Release Date: 06 February 2026
Label: Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Clamshell
No of Units: 4
Barcode: 5013929114395
Description
• 4CD JOURNEY THROUGH KEY TRACKS, LESSER KNOWN HALF-LIT GEMS AND SLEEPY POP NUGGETS OF THE 1980S AND 90S.
• FEATURING MAZZY STAR, A.R. KANE, COCTEAU TWINS, SPIRITUALIZED, THIS MORTAL COIL, SLOWDIVE, CHAPTERHOUSE, BEL CANTO, JULEE CRUISE, THE CHAMELEONS, DEAD CAN DANCE, TALK TALK, LUSH, LOW AND MANY MORE.
• A COMPANION SET TO 2016'S 'STILL IN A DREAM' SET.
During the latter half of the 1980s, a wave of alternative artists began to explore a gentler, more ethereal sound, bringing a dream-like aesthetic to the rock and pop idiom. Taking its lead from the UK (and the 4AD label in particular), this refined approach soon spread, particularly to the United States, slowly picking up the moniker “dream pop” – a catch-all term rather than a genre within itself.
Curated by the same team as our successful 'Still In A Dream' 2016 shoegaze set, 'Cherry Stars Collide' explores that sound as it emerged in the mid-80s and proceeded to define a less grounded, more thoughtful approach to musical expression than was offered elsewhere. Fusing and blending with other genres along the way. - from the guitar driven shoegaze movement and proto-Britpop to the post 'C-86' generation and the nascent leftfield clubbing scene – that sound both drew in artists already operating elsewhere and inspired new artists to embark their own journey.
Best listened to in the dark!
Tracklisting
DISC ONE1.AR KANE - LOLLITA2.FRAZIER CHORUS - SLOPPY HEART3.AREA - WITH LOUISE4.LOUIS PHILLIPE - WHEN I'M AN ASTRONAUT5.THE CHAMELEONS - I'LL REMEMBER6.DEAD CAN DANCE - IN THE KINGDOM OF THE BLIND THE ONE-EYED ARE KINGS7.14 ICED BEARS - HAY FEVER8.TALK TALK – EDEN (EDIT)9.SHELLEYAN ORPHAN - TAR BABY10.ULTRA VIVID SCENE - A DREAM OF LOVE11.THIS MORTAL COIL - DRUGS12.DAVID SYLVIAN - POP SONG13.JULEE CRUISE - FALLING (TWIN PEAKS THEME)14.COCTEAU TWINS - ICEBLINK LUCK15.ETERNAL - SLEEP16.THE DREAM ACADEMY - LOVE
DISC TWO1.LUSH - BREEZE (GALA VERSION)2.THE WAKE - ENGLISH RAIN3.BLOW-UP - HEAVEN TONIGHT4.HIS NAME IS ALIVE - AS WE COULD EVER5.PENELOPE'S WEB - LOWSUN6.CRANES - TOMORROW'S TEARS7.THE HEART THROBS - KISS ME WHEN I'M STARVING8.BREATHLESS - OVER AND OVER9.KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION - HYPNOGOGIC10.THE INNOCENCE MISSION - EVENSONG11.THE TELESCOPES - CELESTE12.SECRET SHINE - GREY SKIES13.THE CHARLOTTES - PRAYER SONG14.SPIREA X - SIGNED D.C.15.THE CRANBERRIES - THEM16.DROP - WITHIN AND BEYOND
DISC THREE1.SPIRITUALIZED - FEEL SO SAD GLIDES AND CHIMES2.THE OCEAN BLUE - BALLERINA OUT OF CONTROL3.LYCIA - IONIA4.CHAPTERHOUSE - MESMERISE5.THE SWEETEST ACHE - IF I COULD SHINE6.LEVITATION - ROSEMARY JONES (COPPELIA VERSION)7.FOR AGAINST TODAY TODAY8.RED HOUSE PAINTERS - JAPANESE TO ENGLISH9.SMASHING ORANGE - STRANGE YOUNG GIRLS10.ALL ABOUT EVE - SOME FINER DAY11.THE DARLING BUDS - ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER12.SWEET JESUS - YOUR BABY LOVES ME (ORIGINAL VERSION)13.THE SUNDAYS - GOD MADE ME14.LOVE SPIRALS DOWNWARDS - STIR ABOUT THE STARS15.ALISON'S HALO - SUNSHY16.INSIDES - YES
DISC FOUR1.MAZZY STAR - SHE'S MY BABY2.BEL CANTO - UNICORN3.SWALLOW - CHERRY STARS COLLIDE4.THE ECSTASY OF SAINT THERESA - FLUIDUM5.AN APRIL MARCH - ALL THE FLOWERY6.SLOWDIVE - IN MIND7.HALF STRING - SUN LESS SEA8.TSE TSE FLY - DOG-EARED9.ST ETIENNE - CALIFORNIA SNOW STORY10.BLIND MR JONES - HEY11.DRUGSTORE - SUPERGLIDER12.PALE SAINTS - FINE FRIEND13.LOW - STAY14.DUBSTAR - JUST A GIRL SHE SAID15.MOJAVE 3 - WHERE IS THE LOVE16.THIS ASCENSION - AUGUST RAIN17.THE AUTUMNS - ABBEY IN AN OAK TREE,
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