Set Yourself on Fire
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| Studio album by Stars | ||
| Released | 14 September 2004 (Canada) 8 March 2005 (USA) |
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| Recorded | 2003-2004 | |
| Genre | Indie pop/Indie rock | |
| Length | 53 min 7 sec | |
| Label | Arts & Crafts International | |
| Producer(s) | Stars Tom McFall |
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| Heart (2003) |
Set Yourself on Fire (2004) |
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Set Yourself on Fire is the third album by Canadian indie rock band Stars. It was released in 2004 on the Arts & Crafts International record label in Canada and the United Kingdom, and in 2005 in the United States.
The album's most notable single was "Ageless Beauty", the band's breakthrough hit in Canada. "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead" has also garnered significant play in the United States, featured on the soundtrack of The O.C.
In 2005 Set Yourself on Fire was a Juno Award nominee for Alternative Album of the Year [1]. It lost to the album Let It Die by Feist, who is an occasional band-mate of Stars' Amy Millan, Torquil Campbell, and Evan Cranley in the indie rock band Broken Social Scene.
[edit] Cover Art
The cover art varies from North America to Europe. The U.S. and Canadian releases have the same artwork, also featured here on wikipedia. The European edition, along with the U.S./Canadian vinyl version, have alternate cover art that suggests the atrocities at Abu Ghraib. The change in cover art could be attributed to the original art's similarity to Explosions in the Sky's The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place.
[edit] Track listing
- "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead" – 4:16
- "Set Yourself on Fire" – 5:39
- "Ageless Beauty" – 4:05
- "Reunion" – 3:51
- "The Big Fight" – 5:22
- "What I'm Trying to Say" – 3:22
- "One More Night (Your Ex-Lover Remains Dead)" – 5:18
- "Sleep Tonight" – 2:44
- "The First Five Times" – 3:00
- "He Lied About Death" – 5:12
- "Celebration Guns" – 3:05
- "Soft Revolution" – 3:16
- "Calendar Girl" – 4:07
| Stars |
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| Torquil Campbell | Amy Millan | Evan Cranley | Chris Seligman | Patrick McGee Steve Ramsay | Emily Haines | James Shaw |
| Discography |
| Albums: Nightsongs (2001) | Heart (2002) | Set Yourself on Fire (2004) |
| EPs: A Lot of Little Lies For the Sake of One Big Truth (2000) | The Comeback (2001) | Dead Child Stars (2002) |
| 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) |
| Record labels: Le Grand Magistery | Paper Bag Records | Setanta Records | Arts & Crafts | City Slang Records |
| Related articles |
| Memphis | Big Rude Jake | Broken Social Scene |
