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==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
''[[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}}</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}}</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>
''[[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}}</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}}</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==

Revision as of 03:18, 4 March 2021

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 last, 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

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

  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

  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. Volume 8: MUZE. p. 412.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  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.
  9. ^ "Velocity Girl Picks Up Speed". MTV News.
  10. ^ "Velocity Girl Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts Sub Pop". CMJ Network, Inc. May 7, 1996 – via Google Books.



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