Five Stars for Failure

Infobox Album
Name = Five Stars for Failure
Type = EP
Artist = Joy Electric


Released = November, 1995
Recorded = The Electric Joy Toy Company, 1995
Genre = Synthpop/Electropop
Length = 24:29
Label = Tooth & Nail Records
Producer = Ronnie Martin
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8268mpvf9ffo link]
Last album = "Melody"
(1994)
This album = "Five Stars for Failure"
(1995)
Next album = "We Are the Music Makers"
(1996)

"Five Stars for Failure" is an EP by Joy Electric. As the title would suggest, this EP contains much darker content than the preceding album, "Melody". "Sorcery" originally appeared on the Tooth & Nail Records compilation "@rt(c)ore Vol 1" and its sound was in the vein of "Never Be a Star" or "The Dark Ages" from "Melody"; the version found here is faster and more electronic-based. The original mix of "The Girl From Rosewood Lane" originally appeared on a cassette promo for "Melody", prior to that album's release. This version features a stronger drum loop and an overall larger sound than the version that appears on "Melody".

In 2007, the EP was re-released on iTunes.

Track listing

(all songs written by Ronnie Martin)
# "Keep Him in Your Thoughts" – 3:55
# "Drum Machine Joy (The House in the Woods Mix)" – 3:32
# "The Girl From Rosewood Lane (The Original Mix)" – 3:07
# "Courage (Someday I'll Be Heard)" – 3:31
# "Sorcery (The Stadium House Mix)" – 3:28
# "Drum Machine Joy (The Woods Are Haunted Mix)" – 3:13
# "Five Stars For Failure" – 3:40