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| name = Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts
| name = Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts
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| genre = [[Indie rock]], [[indie pop]]
| genre = [[Indie rock]], [[indie pop]]
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| label = [[Sub Pop]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.subpop.com/releases/velocity_girl/gilded_stars_and_zealous_hearts|title=Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts|website=Sub Pop Records}}</ref>
| label = [[Sub Pop]]
| producer = [[Clif Norrell]]
| producer = [[Clif Norrell]]<ref name=TP/>
| prev_title = 3rd<br />[[Simpatico (Velocity Girl album)|Simpatico]]
| prev_title = [[Simpatico (Velocity Girl album)|Simpatico]]
| prev_year = 1994
| prev_year = 1994
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{{Album ratings
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| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/gilded-stars-and-zealous-hearts-mw0000182695|title=Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts - Velocity Girl &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r232874|pure_url=yes}} link]
|rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| noprose = yes
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=8 |page=412}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide]]''
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="MH">{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=1194}}</ref>
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'''''Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts''''' is the third, and final, studio album by [[indie rock]] band [[Velocity Girl]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/velocity-girl-mn0000841141/biography|title=Velocity Girl &#124; Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/286522/terminal-velocity/|title=Terminal Velocity|first=Christopher|last=Porter|date=September 13, 1996|website=Washington City Paper}}</ref> It was released in 1996 on [[Sub Pop]].


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"Nothing" was the band's last music video, and was released on a single with the non-album track "Anatomy Of A Gutless Wonder". Two other songs, "Same Old City" and "Finest Hour", appeared on the compilations ''Golden Jam: General Mills' Golden Grahams'' and ''That Virtua Feeling: Sub Pop And Sega Get Together'', respectively.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
'''''Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts''''' is the third and last studio album by [[indie rock]] band [[Velocity Girl]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=velocity_girl|title=TrouserPress.com :: Velocity Girl|website=www.trouserpress.com}}</ref> It was released in 1996 on [[Sub Pop]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.subpop.com/releases/velocity_girl/gilded_stars_and_zealous_hearts|title=Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts|first=Sub Pop|last=Records|website=Sub Pop Records}}</ref> The album contains the singles "Nothing" and "Same Old City."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OS0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PT20&lpg=RA1-PT20&dq=Gilded+Stars+and+Zealous+Hearts&source=bl&ots=5OW5Sm4NKc&sig=ACfU3U2hpm5km8cjwSFdp0I-O2oxwcaqeg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiK7eaun4rlAhUPLKwKHQI0BzA4KBDoATAAegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=Gilded+Stars+and+Zealous+Hearts&f=false|title=Velocity Girl Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts Sub Pop|first=CMJ Network|last=Inc|date=May 7, 1996|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
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"Nothing" was the band's last music video, and was released on a single with the non-album track "Anatomy Of A Gutless Wonder." Two other songs, "Same Old City" and "Finest Hour" appeared on the compilations ''Golden Jam: General Mills' Golden Grahams'' and ''That Virtua Feeling: Sub Pop And Sega Get Together'' respectively.
''[[Trouser Press]]'' called ''Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts'' "an uninspired album of relatively straight-ahead mainstreamed pop."<ref name="TP">{{cite web |title=Velocity Girl |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/velocity-girl/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=26 February 2021}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote that the band "offer a few spritely, memorable melodies featuring happy, strumming guitars behind boy-girl harmonies."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/1996/03/22/gilded-stars-and-zealous-hearts/|title=Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts|website=EW.com}}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[MTV]] deemed the album full of "radiocatchy punk-pop songs with easy melodies and hooks galore, coupled with intelligent, decipherable lyrics that, if not always profound, manage to steer clear of pop cliché."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/503318/velocity-girl-picks-up-speed/|title=Velocity Girl Picks Up Speed|website=MTV News}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> ''[[CMJ New Music Monthly]]'' wrote that Velocity Girl "makes a convincing case for writing coherent, intelligent pop songs that continue to sound as if they were recorded in someone's basement (albeit with excellent equipment)."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OS0EAAAAMBAJ&q=Gilded+Stars+and+Zealous+Hearts&pg=RA1-PT20|title=Velocity Girl Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts Sub Pop|date=May 7, 1996|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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*[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r232874|pure_url=yes}} Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts (All-Music Guide)]


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Latest revision as of 18:58, 15 November 2024

Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts
Studio album by
Velocity Girl
ReleasedMarch 12, 1996
GenreIndie rock, indie pop
LabelSub Pop[1]
ProducerClif Norrell[2]
Velocity Girl chronology
Simpatico
(1994) 		Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[5]

Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts is the third, and final, studio album by indie rock band Velocity Girl.[6][7] It was released in 1996 on Sub Pop.

"Nothing" was the band's last music video, and was released on a single with the non-album track "Anatomy Of A Gutless Wonder". Two other songs, "Same Old City" and "Finest Hour", appeared on the compilations Golden Jam: General Mills' Golden Grahams and That Virtua Feeling: Sub Pop And Sega Get Together, respectively.[citation needed]

Critical reception

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Trouser Press called Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts "an uninspired album of relatively straight-ahead mainstreamed pop."[2] Entertainment Weekly wrote that the band "offer a few spritely, memorable melodies featuring happy, strumming guitars behind boy-girl harmonies."[8] MTV deemed the album full of "radiocatchy punk-pop songs with easy melodies and hooks galore, coupled with intelligent, decipherable lyrics that, if not always profound, manage to steer clear of pop cliché."[9] CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that Velocity Girl "makes a convincing case for writing coherent, intelligent pop songs that continue to sound as if they were recorded in someone's basement (albeit with excellent equipment)."[10]

Track listing

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  1. "Gilded Stars" (3:22)
  2. "Nothing" (2:46)
  3. "Just Like That" (2:34)
  4. "Same Old City" (3:49)
  5. "Go Coastal" (3:18)
  6. "Lose Something" (2:23)
  7. "It's Not For You" (3:00)
  8. "Zealous Heart" (3:14)
  9. "The Only Ones" (3:04)
  10. "Finest Hour" (2:56)
  11. "Blue In Spite" (2:37)
  12. "Formula 1 Throwaway" (3:31)
  13. "For The Record" (2:40)
  14. "One Word" (3:36)

References

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  1. ^ "Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts". Sub Pop Records.
  2. ^ a b "Velocity Girl". Trouser Press. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts - Velocity Girl | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 412.
  5. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1194.
  6. ^ "Velocity Girl | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ^ Porter, Christopher (September 13, 1996). "Terminal Velocity". Washington City Paper.
  8. ^ "Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts". EW.com.[permanent dead link‍]
  9. ^ "Velocity Girl Picks Up Speed". MTV News.[dead link‍]
  10. ^ "Velocity Girl Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts Sub Pop". CMJ Network, Inc. May 7, 1996 – via Google Books.
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