as I recall, it wasn't very well promoted because by the time it came out, the media had moved on from the Breeders/Belly/Throwing Muses/Dinosaur Jr etc etc type bands, and the label didn't offer up much support.
King is a different direction -- I remember reading interviews where Tanya DOnnelly spoke about the way the production was vastly different from Star -- mostly, the producer kept telling her to put more strength behind her voice, and to stop singing like a little girl. You can hear that in the album, but it just didn't "click."
I think it was more buried by the death of things like 120 Minutes on mTV (Where "Feed the Tree" (probably the worst Belly song) had a lot of exposure, though.
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*sigh*
Date: 2003-05-15 06:55 am (UTC)Reminds me of happy times, so it's very bittersweet.
Do you have "King"? Most people didn't get it... and it's in the top ten most underrated albums of all time.
Re: *sigh*
Date: 2003-05-15 07:09 am (UTC)Re: *sigh*
Date: 2003-05-15 09:01 am (UTC)King is a different direction -- I remember reading interviews where Tanya DOnnelly spoke about the way the production was vastly different from Star -- mostly, the producer kept telling her to put more strength behind her voice, and to stop singing like a little girl. You can hear that in the album, but it just didn't "click."
I think it was more buried by the death of things like 120 Minutes on mTV (Where "Feed the Tree" (probably the worst Belly song) had a lot of exposure, though.
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Date: 2003-05-15 03:04 pm (UTC)Thank you so much.
I owe you, let's go out to dinner.
The LJ War
Date: 2003-05-17 04:50 am (UTC)