Mary Star of the Sea (album)

{{Music ratings

| MC = 79/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/mary-star-of-the-sea/zwan|title=Reviews for Mary Star of the Sea by Zwan|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=October 3, 2016}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mary-star-of-the-sea-mw0000592594|title=Mary Star of the Sea – Zwan|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=March 1, 2012}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2Score = A−{{cite magazine|last=Browne|first=David|author-link=David Browne (journalist)|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/01/24/mary-star-sea/|title=Mary Star of the Sea|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=January 24, 2003|access-date=June 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509233302/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,409009~4~0~marystarofsea,00.html|archive-date=May 9, 2012|url-status=dead}}

| rev3 = The Guardian

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|last=Simpson|first=Dave|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/feb/07/popandrock.artsfeatures5|title=Zwan: Mary Star of the Sea|work=The Guardian|date=February 7, 2003|access-date=June 15, 2019}}

| rev4 = Los Angeles Times

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news|last=Hochman|first=Steve|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jan-26-ca-rackA26-story.html|title=Corgan carves a Pumpkinless path|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 26, 2003|access-date=June 15, 2019}}

| rev5 = NME

| rev5score = 8/10{{cite journal|last=Mulvey|first=John|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/name/6957|title=Zwan : Mary Star Of The Sea|journal=NME|date=February 4, 2003|access-date=June 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516011111/http://www.nme.com/reviews/name/6957|archive-date=May 16, 2009|url-status=dead}}

| rev6 = Pitchfork

| rev6score = 4.8/10{{cite web|last=Schreiber|first=Ryan|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8920-mary-star-of-the-sea/|title=Zwan: Mary, Star of the Sea|work=Pitchfork|date=January 30, 2003|access-date=June 15, 2019}}

| rev7 = Q

| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|title=Zwan: Mary Star of the Sea|journal=Q|issue=200|date=March 2003|page=100}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Sanneh|first=Kelefa|author-link=Kelefa Sanneh|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=2045647&cf=2045135|title=Zwan: Mary Star Of The Sea|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 6, 2003|access-date=June 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030218063027/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=2045647&cf=2045135|archive-date=February 18, 2003|url-status=dead}}

| rev9 = Spin

| rev9score = 8/10{{cite journal|last=Klosterman|first=Chuck|author-link=Chuck Klosterman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1vIfI5iSyMEC&pg=PA118|title=Zwan: Mary Star of the Sea|journal=Spin|volume=19|issue=3|date=March 2003|access-date=June 15, 2019|pages=118–19}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|title=Zwan: Mary Star of the Sea|journal=Uncut|issue=70|date=March 2003|page=95}}

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Mary Star of the Sea received mostly positive reviews. David Browne of Entertainment Weekly named it the sixth best album of 2003.{{cite web

| url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2003.shtml

| title=Metacritic: Best Albums of 2003

| publisher=Metacritic

| access-date=2007-08-22}} The Alternative Press called the album a "return to form" for Corgan.{{cite web

| url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/zwan/marystarofthesea/

| title=Metacritic: Zwan, Mary Star of the Sea

| publisher=Metacritic

| access-date=2007-08-22}}

"There's none of the schizophrenia that afflicted The Smashing Pumpkins' half-shouty, half-pop final outing Machina/The Machines of God," enthused Q's Garethy Grundy, "just a lighter, prettier, more concise sound… Those who saw out the wilderness years that followed 1998's forlorn, career-killing Adore will consider Zwan their reward. It's as sweet-natured, if not quite as wistful, as that undervalued effort, and the influence of [Corgan's] new favourite band, New Order, is even more pronounced."{{cite magazine|first=Gareth|last=Grundy|title=Billy New Mates|magazine=Q|issue=200|date=March 2003|page=101}}

The album debuted at number 3 in the US, selling 90,000 copies in its first week. But it quickly descended the charts, and fell short of the sales of any Smashing Pumpkins album. It had sold 250,000 copies by the time of the band's breakup.

All songs were written by Billy Corgan, except where noted.

1. "Lyric" – 3:17
2. "Settle Down" (Corgan, Paz Lenchantin) – 5:25
3. "Declarations of Faith" – 4:17
4. "Honestly" – 3:45
5. "El Sol" (Corgan, traditional) – 3:38
6. "Of a Broken Heart" – 3:54
7. "Ride a Black Swan" (Corgan, traditional) – 4:53
8. "Heartsong" – 3:08
9. "Endless Summer" – 4:22
10. "Baby Let's Rock!" – 3:41
11. "Yeah!" – 3:06
12. "Desire" – 4:14
13. "Jesus, I"/"Mary Star of the Sea" (Traditional/Zwan) – 14:04
14. "Come with Me" – 4:01

A deluxe edition of the album was also released, which included a bonus DVD entitled For Your Love, a 40-minute collage of interviews, studio performances, and miscellaneous footage, some of which comes from the aborted Djali Zwan album/film. The songs listed on the DVD are "My Life and Times", "Rivers We Can't Cross", "Mary Star of the Sea", "Love Lies in Ruin", "For Your Love", "Down, Down, Down", "A New Poetry", "W.P.", "Jesus, I", "God's Gonna Set This World on Fire", "To Love You", "Consumed", a different rendition of "My Life and Times", "Danger Boy", and "Spilled Milk", but they are not clips of the full songs.

Band

• Billy Corgan (as Billy Burke) – guitar, vocals, producer, additional mixing

• Jimmy Chamberlin – drums
• Matt Sweeney – guitar, vocals
• Paz Lenchantin – bass, vocals
• David Pajo – guitar

Additional musicians

• Ana Lenchantin – cello on "Of a Broken Heart"

Production

• Bjorn Thorsrud – producer, additional mixing
• Alan Moulder – mixer
• Ron Lowe – engineer
• Manny A. Sanchez – engineer
• Mathieu LeJeune – engineer
• Greg Norman – engineer
• Rob Bochnik – engineer
• Azuolas Sinkevicius – assistant engineer
• Lionel Darenne – assistant engineer
• Mark Twitchell – second assistant engineer
• Jarod Kluemper – second assistant engineer
• Russ Arbuthnot – second assistant engineer
• Tim Harrington – guitar sound re-enforcer
• Jason Kirkingburg - guitar tech
• Linda Strawberry – assistant to Mr. Thorsrud
• Howie Weinberg – mastering
• Roger Lian – digital editing
• Geoff McFetridge – design

For Your Love DVD personnel

• Lester Cohn – director
• Greg Sylvester, Damon Ranger, Lester Cohn, and Brian Churchwell – cameras
• Tony "Tadpole" Mysliwiec – audio mastering
• David May – DVD producer
• Penny Marciano – DVD production director
• Raena Winscott – DVD graphics coordinator
• Davi Russo – DVD graphics design
• Jim Atkins – authoring

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