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- Date Released: May 22, 2007
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Alternative, Indie Rock
- Label: Arts & Crafts / IODA
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We Say...
How do you follow up an indie-pop classic? You let your friends destroy all the hard work that you did in a remix extravaganza, of course. Or that’s what happens on Stars’ Do You Trust Your Friends?, at least. Luckily, those aforementioned talents are both delicate and brutal in varying measures, taking the group’s originals into unexpected places. Metric takes “He Lied About Death” and reimagines it as a Philip Glass scored pop song, while The Most Serene Republic put an acoustic twang on the previously electrified “Ageless Beauty.” The Dears, meanwhile, take two cracks at “What I’m Trying to Say” and emerge with a classic on the second try: finding gold in Amy Millan’s angelic vocals and looped synths.
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They Say...
The concept behind the Stars album Do You Trust Your Friends? is a simple one: how trustworthy are your friends? If you gave them the chance to repaint your apartment, would they choose a standard shade of grey or a nauseating neon green? Stars turned over their album Set Yourself on Fire to their rock star buddies and studio-dwelling, knob-twiddler pals to see how they would remix their tracks. In this case, the risk pays off. Songs that were straightforward indie pop jingles are meticulously reworked into more atypical, wonderfully exciting compositions. Metric, Apostle of Hustle, and Junior Boys blow the original versions away with newfangled spins on the original takes. "One More Night" is re-created into a computerized flamenco number with splatters of Pinback and Wilco. "Sleep Tonight" is transformed into a keyboard heavy video game anthem reminiscent of the Knife's fabulous "Heartbeats." Of course, when you have 13 remixers working separately on a project that involved six musicians, the wide variety of personalities result in a drastic range of styles. This makes for a scattered listen that feels more like a mixtape than an actual album, but it's a fun one nonetheless. The liner notes include comments from all of the artists involved in the project to give insight on what inspired their manipulations -- whether it be hopes of making the Stars sound gangsta, like Queen, or like they were riding in a spaghetti western.
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| 01. |  |
Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
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4:50 |  |
| 02. | |
Set Yourself on Fire
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3:17 | |
| 03. | |
Ageless Beauty
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4:04 | |
| 04. | |
Reunion
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3:54 | |
| 05. | |
The Big Fight
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4:49 | |
| 06. | |
What I'm Trying To Say Pt. 1
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3:03 | |
| 07. | |
What I'm Trying To Say Pt. 2
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2:58 | |
| 08. | |
One More Night
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5:41 | |
| 09. | |
Sleep Tonight
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4:21 | |
| 10. | |
The First Five Times
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3:18 | |
| 11. | |
He Lied About Death
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3:57 | |
| 12. | |
Celebration Guns
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3:27 | |
| 13. | |
Soft Revolution
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4:22 | |
| 14. | |
Calendar Girl
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3:34 | |
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Credits
- Julian Brown - Bass // Julian Brown - Performer // Andrew Whiteman - Performer // Robert Benvie - Remixing // Ian McGettigan - Remixing // Matt Hart - Producer // Matt Hart - Engineer // Dean Stone - Performer // Noah Mintz - Mastering // Jason Collett - Performer // David Eugene Edwards - Producer // David Eugene Edwards - Engineer // David Eugene Edwards - Remixing // Amy Milan - Photography // Torquil Campbell - ? // Kevin Drew - Vocals // Dave Hamelin - Guitar // Dave Hamelin - Drums // Dave Hamelin - Narrator // Dave Hamelin - Producer // Dave Hamelin - Engineer // Dave Hamelin - Mixing // Patrick Guay - Art Coordinator // Ryan Mills - Mastering // Liam O'Neil - Flute // Liam O'Neil - Keyboards // Liam O'Neil - Producer // Liam O'Neil - Engineer // Owen Pallett - Instrumentation // Ryan Lenssen - Mixing // Martin Davis Kinack - Producer // Martin Davis Kinack - Engineer // Martin Davis Kinack - Performer // Martin Davis Kinack - Mixing // Antoine Bédard - Producer // Antoine Bédard - Engineer
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