Stars - the passenger, 2010

"The song has a dreamy, atmospheric electropop/baroque pop vibe typical of Stars' sound from that era—lush synths, evocative lyrics, and a sense of nocturnal wanderlust."

Stars - i died so i could haunt you, 2010

"I Died So I Could Haunt You" is a track from the 2010 album The Five Ghosts by the Canadian indie pop band Stars. The song, like much of the album, explores themes of love, loss, and the supernatural, wrapped in the band's signature lush, emotive sound. It features dreamy instrumentation and the interplay of vocalists Torquil Campbell and Amy Millan, with lyrics that evoke a haunting yet romantic longing."

Stars - what the snowman learned about love, 2003

“What The Snowman Learned About Love” is a lyric book that I illustrated for a song of the same title by the band Stars. It’s a very short but beautiful song about how a snowman falls in love with the sun, but due to the sun’s heat begins to melt and eventually dies. While the story is quite dark, the song is written in a really sweet and almost lighthearted way. It is sad but beautiful."

Stars - this is the last time, 2014

"The track features the band’s signature blend of introspective lyrics and lush, electronic-infused pop melodies. It was written by Torquil Campbell, Amy Millan, and other band members, reflecting themes of love, closure, and emotional finality."

The Cranberries - stars, 2003

"Stars" is a song by the Cranberries from the compilation album Stars: The Best of 1992–2002, and was released in October 2002. It is the band's last single released before their six-year hiatus."

Stars - fourteen forever, 2008

"The band that makes the records you clutch to your chest like a prep-school misfit in a 1980s movie, the band that cuts out the construction-paper heart you wear on your sleeve. They make records that get down on their knees and beg to get quoted in someone's yearbook."

Stars - wasted daylight, 2010

"Wasted Daylight" resonates as an anthem for those moments when we feel stuck in the past or overwhelmed by the pace of life. It’s a reminder to cherish the present, even as it acknowledges the difficulty of doing so."

Stars - what i'm trying to say, 2004

"The song features a verse-chorus structure with a driving beat and layered instrumentation. It opens with a synth-pop intro, followed by Torquil Campbell’s and Amy Millan’s alternating vocals, which create a dialogue-like feel."

Stars - elevator love letter, 2003

"Stars songs tend to unfold more slowly, from the brilliant retro-futuristic "Death to Death" to the disco-lite Pet Shop Boys-styled "The Vanishing." Amy Millan's gorgeous voice is the group's greatest strength - on the bouncy, propulsive "Elevator Love Letter," for example. It's not surprising that Millan has contributed to movie soundtracks - the entire album would sit most comfortably as the decidedly outsider accompaniment to an appropriately indie "Romantic Comedy" (incidentally also the title of one of the record's most beautifully simple and sunny songs)."

Stars - the face, 2002

"Face" is a some kind of electronics-tinged homage to Morrissey, or maybe the Wedding Present. Without mentioning another impossibly iconic English group that Stars sound like, let's just settle and say that Dead Child Stars is a nice collectible for Stars fans, and pleasant enough indie music in its own right."

Stars ‎– this charming man cover, 2001

"Last year, we said Stars’ version of “This Charming Man” was the best cover of the song ever. You know who agreed with us? Smiths drummer Mike Joyce (he called it the best Smiths cover period). You know who else? Prince."

Stars - a thread cut with a carving knife, 2008

"All in all it makes songs like “A Thread Cut With A Carving Knife”, possibly my favorite Stars track ever, sound like a bit of a sonic mess, completely unbalanced."

Stars - fluorescent light, 2017

"De facto title track “Fluorescent Light” is upbeat and huge in tone even as it talks about a failing relationship. Singer Torquil Campbell starts the song with lyrics about the night and yellow taxis waiting for a party to end. He sings over sparse, warm piano chords and intermittent snare drum rolls. The building music comes to a halt when Amy Millan comes in, a wash of keyboards putting everything else on pause when she sings."

Stars - celebration guns, 2004

“There’s been a lot of tears, tears of emotion. The way that music lives in your body, it can bring you back to a certain time, and that’s quite visceral and intense.”

Stars - on the hills, 2017

"There Is No Love in Fluorescent Light is the sound of a band that know themselves. Stars speak to the truths we grapple with, and the internal nature of our emotional experiences. It's a gift to hear this realized."

Stars - walls, 2012

"the closing track “Walls” is a gorgeous duet between Campbell and Millan that is, again, a bit of a return to form, with drum machines overlaid with throbbing bass and various percussive sounds and ambiance. Their voices weave in and out of each other’s melody, creating a type of harmony that is neither traditional nor trivial. It divulges the intense heartfelt-ness of this band, that is the cornerstone of exactly what Stars as a group is– sometimes excessive, but never without sincerity, profundity and the type of passionate enthusiasm that few bands possess."

Stars - lights changing colour, 2012

"A nice beat, fun synths, a very catchy melody, and a dose of cheese. Stars have made some pretty cheesy music (“Don’t Be Afraid to Sing” comes to mind) but they usually make it work. Not so on this album’s unfortunate “Do You Want To Die Together?” which lays its god-awful call and response (“I may look alive but inside I’m dead / Well let’s make it true”) over a tried-and-true guitar figure. Good thing it’s wedged between two of the album’s best songs, the pretty Amy-sung numbers “Through the Mines” and “Lights Changing Colour”.

Stars - going going gone live, 2008

"The music here burns slow and then smolders - not unlike the piles of autumn leaves (under cold gray skies!) that dot the lyrics - and it's easy to imagine this music serving, for a lot of concertgoers, as a wistful memento of That Cold Night We Saw Stars."

Stars - heart radio edit, 2003

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"Set Yourself on Fire is full of such contradictory moments, using synths-and-strings arrangements to play up intra-band drama"

Stars - my radio am mix, 2001

"Stars reveal an obsession with stylish '80s rock on Nightsongs; the most obvious evidence is the band's cover of the Smiths' "This Charming Man." But that doesn't mean the Montréal group's debut sounds like it's from that decade. Drawing equally from new wave and the sophisticated electronic pop of acts such as Saint Etienne and Momus, Stars make every note painfully romantic."