''Night of the Shooting Stars'' is a 2001 album by

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, released on Perimeter Records. It is the band's first traditional studio album since 1996's ''

The Blue Hysteria ''The Blue Hysteria'' is a 1996 album by Rheostatics. "Bad Time to Be Poor", a protest song about life in Ontario during the government of Mike Harris, was the album's first single. The band also contributed this song to the compilation album ' ...

''. It is also

Don Kerr Don Kerr is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is the drummer, lead singer and front man of Toronto band, Communism. He plays in Ron Sexsmith's band,The Story of Harmelodia ''The Story of Harmelodia'' is a 1999 album by Rheostatics."Rheostatics all live in a Yellow Submarine". ''The Globe and Mail'', December 8, 1999. Billed as a children's album, the album is a narrative detailing the adventures of Dot and Bug, two ...

'', and "The Junction Foil Ball" appeared on 1998's ''

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''.

Track listing

As with most of the band's albums, songwriting credit goes to varying combinations of the band members:

Martin Tielli Martin Tielli is a Canadian singer-songwriter. He was a member of the Rheostatics, and has also released material as a solo artist and with the side project Nick Buzz. As well, he has appeared as a guest musician on albums by Barenaked Ladies, ...

Dave Bidini Dave Bidini (born September 11, 1963) is a Canadian musician and writer. Originally from Etobicoke, Ontario, he was a founding member of the rock band Rheostatics, and currently performs with Bidiniband. In addition, he has published several boo ...

and

Tim Vesely Tim Vesely (born 10 December 1963) is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He is best known as a founding member of the indie rock band Rheostatics, in which he shared vocal duties with bandmates Dave Bidini and Martin Tielli. Vesely wrote much ...

. (Kerr does not receive songwriting credits.) Credit for each song is listed below. # "These Days Are Good for the Canadian Conservative Youth Party Alliance" (Martin Tielli) – 5:44 # "Song of the Garden" (Dave Merritt,

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) – 3:28 # "Mumbletypeg" (Dave Bidini) – 3:50 # "P.I.N." (Tielli) – 3:38 # "Superdifficult" (Tim Vesely) – 2:36 # "The Junction Foil Ball" (Tielli) – 4:51 # "We Went West" (Vesely) – 5:12 # "The Fire" (Bidini, Tielli) – 5:37 # "In It Now" (Vesely) – 2:08 # "Here to There to You" (Bidini) – 3:25 # "The Reward" (Tielli) – 4:21 # "Remain Calm" (Vesely) – 3:56 # "Satan is the Whistler" (Tielli) – 6:05 2001 albums Rheostatics albums {{2000s-indie-rock-album-stub