Set Yourself on Fire

Set Yourself on Fire

Infobox Album
Name = Set Yourself on Fire
Type = studio
Artist = Stars


Released = September 14, 2004 (Canada) March 8, 2005 (U.S.)
Recorded = 2003–2004
Genre = Indie pop, indie rock
Length = 53:07
Label = Arts & Crafts
Producer = Stars, Tom McFall
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j3ri284q052a link]
*Pitchfork (8.4/10) [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22017/Stars_Set_Yourself_on_Fire 18 July 2004]
*PopMatters (7/10) [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/stars-setyourself.shtml 24 March 2005]
*Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau|hm3 [http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Stars link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/stars/albums/album/7046233/rid/7047989/ 24 Feb 2005]
Last album = "Heart"
(2003)
This album = "Set Yourself on Fire"
(2004)
Next album = "Do You Trust Your Friends?"
(2007)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = Cover of European and vinyl editions

"Set Yourself on Fire" is the third album by Canadian indie rock band Stars. It was released in 2004 on the Arts & Crafts International record label in Canada and the United Kingdom, and in 2005 in the United States.

The album's most notable single was "Ageless Beauty", the band's breakthrough hit in Canada. "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead" has also garnered significant play in the United States, featured on the soundtrack of "The O.C."

In 2005 "Set Yourself on Fire" was a Juno Award nominee for Alternative Album of the Year [http://www.junoawards.ca/05_2005_nominees.php] . It lost to the album "Let It Die" by Feist, who is an occasional band-mate of Stars' Amy Millan, Torquil Campbell, and Evan Cranley in the indie rock band Broken Social Scene.

Cover art

The cover art varies from North America to Europe. The Canadian and U.S. releases have the same artwork. The European edition, along with the Canadian and U.S. vinyl version, have alternate cover art that suggests the atrocities at Abu Ghraib. The change in cover art could be attributed to the original art's similarity to Explosions in the Sky's "The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place".

The Songs One More Night and Calendar Girl appeared in Season Four of One Tree Hill in episodes 2 and 3 respectively.

The song Your Ex-Lover is Dead appeared in the season 5 finale episode of Degrassi: The Next Generation.

Track listing

# "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead" – 4:08
# "Set Yourself on Fire" – 5:39
# "Ageless Beauty" – 4:05
# "Reunion" – 3:41
# "The Big Fight" – 5:22
# "What I'm Trying to Say" – 3:22
# "One More Night (Your Ex-Lover Remains Dead)" – 5:18
# "Sleep Tonight" – 2:44
# "The First Five Times" – 3:00
# "He Lied About Death" – 5:12
# "Celebration Guns" – 3:05
# "Soft Revolution" – 3:16
# "Calendar Girl" – 4:07

Certifications

References


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