Stars Forever

1999 studio album by Momus

Stars Forever

Studio album by

Momus

Released| 1999 (1999)
Length| 129:14
Label| Le Grand Magistery
Producer| Momus
Momus chronology
| The Little Red Songbook
(1998)  | Stars Forever
(1999)  | Folktronic
(2001)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Melody Maker| [2]
Pitchfork| 3.8/10[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide| [4]
Uncut| [5]

Stars Forever is the thirteenth studio album by Scottish musician Momus, released by Le Grand Magistery in 1999. The album represents part of Momus's "analog-baroque" phase.[1]

Momus wrote thirty songs for Stars Forever, each about a person or group who commissioned a song for the price of $1,000. The funds raised went towards costs incurred from a lawsuit against Momus by Wendy Carlos.[6] Patrons included fellow musicians the Minus 5 and Keigo Oyamada, artist Jeff Koons, retail store Other Music, and record label Minty Fresh.

The album also features eight winners of a karaoke parody contest in which participants were invited to submit recordings of themselves singing over instrumentals included on Momus's previous album, The Little Red Songbook (1998).[7]

## Track listing

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All tracks are written by Momus.

Disc oneNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "The Minus 5"| 3:34
2.| "Akiko Masuda"| 2:48
3.| "Steven Zeeland"| 3:33
4.| "Mika Akutsu"| 3:06
5.| "Stephanie Pappas"| 3:41
6.| "Kokoro Hirai"| 3:07
7.| "Stefano Zarelli"| 2:49
8.| "Paolo Rumi"| 4:23
9.| "Natsuko Tayama"| 2:27
10.| "Girlie Action"| 2:15
11.| "Mai Noda"| 3:07
12.| "Robert Dye"| 3:17
13.| "Florence Manlik"| 2:17
14.| "Adam Green"| 3:33
15.| "Maf"| 2:32
16.| "Other Music"| 2:07
17.| "Tinnitus"| 2:06
18.| "3D Corporation"| 2:44
19.| "Miles Franklin"| 3:36

Disc twoNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Shawn Krueger"| 3:35
2.| "Jeff Koons"| 3:42
3.| "Noah Brill"| 2:56
4.| "Team Clermont"| 3:25
5.| "Brent Busboom"| 3:19
6.| "Indiepop List"| 5:22
7.| "Keigo Oyamada"| 3:06
8.| "Minty Fresh"| 1:55
9.| "Milton Jacobson"| 3:05
10.| "Reckless Records"| 2:10
11.| "Karin Komoto"| 3:07
12.| "New Flame, Same Old Story" (performed by Christian Carl)| 2:31
13.| "Not Intended for Children" (performed by Bill Hardy)| 1:52
14.| "Coming on an Intern's Dress" (performed by Mr. Kate Jenkins)| 1:29
15.| "Nicky My Friend" (performed by Diego Zapparoli and Paola)| 2:06
16.| "Mr. Jones" (performed by Jack Curtis Dubowsky)| 2:19
17.| "The Taste of Pink Champagne" (performed by El Topo)| 2:07
18.| "Onan the Barbarian" (performed by Richard Knowles)| 1:33
19.| "Suggestion to Jealous Men" (performed by Olivier Schopfer)| 1:43
20.| "A Twenty-One (21) Minute Interview with Momus"| 21:13

## References

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1. ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. "Stars Forever – Momus". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
2. ^ Bresnark, Robin (18 September 1999). "Momus: Stars Forever". Melody Maker. Vol. 76, no. 37\. p. 38. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
3. ^ DiCrescenzo, Brent (24 August 1999). "Momus: Stars Forever". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
4. ^ Wolk, Douglas (2004). "Momus". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 551–552. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
5. ^ Johnson, Paul (December 1999). "We will mock you". Uncut. No. 31\. p. 100.
6. ^ Romney, Jonathan (29 September 1999). "It's one for the money..." The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
7. ^ Huey, Steve. "Little Red Songbook – Momus". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

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Albums|

* Circus Maximus (1986)
* The Poison Boyfriend (1987)
* Tender Pervert (1988)
* Don't Stop the Night (1989)
* Hippopotamomus (1991)
* The Ultraconformist (1992)
* Voyager (1992)
* Timelord (1993)
* The Philosophy of Momus (1995)
* 20 Vodka Jellies (1996)
* Ping Pong (1997)
* The Little Red Songbook (1998)
* Stars Forever (1999)
* Folktronic (2001)
* Oskar Tennis Champion (2003)
* Otto Spooky (2005)
* Ocky Milk (2006)
* Joemus (2008)
* Hypnoprism (2010)
* Thunderclown (2012)
* Bibliotek (2012)
* Bambi (2013)
* Turpsycore (2015)
* Glyptothek (2015)
* Scobberlotchers (2016)
* Pillycock (2017)
* Pantaloon (2018)
* Akkordion (2019)
* Vivid (2020)
* Athenian (2021)
* Smudger (2022)
* Issyvoo (2022)
* Krambambuli (2023)
* Yikes! (2024)

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