Mary Star of the Sea (album)

Mary Star of the Sea
Studio album by Zwan
Released January 28, 2003
Recorded 2002
Genre Alternative rock
Length 65:52
Label Reprise
Producer
Billy Corgan chronology
Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music
(2000)		 Mary Star of the Sea
(2003)		 TheFutureEmbrace
(2005)

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.[1] Corgan announced the band's dissolution seven months after the album's release, which he later attributed to internal conflict.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Billboard[4]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[5]
Mojo[4]
NME[4]
Pitchfork4.8/10[4]
Q[4]
Rolling Stone[4]
Spin[4]
Uncut[4]

The album received mostly positive reviews. David Browne of Entertainment Weekly named Mary Star of the Sea the sixth best album of 2003.[6] The Alternative Press called the album a "return to form" for Corgan.[7] 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.[8]

Track listing

All songs were written by Billy Corgan, except where noted.

  1. "Lyric" – 3:17
  2. "Settle Down" (Corgan, Paz Lenchantin) – 5:25
  3. "Declarations of Faith" – 4:17
  4. "Honestly" – 3:45
  5. "El Sol" (Corgan, Traditional) – 3:38
  6. "Of a Broken Heart" – 3:54
  7. "Ride a Black Swan" (Corgan, Traditional) – 4:53
  8. "Heartsong" – 3:08
  9. "Endless Summer" – 4:22
  10. "Baby Let's Rock!" – 3:41
  11. "Yeah!" – 3:06
  12. "Desire" – 4:14
  13. "Jesus, I/Mary Star of the Sea" (Traditional/Zwan) – 14:04
  14. "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

Band
Additional musicians
Production
For Your Love DVD personnel

Chart positions

Album

Year Chart Position
2003 Billboard 200 3
2003 Top Internet Albums 3
2003 Top Canadian Albums 4
2003 German charts[9] 17
2003 New Zealand Albums Chart[10] 10

Singles

Date Title Chart positions
US Modern Rock US Mainstream Rock Canadian Top 40 Singles Germany[11] UK Singles Chart[12]
November 2002 "Honestly" 7 21 17 86 28

References

  1. ↑ "Billy Corgan's Blog.". Retrieved 2007-08-22.
  2. ↑ "Mary Star of the Sea by Zwan". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Thomas, Stephen (2003-01-28). "Mary Star of the Sea - Zwan". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Critic Reviews for Mary Star of the Sea at Metacritic". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  5. ↑ David Browne (2003-01-24). "Mary Star of the Sea Review | Music Reviews and News". EW.com. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  6. ↑ "Metacritic: Best Albums of 2003". Metacritic. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
  7. ↑ "Metacritic: Zwan, Mary Star of the Sea". Metacritic. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
  8. ↑ Martens, Todd. "Dixie Chicks Return 'Home' to No. 1". billboard.com. February 5, 2003.
  9. ↑ "Chartverfolgung / Zwan / Longplay". musicline.de (in German). PHONONET GmbH. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
  10. ↑ "Chartbitz: Wednesday, July 18, 2007". RIANZ.com. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
  11. ↑ "Chartverfolgung / Zwan / Single". musicline.de (in German). PHONONET GmbH. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
  12. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 618. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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