Mary Star of the Sea
- Zwan
- Band Name: Zwan
- Record Label: Warner Brothers / Reprise
- Release Date: Jan 28, 2003
- Summary: The new group led by Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins features a lineup including fellow Pumpkin Jimmy Chamberlin on drums and guitarists Matt Sweeney (Chavez, Skunk) and David Pajo (Slint, Tortoise).
- Record Label: Warner Brothers / Reprise
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 21
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Mixed: 2 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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100Even the geeky ballads will put a smile on your face and a Bic lighter in your hand.
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Mary Star of the Sea may be the least ambitious album Corgan's ever made -- and yet his most satisfying since the Pumpkins' heyday.
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48The problem lies with the songs themselves, which simply lack outstanding or memorable hooks: Most are content to meander behind a curtain of big rock guitars and bigger rock cliches, infinitely repeating themselves or, in some cases, never saying much of anything at all.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 22
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Mixed: 3 out of 22
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Negative: 2 out of 22
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HeCtiCB10
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Joe5Hmm.. not as good as I would have thought. Many of the songs are boring and sound lazy, but some tracks are really great.
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TomH0
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