Price: £27.75
Format: CD
Artist: Various Artists
CatNo: CRCDBOX143
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Various Artists Cherry Stars Collide 4CD
A 4CD journey through key tracks and lesser known gems from the 1980s and 1990s, featuring Dead Can Dance, The Chameleons, Talk Talk, The Cocteau Twins, Julee Cruise, A.R. Kane, Low and many, many more.
 
During the latter half of the 1980s, a wave of alternative artists began exploring a more ethereal sound, bringing a dream-like aesthetic to rock and pop. Taking its lead from the UK (and the 4AD label in particular), this refined approach soon spread, particularly to the United States, slowly picking up the moniker “dream pop” – a catch-all term rather than a genre within itself.
 
Cherry Stars Collide explores that sound.
CD1
AR KANE - LOLLITA
FRAZIER CHORUS - SLOPPY HEART
AREA - WITH LOUISE
LOUIS PHILLIPE - WHEN I'M AN ASTRONAUT
THE CHAMELEONS - I'LL REMEMBER
DEAD CAN DANCE - IN THE KINGDOM OF THE BLIND THE ONE-EYED ARE KINGS
14 ICED BEARS - HAY FEVER
TALK TALK – EDEN (EDIT)
SHELLEYAN ORPHAN - TAR BABY
ULTRA VIVID SCENE - A DREAM OF LOVE
THIS MORTAL COIL - DRUGS
DAVID SYLVIAN - POP SONG
JULEE CRUISE - FALLING (TWIN PEAKS THEME)
COCTEAU TWINS - ICEBLINK LUCK
ETERNAL - SLEEP
THE DREAM ACADEMY - LOVE
 
CD2
LUSH - BREEZE (GALA VERSION)
THE WAKE - ENGLISH RAIN
BLOW-UP - HEAVEN TONIGHT
HIS NAME IS ALIVE - AS WE COULD EVER
PENELOPE'S WEB - LOWSUN
CRANES - TOMORROW'S TEARS
THE HEART THROBS - KISS ME WHEN I'M STARVING
BREATHLESS - OVER AND OVER
KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION - HYPNOGOGIC
THE INNOCENCE MISSION - EVENSONG
THE TELESCOPES - CELESTE
SECRET SHINE - GREY SKIES
THE CHARLOTTES - PRAYER SONG
SPIREA X - SIGNED D.C.
THE CRANBERRIES - THEM
DROP - WITHIN AND BEYOND
 
CD3
SPIRITUALIZED - FEEL SO SAD GLIDES AND CHIMES
THE OCEAN BLUE - BALLERINA OUT OF CONTROL
LYCIA - IONIA
CHAPTERHOUSE - MESMERISE
THE SWEETEST ACHE - IF I COULD SHINE
LEVITATION - ROSEMARY JONES (COPPELIA VERSION)
FOR AGAINST TODAY TODAY
RED HOUSE PAINTERS - JAPANESE TO ENGLISH
SMASHING ORANGE - STRANGE YOUNG GIRLS
ALL ABOUT EVE - SOME FINER DAY
THE DARLING BUDS - ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER
SWEET JESUS - YOUR BABY LOVES ME (ORIGINAL VERSION)
THE SUNDAYS - GOD MADE ME
LOVE SPIRALS DOWNWARDS - STIR ABOUT THE STARS
ALISON'S HALO - SUNSHY
INSIDES - YES
 
CD4
MAZZY STAR - SHE'S MY BABY
BEL CANTO - UNICORN
SWALLOW - CHERRY STARS COLLIDE
THE ECSTASY OF SAINT THERESA - FLUIDUM
AN APRIL MARCH - ALL THE FLOWERY
SLOWDIVE - IN MIND
HALF STRING - SUN LESS SEA
TSE TSE FLY - DOG-EARED
ST ETIENNE - CALIFORNIA SNOW STORY
BLIND MR JONES - HEY
DRUGSTORE - SUPERGLIDER
PALE SAINTS - FINE FRIEND
LOW - STAY
DUBSTAR - JUST A GIRL SHE SAID
MOJAVE 3 - WHERE IS THE LOVE
THIS ASCENSION - AUGUST RAIN
THE AUTUMNS - ABBEY IN AN OAK TREE