Trail of Stars

All tracks written by Chris Eckman, except where noted.

1. "Desert Skies" (Eckman, Carla Torgerson, strings arrangement by Glenn Slater) – 7:32
2. "Straight to the Stars" – 4:32
3. "Gold" – 6:26
4. "Last Tears" – 6:21
5. "Crime Story" – 4:39
6. "Hightimes" (strings arrangement by Fred Chalenor) – 4:53
7. "Harvey's Quote to Me" (Slater) – 1:29
8. "On the Day" (Eckman, Chalenor, woodwinds arrangement by Chalenor) – 6:30
9. "Till I Reach You" – 4:37
10. "Drown" – 4:30
11. "No One the Wiser" (strings arrangement by Slater) – 6:43

; limited edition[http://www.discogs.com/Walkabouts-Trail-Of-Stars/release/3066393 The Walkabouts] at Discogs

12. "Bonnie and Clyde" (Serge Gainsbourg){{cite web|url=http://label.glitterhouse.com/releases.php?show=60|title=Glitterhouse, The Walkabouts, Drown|accessdate=2012-11-15|publisher=Glitterhouse Records}} – 6:27

The limited edition also contained a multimedia track with a screen saver.

The album was engineered and mixed at Paradise Sound, Index, Washington and Avast!, Seattle, Washington and Swanyard, London. The album was mastered at Country Masters, Surrey.

File:Drown Cover Walkabouts single.jpg

Drown is the eleventh single by American alternative country band The Walkabouts released on August 23, 1999, through Glitterhouse Records. The catalog number is GR 461.

; Track listing

1. "Drown (Stars on 45 edit)"
2. "Bonnie and Clyde" (Serge Gainsbourg)
3. "Lost in the Scraps"

The song "Bonnie and Clyde" was also released as a bonus track of the limited editions (both LP and CD) of Trail of Stars.

==Personnel==

• Fred Chalenor – bass
• Terri Moeller – drums, percussion, loops
• Glenn Slater – organ, Fender Rhodes, piano, ARP synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, mellotron, tapes
• Carla Torgerson – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion, tapes
• Chris Eckman – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, wobble board, samples, loops

; Additional musicians

• Steve Moore – trombone
• Christine Gunn – solo cello
• Bev Setzer – clarinet
• Kevin Suggs – pedel steel
• April Acevez Cameron – viola
• Justine Foy – cello
• Tyler A. Reilly – violin
• Rebecca Clemens-Keith – violin
• Phill Brown – loops, sounds

; Technical personnel

• Phill Brown – production, mixing
• Kevin Suggs – additional engineering
• Pat Sample – assistant engineer
• Kip Beelman – assistant engineer
• Jason Howes – assistant engineer
• Dennis Blackham – mastering

; Additional personnel

• Maurizio Poletto – design
• Enrico Bravi – design
• Mark Van S. – band photographs
• David French – space-ship sculptures

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John Duffy wrote for Allmusic: "... Drenched in John Cale-like soundscape washes and heavy strings, Trail of Stars comes off as morose and dirge-like. Only "Straight to the Stars" doesn't feel like a death march. This is frustrating, since the instrumentation of the record is expertly crafted and lovingly played. ..."

Don Jates wrote for KEXP-FM: "The veteran Seattle band continues to evolve with this album of dark, delicately textured atmospheric pop."

Gaesteliste compared it to Portishead, Massive Attack, and Roxy Music.{{cite web|last=Wynn|first=Steve|title=Review: Walkabouts – Trail Of Stars|url=http://www.gaesteliste.de/review/show.html?_nr=473|work=Gaestesliste|accessdate=November 29, 2012}}

The album charted one week (36/1999) on position 30 of the Norwegian album charts.{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Walkabouts&titel=Trail+Of+Stars&cat=a|title=Norwegian Album Charts, The Walkabouts, Trail of Stars|accessdate=2012-11-26}}

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