Starfish (album)

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Starfish
Studio album by The Church
Released	February 16th, 1988
Recorded	Los Angeles, CA 1987
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	46:07
Label	Arista Records
Producer(s)	Greg Ladanyi, Waddy Wachtel and The Church
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Church chronology
Heyday (1986)	Starfish (1988)	Gold Afternoon Fix (1990)

The breakthrough 1988 album by the Church, Starfish has remained the band's most commercially successful release to the present day. The first single, "Under the Milky Way", charted well into the American Top 40, leading to significant exposure of the then relatively underground Australian act.

Produced by Los Angeles session musicians Waddy Wachtel and Greg Ladanyi, the recording was notably more sparse and open than its predecessor, Heyday. With a more minimalistic, "live" sound, Starfish remains unique among the band's catalog. Many of its songs have seen heavy rotation in live setlists and the album remains a favorite among many fans.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Destination" (Kilbey/Willson-Piper/Koppes/Ploog)
2. "Under the Milky Way" (Kilbey/Jansson)
3. "Blood Money" (Kilbey/Willson-Piper/Koppes/Ploog)
4. "Lost" (Kilbey/Willson-Piper/Koppes/Ploog)
5. "North, South, East and West" (Kilbey/Willson-Piper/Koppes/Ploog)
6. "Spark" (Willson-Piper)
7. "Antenna" (Kilbey/Willson-Piper/Koppes/Ploog)
8. "Reptile" (Kilbey/Willson-Piper/Koppes/Ploog)
9. "A New Season" (Koppes)
10. "Hotel Womb" (Kilbey)

[edit] Personnel

• Steve Kilbey: Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals
• Peter Koppes: Guitars, Lead Vocal on A New Season
• Marty Willson-Piper: Guitars, Lead Vocal on Spark
• Richard Ploog: Drums and Percussion

Keyboards: Greg Kuehn
Mandolin on Antenna: David Lindley
Synclavier: Awesome Welles
Backing Vocals: Waddy Wachtel

[edit] Charted Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions				Album
		US Hot 100	US Modern Rock	US Mainstream Rock	UK
1988	Under The Milky Way	#24	-	-	?	Starfish