Tied to a Star

Tied to a Star
Studio album by
J Mascis
ReleasedAugust 24, 2014 (2014-08-24)
Length40:39
LabelSub Pop
ProducerJ Mascis
J Mascis chronology
Several Shades of Why
(2011) 		Tied to a Star
(2014) 		Elastic Days
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
NME8/10[3]
Paste8.1/10[2]

Tied to a Star is the second solo studio album by Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis. It was released on August 24, 2014, under Sub Pop Records.

Funny Or Die produced an official music video for the track "Every Morning", featuring comic actor/ musician Fred Armisen.[5] The track "Wide Awake" features guest vocals from Cat Power.[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by J Mascis

No.TitleLength
1."Me Again"4:24
2."Every Morning"3:58
3."Heal the Star"4:34
4."Wide Awake"3:30
5."Stumble"3:30
6."And Then"4:14
7."Drifter"2:46
8."Trailing Off"4:20
9."Come Down"5:33
10."Better Plane"3:50
Total length:40:39

Personnel

  • J Mascis - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums
  • Ken Maiuri - piano on tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 10
  • Pall Jenkins - guitar on tracks 1, 4, vocals on tracks 2, 8
  • Mark Mulcahy - vocals on tracks 2, 6
  • Chan Marshall - vocals on track 4

References

  1. ^ "Album Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
  2. ^ J. Prado, Ryan (2014-08-26). "Album Review 1". Pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
  3. ^ Bentley, James (2014-08-21). "Album Review 2". Nme.com. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
  4. ^ Deming, Mark. "Album Review 3". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
  5. ^ "J Mascis – "Every Morning" feat. Fred Armisen (Music Video)". YouTube. 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  6. ^ Evan Minsker (2014-07-29). "Cat Power Joins J Mascis on "Wide Awake"". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2016-06-22.