Released January 28, 2003 Length 65:52 Release date 28 January 2003 | Recorded 2002 Artist Zwan Label Reprise Records | |
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Mary Star of the Sea
(2003) TheFutureEmbrace
(2005) Genres Rock music, Alternative rock, Dream pop Producers Billy Corgan, Bjorn Thorsrud Similar Jimmy Chamberlin albums, Alternative rock albums | ||
Mary Star of the Sea is the only album by American alternative rock band Zwan, It was released on January 28, 2003. "Honestly" and "Lyric" were released as singles. The album is named both for the Blessed Virgin Mary, from whom Billy Corgan claimed to find comfort and guidance, and for the Catholic Church in Key West, Florida where he spent time during Zwan's early rehearsals. Corgan announced the band's dissolution seven months after the album's release, which he later attributed to internal conflict.
Contents
Critical reception
The album received mostly positive reviews. David Browne of Entertainment Weekly named Mary Star of the Sea the sixth best album of 2003. The Alternative Press called the album a "return to form" for Corgan. The album debuted at #3 in the U.S. selling 90,000 copies in its first week, but quickly descended the charts, and fell short of the sales of any Smashing Pumpkins album.
Track listing
All songs were written by Billy Corgan, except where noted.
- "Lyric" – 3:17
- "Settle Down" (Corgan, Paz Lenchantin) – 5:25
- "Declarations of Faith" – 4:17
- "Honestly" – 3:45
- "El Sol" (Corgan, Traditional) – 3:38
- "Of a Broken Heart" – 3:54
- "Ride a Black Swan" (Corgan, Traditional) – 4:53
- "Heartsong" – 3:08
- "Endless Summer" – 4:22
- "Baby Let's Rock!" – 3:41
- "Yeah!" – 3:06
- "Desire" – 4:14
- "Jesus, I/Mary Star of the Sea" (Traditional/Zwan) – 14:04
- "Come with Me" – 4:01
Deluxe edition
A deluxe edition of the album was also released, which included a bonus DVD entitled For Your Love, a 40-minute collage of interviews, studio performances, and miscellaneous footage, some of which comes from the aborted Djali Zwan album/film. The songs listed on the DVD are "My Life and Times", "Rivers We Can't Cross", "Mary Star of the Sea", "Love Lies in Ruin", "For Your Love", "Down, Down, Down", "A New Poetry", "W.P.", "Jesus, I", "God's Gonna Set This World on Fire", "To Love You", "Consumed", a different rendition of "My Life and Times", "Danger Boy", and "Spilled Milk", but they are not clips of the full songs.
Personnel
Songs
1Lyric3:18
2Settle Down5:26
3Declarations of Faith4:18