track "Look Up" uses an English horn solo from the beginning of the third movement of Symphonie Fantastique
Symphonie Fantastique
Symphonie Fantastique: Épisode de la vie d'un Artiste...en cinq parties , Op. 14, is a program symphony written by the French composer Hector Berlioz in 1830. It is one of the most important and representative pieces of the early Romantic period, and is still very popular with concert audiences...
by Berlioz and the track "The Woods" contains quotes from the movie Grey Gardens
Grey Gardens
Grey Gardens is a 1975 documentary film by Albert and David Maysles, with Susan Froemke, Ellen Hovde, and Muffie Meyer. The film depicts the everyday lives of two reclusive socialites, a mother and daughter both named Edith Beale, who lived at Grey Gardens, a decrepit mansion at 3 West End Road in...
, the famed cult-classic documentary from 1975. Videos for the songs "Elevator Love Letter" and "Look Up" were shot to promote this album.
The album was recorded in the bedroom of keyboard player Chris Seligman on Avenue Mont-Royal
Mount Royal Avenue
Mount Royal Avenue is a street in Montreal. The main part of the street transects the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, from Park Avenue at the foot of Mount Royal, for which the road is named, to rue Frontenac. Another section in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie runs from rue Molson to Pie-IX Boulevard...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
.