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The Fashion Focus is the fourth full-length album by the American indie rock band Starflyer 59, released on Tooth & Nail Records in October 1998. The album was produced by Gene Eugene of Adam Again fame. It is the first album in the band’s main discography not to be adorned with a simple monochromatic cover
Jason Martin took his biggest gamble on The Fashion Focus, stripping away completely the thick walls of guitar that had become his stock-in-trade, transplanting keyboards and delicate solos. He shoved his vocals from the shadows and dared to let melody usurp immenseness. He solidified a full-band lineup – the result was Martin’s biggest success to date: a glorious pop record that challenged the convoluted concept that bigger is better and that shouting was the only way to be heard. “Stunning and gorgeous,” proclaimed the notoriously cynical Heckler magazine. “It doesn’t get much better than this.” Yeah Yeah Yeah concurred: “Scary, brilliant, addictive pop, too good to be ignored.” The record remained nestled in the CMJ Top 200 for months.
[Brian Quincy Newcomb, CCM, November 1998]
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CD tracklist:
01. I Drive a Lot – 3:15
02. We’re the Ordinary – 4:16
03. Sundown – 3:53
04. Fell in Love at 22 – 2:32
05. A Holiday Song (Happy Holidays) – 2:08
06. All the Time – 3:16
07. The Birthrite – 3:19
08. Card Games and Old Friends – 2:08
09. Shut Your Mouth – 3:11
10. The Fashion Focus – 3:16
11. Too Much Fun – 7:42
12. Days of Lamech – 4:30
Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and CD by Tooth & Nail Records. Re-issued as a Limited Edition 12-inch vinyl LP by Burnt Toast Vinyl and Velvet Blue Music in 1999. The re-issue also included a two-sided Limited Edition 7-inch vinyl single featuring two bonus tracks; “Elijah The Prophet” (4:22) and “Never Had A Name” (3:21). (“Elijah the Prophet” is an outtake from the Americana sessions.)
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