Trail of Stars

Trail of Stars
Studio album by
The Walkabouts
ReleasedAugust 2, 1999[1]
GenreAlternative rock, alt country. chamber pop
Length58:12[2]
LabelGlitterhouse
ProducerPhill Brown, The Walkabouts
The Walkabouts chronology
Nighttown
(1997) 		Trail of Stars
(1999) 		Train Leaves at Eight
(2000)

Trail of Stars is the ninth studio album by American alternative country band The Walkabouts released on August 2, 1999[1] through Glitterhouse Records. It's their return album to Glitterhouse, formerly Sub Pop Europe, after a two album detour with major label Virgin.

Track listing[2]

All tracks written by Chris Eckman, except where noted.

  1. "Desert Skies" (Eckman, Carla Torgerson, strings arrangement by Glenn Slater) – 7:32
  2. "Straight to the Stars" – 4:32
  3. "Gold" – 6:26
  4. "Last Tears" – 6:21
  5. "Crime Story" – 4:39
  6. "Hightimes" (strings arrangement by Fred Chalenor) – 4:53
  7. "Harvey's Quote to Me" (Slater) – 1:29
  8. "On the Day" (Eckman, Chalenor, woodwinds arrangement by Chalenor) – 6:30
  9. "Till I Reach You" – 4:37
  10. "Drown" – 4:30
  11. "No One the Wiser" (strings arrangement by Slater) – 6:43
limited edition[3]
  2. "Bonnie and Clyde" (Serge Gainsbourg)[4] – 6:27

The limited edition also contained a multimedia track with a screen saver.

The album was engineered and mixed at Paradise Sound, Index, Washington and Avast!, Seattle, Washington and Swanyard, London. The album was mastered at Country Masters, Surrey.

Release history[3]

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Germany August 2, 1999[1] Glitterhouse Records 2xLP GR 450
CD GRCD 450
United States 1999 S2 Records S2CD 2500

Drown (Single)

Cover of the single "Drown"

Drown is the eleventh single by American alternative country band The Walkabouts released on August 23, 1999, through Glitterhouse Records. The catalog number is GR 461.

Track listing[4]
  1. "Drown (Stars on 45 edit)"
  2. "Bonnie and Clyde" (Serge Gainsbourg)
  3. "Lost in the Scraps"

The song "Bonnie and Clyde" was also released as a bonus track of the limited editions (both LP and CD) of Trail of Stars.

Personnel

Additional musicians
Technical personnel
Additional personnel

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
KEXP-FMfavorable[5]

John Duffy wrote for Allmusic: "... Drenched in John Cale-like soundscape washes and heavy strings, Trail of Stars comes off as morose and dirge-like. Only "Straight to the Stars" doesn't feel like a death march. This is frustrating, since the instrumentation of the record is expertly crafted and lovingly played. ..."[2]

Don Jates wrote for KEXP-FM: "The veteran Seattle band continues to evolve with this album of dark, delicately textured atmospheric pop."[5]

Gaesteliste compared it to Portishead, Massive Attack, and Roxy Music.[6]


Charts

The album charted one week (36/1999) on position 30 of the Norwegian album charts.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Glitterhouse, The Walkabouts, Trail of Stars". Glitterhouse Records. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d Duffy, John. Trail of Stars, The Walkabouts at AllMusic. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  3. ^ a b The Walkabouts at Discogs
  4. ^ a b "Glitterhouse, The Walkabouts, Drown". Glitterhouse Records. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  5. ^ a b "KEXP-FM, The Walkabouts, Trail of Stars". Retrieved November 26, 2012.
  6. ^ Wynn, Steve. "Review: Walkabouts – Trail Of Stars". Gaestesliste. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
  7. ^ "Norwegian Album Charts, The Walkabouts, Trail of Stars". Retrieved November 26, 2012.