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In Our Bedroom After the War | 
 enlarge | Artist: Stars
Label: Arts & Crafts
Category: Music
List Price: $14.98
Buy New: $10.24
You Save: $4.74 (32%)
New (36) Used (8) Collectible (1) from $7.65
Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 3913
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 02800
UPC: 827590280021
EAN: 0827590280021
ASIN: B000UZ4EFM
Release Date: September 25, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | The Beginning After the End | | • | The Night Starts Here | | • | Take Me to the Riot | | • | My Favourite Book | | • | Midnight Coward | | • | The Ghost of Genova Heights | | • | Personal | | • | Barricade | | • | Window Bird | | • | Bitches in Tokyo | | • | Life 2: The Unhappy Ending | | • | Today Will Be Better, I Swear! | | • | In Our Bedroom After the War |
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Amazon.com
Montreal's Stars are certainly a theatrical bunch (and not just because co-frontman Torquil Campbell is also an actor). Their passionate delivery of love and breakup songs--often sung dialogue-style between male frontman Campbell and female lead Amy Millan--is a compelling combination of musicianship and dramatic intensity. In Our Bedroom After the War is similar in style to Set Yourself on Fire--albeit a little gentler and more intimate in tone--capturing the many varied elements that Stars do best. "Midnight Coward" begins with Millan's gentle voice singing "sweetness never suits me," then eventually expands into an abundant, symphonic-sounding conclusion. "The Ghost of Genova Heights" features co-vocalist Torquil Campbell evoking a Scissor Sisters funkiness, which may surprise some fans. "My Favourite Book" is a bright, sunny spot showcasing Millan's penchant for smooth, silky jazz-pop a la Morcheeba or The Style Council. Throughout, the group remains poets-cum-performers--topics range from love between political protestors ("Barricade") to emotive hook-up attempts between personal-ad users ("Personal"), always done with lush musicianship that's often Moulin Rouge-esque at its core. Note to diehard fans: the limited-edition version of the disc is well worth the investment, featuring a captivating hour-long DVD that is part travelogue, part interview, and is filled with impressive clips from live shows throughout Europe and North America. --Denise Sheppard
Album Description
On September 25, Stars will release their fourth studio album, In Our Bedroom After The War. It's Stars' most confident and compelling work to date, an album that showcases the seven years of experience they share as a band. It was recorded at the Warehouse Studios in Vancouver, BC and mixed by Joe Chiccarelli (The White Stripes, The Shins, Morrissey). For a limited time, In Our Bedroom After The War will include a bonus DVD featuring a 55-minute documentary of Stars' live performances and interviews while touring Set Yourself on Fire.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
 Top notch! September 26, 2008
The stars lyrical quality is hypnotic. If you are a fan, this album does not disappoint, although the continuity between songs isn't quite as consistent as previous albums. If you are new to them then start with the earlier albums to get a better sense of where their electro-pop influences have come from. Great lyrics and narrative basis to the songs. Easy on the ears!
in our bedroom after the war July 21, 2008
i've been a fan of this band since i heard of them from a friend. their melodic voices and intelligent lyrics from their previous albums have always been my weakness, but this album ascended my love for them to all new heights. the album has a soundtrack feel, and as you listen to it all the way through, the characters are brought to life by the music.
Not really expecting much, but BLOWN AWAY June 30, 2008
After hearing "Your Ex-Lover is Dead" 2 years ago, I then quickly decided to buy "Set Yourself on Fire," because I figured that if they released such a beautiful song, the others must at least be halfway decent. After buying the CD, I was relatively impressed with the Stars' quirkyness and their quixotic approach to recording songs, but I was overall slightly disappointed. The songs were basically all the same, ostensibly just an attempt to weird out their listeners with awkward noises more than anything. But, after buying this CD on a whim, the Stars really hit the nail on the head with their "In Our Bedroom After the War."
After listening to the first song, "The Beginning After the End," I thought it was going to be the same old Stars and their weirdness manefested on yet another boring CD. However, after listening through the entire album, it honestly was a musical masterpiece. The piano throughout the whole CD feels like a sort of treat to the ears. Amy Millian's voice is so subtle but yet so outspoken, definitely one of my favorite sounds ever. The CD shows the Stars' wide variety of musical expertise and gifts the listeners with a beautiful sound pleasing in every way.
I highly suggest this album, it was without a doubt a very good choice.
Superb album May 30, 2008
This is the first of there albums I have bought and I was not disappointed at all. All around great album. Much to my suprise none of these songs ever became a single. There are definately a few that stand out; that are just outstanding.
It grows on you May 2, 2008
It takes some repeated listening but it's all worth it....one of the best this year & I think it's at par if not better than some of their previous albums.
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