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- Star
- - 71,181 plays
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Belly
Released 1993

Gepetto
03:23
7,675 plays

Slow Dog
04:00
5,243 plays

Dusted
02:48
4,359 plays

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- 1
- Someone To Die For
- 02:04
- 3,598 plays

- 2
- Angel
- 02:58
- 3,902 plays

- 3
- Dusted
- 02:48
- 4,359 plays

- 4
- Every Word
- 03:33
- 3,040 plays

- 5
- Gepetto
- 03:23
- 7,675 plays

- 6
- Witch
- 01:35
- 3,090 plays

- 7
- Slow Dog
- 04:00
- 5,243 plays

- 8
- Low Red Moon
- 05:29
- 3,583 plays

- 9
- Feed The Tree
- 03:29
- 16,945 plays

- 10
- Full Moon, Empty Heart
- 03:02
- 3,752 plays

- 11
- White Belly
- 03:35
- 3,172 plays

- 12
- Untogether
- 04:41
- 3,273 plays

- 13
- Star
- 01:27
- 2,945 plays

- 14
- Sad Dress
- 03:43
- 2,964 plays

- 15
- Stay
- 04:56
- 3,640 plays

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album review

Tanya Donelly's songwriting began to blossom on Throwing Muses' Real Ramona, and Belly's debut, Star, is where it reaches fruition. Using the trancy harmonies of dream pop as a foundation, Donelly expands the genre's boundaries, trimming away its pretensions and incorporating a flair for sweet, concise pop hooks and folk-rock inflections. She also spikes her airy melodies with disarmingly disturbing lyrics. Images of betrayal and death float throughout the album, but what hits home initially -- and what stays after the album is finished -- are the hooks, whether it's the rolling singalong of "Gepetto," the surging "Slow Dog," the melancholy "Stay," or the cool, detached sexiness of "Feed the Tree." Occasionally, Donelly suffers from preciousness or unformed ideas, yet Star remains an enchanting debut. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide