The Five Ghosts

The Five Ghosts
Studio album by Stars
Released June 21, 2010 (2010-06-21)
Genre Indie Pop
Baroque Pop
Electropop
Language English
Label Soft Revolution (Canada), Vagrant (worldwide)
Stars chronology
Sad Robots
(2008)		 The Five Ghosts
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
The A.V. Club (B-)[2]
Paste (8.6/10)[3]
Pitchfork Media (5.7/10)[4]
Popmatters [5]
Slant Magazine [6]
sputnikmusic [7]
Clash (magazine) [8]
The Tune [9]

The Five Ghosts is the fifth studio album by Stars, which was released worldwide on June 21, 2010, via Vagrant. In Canada, the album was released via Soft Revolution, the band's own label.[10]

The album was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.[11]

Contents

Tracks

Main CD
No. Title Length
1. "Dead Hearts"   3:29
2. "Wasted Daylight"   3:43
3. "I Died So I Could Haunt You"   3:04
4. "Fixed"   3:26
5. "We Don't Want Your Body"   3:25
6. "He Dreams He's Awake"   4:04
7. "Changes"   4:13
8. "The Passenger"   4:17
9. "The Last Song Ever Written"   3:17
10. "How Much More"   2:56
11. "Winter Bones"   3:00
Deluxe Edition Bonus CD
No. Title Length
1. "Opinions Versus The Sun" (Stars vs. The Album Leaf) 4:17
2. "The Five Ghosts"   4:04
3. "The Black House, The Blue Sky" (Stars vs. Montag) 4:24
4. "The Dead Beg for More" (Stars vs. of Montreal) 5:20

Bonus tracks

  1. "You Do It to Me and I Do It to You Too" [iTunes pre-order only]
  2. "Asleep" [Limited Edition 7" Box Set Exclusive] [Also available as part of the compilation, "Sing Me To Sleep: Indie Lullabies"[12]]

The Seance EP

Those who pre-ordered the album received a bonus EP entitled "The Seance", featuring songs from sessions for The Five Ghosts.[13] The Seance EP songs are also available as individual tracks through iTunes.

  1. "Opinions Versus the Sun (Stars vs. The Album Leaf)"
  2. "The Five Ghosts"
  3. "The Black House, The Blue Sky (Stars vs. Montag)"
  4. "The Dead Beg for More (Stars vs. Of Montreal)"

References

  1. ^ "Allmusic review". http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1810460. 
  2. ^ "The A.V. Club review". http://www.avclub.com/articles/stars-the-five-ghosts,42374/. 
  3. ^ "Paste review". http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/06/stars-the-five-ghosts.html. 
  4. ^ "Pitchfork Media review". http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14349-the-five-ghosts. 
  5. ^ "Popmatters review". http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/127287-stars-the-five-ghosts. 
  6. ^ "Slant Magazine review". http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/stars-the-five-ghosts/2161. 
  7. ^ "sputnikmusic review". http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=37502. 
  8. ^ "Clash (magazine) review". http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/stars-the-five-ghosts. 
  9. ^ "The Tune review". http://www.thetunemusic.com/2011/03/stars-five-ghosts-2010.html. 
  10. ^ "Stars Return With New Album". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/news/38131-stars-return-with-new-album/. Retrieved March 9, 2010. 
  11. ^ "2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List announced". aux.tv, June 16, 2011.
  12. ^ http://indielullabies.com/
  13. ^ http://store.youarestars.com/browse/the-five-ghosts/?id=1723
Stars
Studio albums
Nightsongs (2001) · Heart (2002) · Set Yourself on Fire (2004) · In Our Bedroom After the War (2007) · The Five Ghosts (2010)
Other albums
Do You Trust Your Friends? (2007) · The Bedroom Demos (2011)
EPs
Singles
"The Stars Are Out Tonight" (2001) · "My Radio" (2003) · "Elevator Love Letter" (2003) · "Petite Mort" (2004) · "Ageless Beauty" (2004) · "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead" (2005) · "It's Alchemy!" (2005) · "Take Me to the Riot" (2007)  · "Fixed" (2010)  · "We Don't Want Your Body" (2010)
Record labels
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