Frequently Asked Starsailor Questions

Please ensure that you read the news page of Starsailor.net for all the latest details of releases and tour dates. The left hand box is a menu of all recent headlines, scroll through them all to find the story you need. If you click the required headline, the full story pops into the box on the right. The calendar section of the site lists all confirmed live dates and appearances worldwide.

Are Starsailor working on a fourth album?

Yes they are - as of February 2008, they've finished recording and are now onto final mixing. They hope to release the album late spring or early summer in 2008.
Please see their diary entries from 2007 and 2008, made while recording at The Doghouse recording studio.

When will Starsailor tour in x location?

All the confirmed live dates are listed on the official Starsailor site in the 'calendar' section and are posted in the Gigs forum of the band's message board. They have already confirmed a couple of big summer festival dates for 2008 with many more live appearances in 2008 to be announced in coming weeks.

All confirmed live dates are posted in those two locations as soon as the band finalise their inclusion, so if you see any rumoured appearances posted anywhere else, it is as yet un-confirmed by the band. We post details very promptly upon confirmation.

How many albums have Starsailor released?

Starsailor have now released 3 albums and their fourth is in progress. Their first Love is Here was released on 8th October 2001 and their second Silence Is Easy almost exactly 2 years later on 15th October 2003. Their third album On the Outside also followed the 2 year release cycle, hitting the shops in the UK at least on 17th October 2005. See the 'Discography' section of the site for the album track listing and formats.

Where can I find the lyrics to Starsailor songs?

Right here on the official Starsailor web site. Follow the link in the bottom menu to 'Lyrics' and all the tracks from On The Outside, Silence is Easy and Love is Here are listed.

Where can I hear Starsailor's songs?

There is a Flash media player on the official Starsailor.net web site in the top right hand corner. It includes many recent B sides as well as more recent album tracks. See the Discography section for details of which tracks were included on which releases.

I heard there is a Starsailor DVD, is this true?

Yes, it is true. There has been a DVD and VHS released called 'Love is Here (Live)' and this is now on sale in the UK and some other regions. The DVD includes the whole of the London Forum show recorded in November 2001, all the videos to the singles from 'Love Is Here' plus a documentary on the recording of the first album, a tour documentary, the whole of the 'Making of Born Again' (shown in abridged form on the Poor Misguided Fool DVD single) and other snippets like a full discography and hidden 'Easter Egg' footage.

The accompanying VHS is somewhat shorter, containing the full Forum show, single videos and the tour documentary. The total running time of the DVD is 2 hours 30 minutes and the VHS 1 hour 45 minutes.

On The Outside was also released with a special edition CD which came with a 35 minute bonus DVD with several live songs from Somerset House in London, documentary footage on the making of the album and a picture gallery.

Will there be another live DVD coming out, I've seen cameras at gigs?

Yes, it's true that they do occasionally record gigs and special occasions so that they have footage available for future potential release. Some of the material has appeared as short documentaries on DVD singles. A video and stills camera also followed their progress recording the third album in the spring of 2005 in L.A., this footage has been included on the bonus DVD that comes with the special edition CD version of On The Outside.

Who directed Starsailor's videos and where can I see them?

Good Souls was directed by Dave Mould
Alcoholic was directed by Dave Mould
Lullaby was directed by Nick Gordon
Poor Misguided Fool was directed by David Slade
Silence is Easy was directed by Pedro Romhanyi
Born Again was directed by Rupert Jones
Four to the Floor; the European version was directed by Henry Moore Selder and the UK version by David Chaudoir.
In the Crossfire was directed in London by Paul Gore
This Time was directed by Rojo.

All the videos (excluding the Euro Four to the Floor), along with the 13 minute A Short Documentary featuring live footage and inteviews, can be viewed on Starsailor.net in a variety of speed and media formats. Follow the link in the bottom menu to 'video'.

Where can I find guitar tabs or piano music for Starsailor's songs?

There are various on-line sources for the guitar tabs, including several fan sites, a search engine should be able to direct you. There are also two songbooks available from International Music Publishing, one each for the two albums, featuring arrangement, guitar tablature with chord boxes for all of the album tracks. Each book costs in the region of £15. The Love Is Here book is ref. IMP9523A and Silence Is Easy is IMP9925A. There are details on both books at The Music Room. com and the books are available through Amazon and sheet music retailers.

I heard Starsailor did a track on a War Child album?

Yes indeed. They recorded a cover of the Small Faces' summer 1966 hit 'All or Nothing' included on the album called 1 Love, the track was produced by Dave Eringa who has worked with the Manic Street Preachers, Idlewild, Ash, Wilt and Toploader amongst many others. All contributing artists recorded their tracks during the same week and all tracks featured are number one hits from the last 50 years, hence the title. Starsailor were reputed to be very torn between the track they have recorded and covering S Club 7's 'Don't Stop Movin' which James performed acoustically on Radio 1 on Brit day in February 2002 to great acclaim.

I have it on good authority that they recorded the track within the course of one day, almost as live and they had as much fun working on it as it sounds. They have since performed it live at some of their shows.