AMG Review of Stars

Tim Sendra
All Music Guide

Puerto Muerto's Stars CD single from 2003 includes two songs from the group's second album for Fire, See You in Hell. "Stars" is a restrained and tense ballad with a tango beat and beguiling vocals from Christa Meyer; "Tennessee" is another tense ballad with a subtle hip-hop beat, an inventive arrangement, and another excellent vocal from Meyer. The third track is exclusive to the EP. The band's cover of the Kinks' "Alcohol" turns the song into a cabaret torch song and actually improves upon the original. Not too many people can make that claim for their covers of Kinks songs.