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His Name Is Alive
Stars on Esp
Genres: Alternative Rock, Special Interest, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (15) - Disc #1
1. Dub Love Letter - His Name Is Alive, Defever, Warren
2. This World Is Not My Home - His Name Is Alive, Defever, Warren
3. Bad Luck Girl - His Name Is Alive, His Name Is Alive
4. What Are You Wearing Tomorrow - His Name Is Alive, Defever, Warren
5. The Bees - His Name Is Alive, His Name Is Alive
6. What Else Is New List - His Name Is Alive, Defever, Warren
7. Wall of Speed - His Name Is Alive, Defever, Warren
8. Universal Frequencies - His Name Is Alive, His Name Is Alive
9. The Sand That Holds the Lakes in Place - His Name Is Alive, His Name Is Alive
10. I Can't Live in This World Anymore - His Name Is Alive, Defever, Warren
11. Answer to Rainbow at Midnight - His Name Is Alive, Defever, Warren
12. Famous Goodbye King - His Name Is Alive, Defever, Warren
13. Across the Street - His Name Is Alive, His Name Is Alive
14. Movie - His Name Is Alive, His Name Is Alive
15. Last One - His Name Is Alive, Blackman, Veronica

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CD Details

All Artists: His Name Is Alive
Title: Stars on Esp
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 1
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Release Date: 7/9/1996
Genres: Alternative Rock, Special Interest, Pop, Rock
Styles: Indie & Lo-Fi, Experimental Music, Progressive, Progressive Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 093624620723, 5014436611018, 5014436611025

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CD Reviews

A fascinating view of the future by means of oldies rock

Christopher Culver | 01/15/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Warren Defever ("His Name is Alive"), Livonia, Michigan's greatest musical visionary, showed an impressive new maturity with his 1996 album STARS ON ESP. The result of three years of painstaking recording, STARS ON ESP breaks from the haunting ethereal atmospheres of HNIA's first two albums and the almost-mainstream alt-rock of 1993's MOUTH BY MOUTH. STARS ON ESP is the story of Defever's sudden love affair with oldies radio and old-time folk stylings.

The album's central motif revolves around three versions of a old folk song. The first, "This World is Not My Home," is pure rock n' roll. The second, "I Can't Live in This World Anymore" is an acoustic folk-rock treatment. However, it is the third version, "Last One," which stands out the most. Featuring a gospel choir over an old-time wire-loop recording, nothing could have been more different than what Defever had previously released.

Oldies radio obviously meant a lot to Defever, influencing songs like "Country Girl," "The Bees," and "What Else is New List." Nonetheless, Warren's offbeat lyrics, here articulated by Karin Oliver and Erika Hoffmann, aren't something you'd hear on the AM dial.

Although the production isn't as polished as His Name is Alive's 1998 album FT. LAKE, the oldies-experimentation and novelty of STARS ON ESP make it deserving of notice."