Night of the Shooting Stars is a 2001 album by Canadian

Canada

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 rock

Rock music

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 band

Musical ensemble

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 Rheostatics

Rheostatics

Rheostatics was a Genie Award-winning Canadian indie rock band, active from 1980 to 2007.Although they had only one Top 40 hit, "Claire" in 1995, they were simultaneously one of Canada's most influential and unconventional rock bands, a band whose eclectic take on pop and rock music has been...

, released on Perimeter Records.

It is the band's first traditional studio album since 1996's The Blue Hysteria

The Blue Hysteria

The Blue Hysteria is a 1996 album by Rheostatics."Bad Time to Be Poor", a protest song about life in Ontario during the government of Mike Harris, was the album's first single...

. It is also Don Kerr

Don Kerr

Don Kerr is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist and record producer.He was a member of Rheostatics from 1995 to May 2001. He plays in Ron Sexsmith's band, and sometimes with The Kelele Brothers. He and Sexsmith released an album together, Destination Unknown, in 2005...

's final album with the band.

Two songs on the album are new versions of songs that appeared on earlier albums. "Song of the Garden" first appeared on 1999's The Story of Harmelodia

The Story of Harmelodia

The Story of Harmelodia is a 1999 album by Rheostatics.Billed as a children's album, the album is a narrative detailing the adventures of Dot and Bug, two children from the land of Harmelodia who fall through a hole into the land of Popopolis...

, and "The Junction Foil Ball" appeared on 1998's The Nightlines Sessions

The Nightlines Sessions

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.

Track listing

As with most of the band's albums, songwriting credit goes to varying combinations of the band members: Martin Tielli

Martin Tielli

Martin Tielli is a Canadian singer-songwriter. He was a member of the Rheostatics, and has also released material as a solo artist and with the side project Nick Buzz. As well, he has appeared as a guest musician on albums by Barenaked Ladies, Kevin Hearn, The Waltons, Jane Siberry, Ashley...

, Dave Bidini

Dave Bidini

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 and Tim Vesely

Tim Vesely

Tim Vesely is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He is best known as the bassist for the indie rock band Rheostatics, in which he shared lead vocal duties with bandmates Dave Bidini and Martin Tielli...

. (Kerr does not receive songwriting credits.) Credit for each song is listed below.

1. "These Days Are Good for the Canadian Conservative Youth Party Alliance" (Martin Tielli) – 5:44
2. "Song of the Garden" (Dave Merritt, Mike Bonnell) – 3:28
3. "Mumbletypeg" (Dave Bidini) – 3:50
4. "P.I.N." (Tielli) – 3:38
5. "Superdifficult" (Tim Vesely) – 2:36
6. "The Junction Foil Ball" (Tielli) – 4:51
7. "We Went West" (Vesely) – 5:12
8. "The Fire" (Bidini, Tielli) – 5:37
9. "In It Now" (Vesely) – 2:08
10. "Here to There to You" (Bidini) – 3:25
11. "The Reward" (Tielli) – 4:21
12. "Remain Calm" (Vesely) – 3:56
13. "Satan is the Whistler" (Tielli) – 6:05