The classic sophomore set: too few songs, too many (unsuccessful) attempts to catch the first album's lightning in a bottle. "Now They'll Sleep" wasn't a bad try, but most...
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By developing a flair for tight, melodic hooks on Star, Tanya Donelly unexpectedly achieved the crossover success with Belly that eluded her with the Throwing Muses and the...
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"Feed The Tree," with its winningly sweet melody, was by far and away the standout here, but the appealing mix of Donelly's girlish vocal style and gritty guitar work...
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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...
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Belly arrived at a strange time for alternative rock. Prior to the early 1993 release of their debut, Star, they had released a series of critically acclaimed U.K. EPs that...
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