Nightsongs (Stars album) explained

Nightsongs
Type:	studio
Artist:	Stars
Cover:	Stars nightsongs.PNG
Released:	February 27, 2001
Genre:	Indie pop, baroque pop, electronica
Length:	52:16
Label:	Le Grand Magistery
Prev Title:	A Lot of Little Lies For the Sake of One Big Truth
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	The Comeback EP
Next Year:	2001

Nightsongs is the first album by Canadian indie rock band Stars, released in 2001 on Le Grand Magistery. At this time, Stars consisted only of Torquil Campbell and Chris Seligman, although both Amy Millan and Emily Haines of Metric make appearances. There is also a very rare vinyl pressing of the record on the Japanese label Syft, which has since gone out of business. The vinyl pressing also has 2 additional tracks ("Friend's Father's Mother" and "Angeline") not featured on the CD version.

Track listing

All songs by Stars, except "This Charming Man" by Morrissey and Johnny Marr.

In other media

• "International Rock Star" features dialogue from the film adaptation of The Collector. The Smiths, whose single "This Charming Man" is covered on this album, also feature material from the film using a production still of Terence Stamp as the cover art for their 1985 single "What Difference Does It Make?"
• Going, Going, Gone" was featured in season 1 episode 6 ("Reckoning," 2001) of the television series Alias.
• "Tonight" was used in a 2006 Canadian short film of the same name.https://web.archive.org/web/20070210124759/http://www.bravofact.com/shorts/details.asp?projectID=2644
• "Going, Going, Gone" was featured in season 1 episode 6 ("Powerless", 2007) of the television series Life.