Gold (Starflyer 59 album)

Starflyer 59 (Gold)
Studio album by
Starflyer 59
ReleasedJune 27, 1995
June 28, 2005 (Extended Edition)
Recorded1995
Genre
Length50:07
LabelTooth & Nail
ProducerJason Martin
Starflyer 59 chronology
She's the Queen
(1994) 		Starflyer 59 (Gold)
(1995) 		Le Vainqueur
(1995)
Starflyer 59 studio albums chronology
Starflyer 59 (Silver)
(1994) 		Starflyer 59 (Gold)
(1995) 		Americana
(1997)
Extended Edition (2005 remaster)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Starflyer 59 (Gold)[a] is the eponymous second studio album by alternative rock band Starflyer 59. It was released on June 27, 1995 by Tooth & Nail Records.

Ranked as number 41 on Pitchfork's 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time list, Gold is considered a landmark in the history of the shoegaze genre. Discussing the album with an interviewer at NPR decades later, band frontman Jason Martin (who produced the album) mentioned, "I don't know what the hell I was doing on that thing. But listening back, it's almost like you're listening back to a different person."[5][6]

In June 2005, Tooth & Nail released an extended, remastered edition of Gold for its 10th anniversary, featuring five bonus tracks from the band's Goodbyes Are Sad 7-inch single and Le Vainqueur EP.[b] This was accompanied by an extended, remastered edition of first studio album Silver.

Track listing

All songs written by Jason Martin.

Album release[7]
No.TitleLength
1."A Housewife Love Song"4:12
2."Duel Overhead Cam"4:38
3."When You Feel Miserable"5:07
4."You're Mean"2:04
5."Stop Wasting Your Whole Life / Messed Up and Down"5:03
6."Messed Up Over You"6:44
7."When You Feel the Mess"6:16
8."Somewhere When Your Heart Glowed the Hope"4:43
9."Indiana"4:26
10."Do You Ever Feel That Way"2:15
11."One Shot Juanita"4:39
Total length:50:07[c]
Extended Edition bonus tracks (Goodbyes Are Sad 7-inch single)[8]
No.TitleLength
12."Next Time Around"5:17
13."Goodbyes Are Sad"3:52
Extended Edition bonus tracks (Le Vainqueur EP)[8]
No.TitleLength
14."When No One Calls (It Will Be Alright)"3:19
15."The Starflyer 2000 Reprise"4:09
16."Le Vainqueur"6:11
Total length:72:55[d]

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Gold at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Starflyer 59 – Starflyer 59". Discogs. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
  3. ^ "Starflyer 59 – Starflyer 59". Discogs. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
  4. ^ "Starflyer 59 – Starflyer 59". Discogs. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
  5. ^ "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time". Pitchfork. October 24, 2016. Archived from the original on June 20, 2025. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
  6. ^ Gotrich, Laws (August 12, 2024). "8 Tracks: Go back to those gold sounds". NPR. Archived from the original on June 20, 2025. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
  7. ^ "Gold". Apple Music. Archived from the original on June 20, 2025. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Gold (Extended Edition)". Apple Music. Archived from the original on June 20, 2025. Retrieved June 20, 2025.

Notes

  1. ^ The original release of Gold was eponymously titled Starflyer 59[2] (as was 1994 debut album Silver), where it was colloquially known as Gold. This is corroborated by a 2019 vinyl rerelease test pressing.[3] Gold is not to be confused with a digital reissue of Silver that has yellow-colored cover art.[4] It was officially titled Gold for its 2005 extended, remastered edition.
  2. ^ The Extended Edition cover art depicts a steamship, alluding to the ship illustrated on the Le Vainqueur EP cover art.
  3. ^ The total length of the album release tracks on the Extended Edition reaches 50:06 due to track length variances caused by the remastering process.
  4. ^ The total length of all tracks on the Extended Edition reaches 72:54 due to track length variances caused by the remastering process.
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