Talk:Stars (band)

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[edit] Breakthrough Single

Elevator Love Letter was released first with some popularity.

in fact, it could be argued that "Elevator Love Letter" is easily their best known and loved song. This should be noted, and I'll do so if someone hasn't in the near future.

[edit] Discography

So I've gone through and fixed the discography so it flows a little bit, but there are still a few problems:

  1. There are a lot of blanks to fill, including producers, etc.
  2. Some of the Cover art is bad quality - feel free to replace.
  3. The album "Stars Are Out Tonight" is completely missing. I can't find a single bit of information on it, just the cover art on www.legrandmagistery.com

If anyone is a Stars expert, please help! tiZom(2¢) 06:06, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

With regard to "The Stars Are Out Tonight" - the website notes the EP is on vinyl only, and the cover art is highly similar to the "A Lot of Little Lies for the Sake of One Big Truth" EP that they have available on iTunes. It looks like they subbed two of the tracks though - live versions of "On Peak Hill" and "Going, Going, Gone" instead of "This Charming Man" and "My Radio (AM Mix)" on the vinyl - seems like the missing album is a Canada-only release that ended up being revised for the U.S. market buzz, leading to the Nightsongs LP... - JYS, 1 Sept 06 07:56 UTC
Discrepancy: The article mentions "their 2004 album Set Yourself on Fire", while the discography lists Set Yourself on Fire (2005). I'm not well-versed enough in this stuff to know where to look for an authoritative source. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.15.164.62 (talk • contribs)

Fixed. Thanks for making me aware. The confusion came about due to a difference in release dates in Canada and the US. Whenever possible, I believe we go for the earliest release dates. Therefore, I've switched it so it all says 2004. This article still needs help per the above comment. tiZom(2¢) 21:54, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

I've gone through adding all the singles that were missing to the list, and adjusted every release to reflect the record label who released it. While City Slang releases all their new records in Europe, Arts & Crafts released them first. I made one special note where Nightsongs was released on an alternate format (Vinyl LP) by a different label with bonus tracks. I don't really know how to develop new pages for each release, but if somebody feels more comfortable creating those kinds of pages and would like to get us started, I'd be happy to continue contributing. - 60watt (talk • contribs)

Ah, thanks so much for your input! I went ahead and turned your info into a chart to make everything easier to read, and then I created the following pages for each of the singles:

I created these pages with the bare minimum amount of information. You seem to know your Stars, so go ahead and add as much information as you can. Make sure that you specifically add information that makes each single special — that way we're sure to pass WP's Notability guidelines. Also, try to fill out those Single Infoboxes...like I said, I don't have too much information on these. If you have any questions, just let me know.  :o) tiZom(2¢) 07:25, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks so much! It looks great. I'll start compiling the info for the individual releases. Again, it looks fantastic. 60watt (talk • contribs)
I have since added the Reunion digital single that was available on 7digital and nowhere else from what I can tell...and I've scoured the internet and posted on the Stars forum only to be given no additional information regarding other releases. 60watt 21:56, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Well, it appears that there is a possibility of the Reunion single being released on vinyl. However, nobody on the Stars forum has come forward as an owner of a genuine copy. Once I have confirmation in either direction, I'll make not of that here.60watt 18:47, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Indie rock -> Indie pop

If a distinction is made between Indie rock and Indie pop, I'd say Stars are closer to Indie pop.
-Their production/sound seems more Pop than normal Indie Rock
-AMG lists "Indie Pop" in their Styles and does not include "Indie Rock" (link)
--Dkordik 11:07, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

I'd call them a classic borderline case, and somebody will probably revert that down the road. For the record, RS calls them indie rock [1] and Pitchfork a "pop band that sounds best on a rock equalizer setting" [2]. --Dhartung | Talk 02:19, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cover Art

There is an alternate cover art for the set yourself on fire album (topless female(?) wearing a pink balaclava, holding a pink molotov cocktail). I am not sure if it is something that was done only in one country, or if it is just the vinyl release of the album, does anyone know anything about this?? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 205.251.97.178 (talk • contribs) .

It's the UK version. Sdalmonte 08:08, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] POV

I love the band too, but the lead paragraph of this article is unnecessarily complimentary. It needs to be fixed. --Masamage 19:29, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Things to do

I saw that someone made a Stars template, which is awesome. I'd like to contribute, as I love this band, but I don't know what might be good places to start from here. Perhaps a profile box? I don't know where a good place to find the proper template is, though. DamionOWA 09:18, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

The template you are looking for is {{Infobox musical artist}}. Go ahead and put this code in the article, and start filling it out:
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Let me know if you need any help! tiZom(2¢) 14:47, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! As you can see, I've filled it out. However, there are some difficulties I'm having, and I wanted to ask you before I changed the main article. I've been doing research by listening to interviews from old Morning Becomes Eclectic sets featuring Stars from 2000 and 2001 and found out interesting things about the band: Though all the members grew up in the same Toronto neighborhood, the band actually formed in New York before moving to Montreal. My problem is that I don't know how to cite audio broadcasts; there are no transcripts available because that's against that show's policy. Therefore, I haven't changed the opening paragraph (where it states the band was formed in Toronto) and won't until I can figure out a good tactic for it. Additionally, is it kosher to add lines to the Origins part of the infobox? The band is intrinsically Canadian, given as all the members are from Toronto and they've resided in Montreal since 2001. However, I filled out the factual New York City line under Origins. Perhaps I should add a second line underneath that for Montreal? DamionOWA 09:00, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

For the first question: Use {{Cite podcast}}.
For the second question: Yes, sometimes the info that you have won't fit nicely into the infobox you're given. Your job then is to make it fit while getting your point across. Do your best, and if someone doesn't like it down the road, then they'll change it :o) tiZom(2¢) 22:25, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Some text copied from http://music.aol.ca/article/Stars-side/149/

It looks like some text, especially in the last paragraph of the 'Career' section has been copied from here: [3]. Anybody volunteer to clean it up? -Paul1337 (talk) 14:14, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Are We Here Yet? (Stars Live)

There's no mention of the Stars Live DVD packaged with In Our Bedroom After The War, neither here nor on the page for the album.

DGrayson (talk) 06:24, 7 April 2008 (UTC)