Tanya Donelly's songwriting began to blossom on Throwing Muses' Real Ramona, and Belly's debut, Star, is where it reaches fruition. Using the trancy harmonies of dream pop as a foundation, Donelly expands the genre's boundaries, trimming away its pretensions and incorporating a flair for sweet, concise pop hooks and folk-rock inflections. She also spikes her airy melodies with disarmingly disturbing lyrics. Images of betrayal and death float throughout the album, but what hits home initially -- and what stays after the album is finished -- are the hooks, whether it's the rolling singalong of "Gepetto," the surging "Slow Dog," the melancholy "Stay," or the cool, detached sexiness of "Feed the Tree." Occasionally, Donelly suffers from preciousness or unformed ideas, yet Star remains an enchanting debut.
Belly was one of the few true girl/alt/rock bands that caught my attention as a tween. Belly's Star that I discovered in the early nineties captured my youth and stayed imprinted there for quite sometime. so I recently recaptured some of the magic, like capturing fireflies in my backyard as a child, by getting Belly's follow up album "King" (1995). And it's quite good, and unique, and I gues...
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I have revisited my adoration for Belly this month what with all the nostalgic sounding new bands out presenting early 1990's "alternative college radio" sounds. Anyway, Tanya Donelly is literally flawless on this album (oops, I called it an album...can I still do that?). I found out that she harmonized with herself on all the tracks, which I love. I also noticed how downright twisted and haunt...
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Gepetto..Belly where formed in 1991 by former Throwing Muses members Tanya Donelly (also in The Breeders with Kim Deal) and Fred Abong. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the band consisted of Tanya Donelly on lead vocals, Fred Abong bass, Tom Gorman guitar, and Chris Gorman drums. The band had an alternative rock sound that was uniquely mixed with both a twist of pop-reminiscent haunted melodies ...
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This old man I've talked aboutBroke his own heartPoured it in the groundBig red tree grew up and outThrows up its leavesAnd spins round and roundI know all this and moreSo take your hat offWhen you're talkin' to meAnd be there whenI feed the treeThis little squirrel I used to beSlammed her bike down the stairsThey put silver where her teeth had beenBaby silver tooth, she grins and winsI know al...
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Gepetto..Belly where formed in 1991 by former Throwing Muses members Tanya Donelly (also in The Breeders with Kim Deal) and Fred Abong. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the band consisted of Tanya Donelly on lead vocals, Fred Abong bass, Tom Gorman guitar, and Chris Gorman drums. The band had an alternative rock sound that was uniquely mixed with both a twist of pop-reminiscent haunted melodies ...
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poebegone reminded me of how much i love tanya donelly, not that i tend to forget, but anyways...this video makes me miss 120 minutes:lucy.
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I have revisited my adoration for Belly this month what with all the nostalgic sounding new bands out presenting early 1990's "alternative college radio" sounds. Anyway, Tanya Donelly is literally flawless on this album (oops, I called it an album...can I still do that?). I found out that she harmonized with herself on all the tracks, which I love. I also noticed how downright twisted and haunt...
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Belly was one of the few true girl/alt/rock bands that caught my attention as a tween. Belly's Star that I discovered in the early nineties captured my youth and stayed imprinted there for quite sometime. so I recently recaptured some of the magic, like capturing fireflies in my backyard as a child, by getting Belly's follow up album "King" (1995). And it's quite good, and unique, and I gues...
More >
Of all the negative things to come out of the '90s alternative music boom, one of the positives was how the surge of interest in alternative styles of music allowed female fronted groups to move to the forefront. While women rockers like Janis Joplin, Blondie and Joan Jett had experienced success in the male-dominated rock world with and without the use of their sex appeal, those artists seemed...
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| 1 Someone to Die For |
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| 2 Angel |
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| 3 Dusted |
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| 4 Every Word |
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| 5 Gepetto |
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| 6 Witch |
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| 7 Slow Dog |
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| 8 Low Red Moon |
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| 9 Feed the Tree |
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| 10 Full Moon, Empty Heart |
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| 11 White Belly |
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| 12 Untogether |
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| 13 Star |
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| 14 Sad Dress |
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| 15 Stay |
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