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. In the aftermath of the ''

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'' album's release – its bad reception and lost recording contract – whilst this album was being recorded in early 1993, lead singer

Julianne Regan Julie-Ann "Julianne" Regan (born 30 June 1962) is an English-Irish singer, songwriter, and musician. She achieved success in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the lead singer of the band All About Eve. AllMusic describes Regan as "certainly on ...

left the writing and recording session. The remaining members of the group,

Andy Cousin Andrew Cousin (born 28 June 1963 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire) is an English bassist and radio presenter from Huddersfield in England. He is principally known for being the bassist of All About Eve: he has also played for The Mission. Since 2016 ...

(bass),

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(drums), and

Marty Willson-Piper Marty Willson-Piper (born 7 May 1958) is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter best known as a former long-time member of the Australian psychedelic rock band The Church. He joined in 1980 after seeing an early gig where they were perform ...

(guitars and, on this record, lead vocals), continued their work on the album. It was released four years later on the Swedish Border Music label, as a limited pressing. In 1999, following the reformation of All About Eve, renewed interest in the band saw a re-release of the album in a limited pressing of 500 copies. Nearly all of them were sold at All About Eve gigs during their ''

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'' period.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Andy Cousin and Marty Willson-Piper, with Mark Price on tracks 1-5, 7-10 # "Salome" # "I Can't Hate You" # "Where the Rainstorm Ends" # "Staring at the Sun" # "A Drink to Drift Away" # "Ugly and Cruel" # "Venus of Prose" # "Come" # "Mesmerized" # "Pendulum"

Personnel

;Seeing Stars *

- vocals, guitar *

- bass, string arrangements *

- drums with: *Anna Nyström - piano on "A Drink to Drift Away" and flute on "Ugly and Cruel"

Notes

In addition to the Cousin/Price/Willson-Piper line-up, "A Drink to Drift Away" and "Ugly and Cruel" also featured Anna Nyström of The Lucy Nation on piano. An earlier provisional title of the album was ''Never Swallow Stars''. Not quite an official fifth

studio album (but more an EP), was recorded and released in 2002, by Cousin and Regan and is titled ''

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''. It consists mostly of covers, re-recordings and

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, plus a couple of new tracks.

References

External links

The Church">Page on Seeing Stars on fan site for Marty Willson-Piper's band The Church (band), The Church
.br>Another fan page on Seeing Stars.Julianne Regan official siteTranslated interview
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from Swedish 'Magazine Groove' magazine
Copy of Marty Willson-Piper interview from German 'Zillo' magazine, mentioning Seeing Stars
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