''Bleeding Star'' is the final studio album by New Zealand band

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. It was released in 1993 via

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and is credited to JPS Experience. The album peaked at #6 on the New Zealand albums chart.

Critical reception

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'' called ''Bleeding Star'' "an immaculate big-budget production

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... unveils a new commercial face for the band." ''

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'' wrote that the album "is unfailingly pretty, but the lovestruck ethereality of songs like 'Breathe' is a little too wistful for its own good." ''

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'' praised "Into You," writing that it "kicks in with the powerful, hypnotic, ambient guitar sounds the band's known for, with great pop melodies skipping across the top."

Track listing

#"Intro" - 0:28 #"Into You" - 3:49 #"Ray of Shine" - 3:16 #"I Believe in You" - 3:16 #"Spaceman" - 2:46 #"Still Can't Be Seen" - 2:56 #"Bleeding Star" - 5:07 #"Breathe" - 3:13 #"Modus Vivendi" - 3:03 #"Block" - 5:48 #"Angel" - 5:30

References

1993 albums Jean-Paul Sartre Experience albums Flying Nun Records albums {{1990s-indie-rock-album-stub