Under the Milky Way [CD-single]

Editorial Reviews
Album Details
Australian Re-issue. Features the Original Seven Inch Vinyl Cover Art and the Original B-side. Tracks: Under the Milky Way, Warm Spell, and Musk. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Tracks:

The Unguarded Moment
Too Fast For You
Tear It All Away
Almost With You
When You Were Mine
Electric Lash
A Month Of Sundays
Shadow Cabinet
Myrrh
Tantalized
Under The Milky Way
Reptile
Metropolis
You're Still Beautiful
Ripple
Feel
Two Places At Once

Customer Reviews:

Introduction To The World's Most Overlooked Supergroup.......2007-04-28

Under the Milky Way: The Best of the Church" is primarily a good compilation of mostly 1980 to 1990 Church CDs that were very good to great. Starfish was their only masterpiece in this era. The songs "Under The Milky Way" and "Metropolis" gave them warranted fame and acclaim. Suddenly in 1992 the Church began to make superlative CD's on a par with Pink Floyd, Radiohead and vintage U2. Tragically, the music industry ignored or forgot about the Church. They have five CDs that are better than Radioheads or U2s five best CDs. They are called "Priest=Aura","Sometime Anywhere", "Hologram Of Baal", "After Everything Now This" and "Uninvited Like The Clouds". The latter four CDs are so deep and complex a few listens are needed. The Church's lead vocalist, Steve Kilbey, is the key but the three other band members are equally vital. The Church are totally innovative and unique but their dreamy, elaborate and mesmerizing sound is a hybrid of quality Pink Floyd, U2 and Radiohead. Everything this band has recorded since 1992 is musically gold but not nearly enough of these superlative recordings have been sold. This is the biggest musical travesty since the grievous implosion and demise of the Beatles's inspired band called Badfinger in 1975. I am so glad that the brillant Church have somehow endured and continue to do their best without the Universal Acclaim that they indisputably deserve !

very nice .......2006-10-11

I'm not an expert on The Church--I've always liked the song "Under the Milky Way", but didn't know their other songs. After listening to a few of the tracks on this web page, I decided to buy it.

I'm very happy with it. All the songs are good--there isn't any "filler". Good vocals, good guitar, and good melodies and song writing. If you like the sound of "Under the Milky Way", you'll like the rest of this collection.

The Impossible Task.......2006-02-25

It is impossible to make a greatest hits package that satisfies everyone, especially when a band has been around as long as the Church. Another problem is that I think their hit, "Under The Milky Way", is one of their most boring songs. I've tried so hard to like this song, but I have come to realize I am just the only person alive that just will never get anything out of it. Since it has to be included this album falls way short of my expectations. I usually find true fans of a group don't like the radio hit, but what baffles me more about not liking this song, is that even longtime fans love it so I am really out of touch with this album. Therefore I doubt my Greatest Hits will work for most, but I feel compelled to list it any way. Why 3 songs for the first CD and 2 or less for every other release. It doesn't make sense so I will do away with that format. Here goes: "Unguarded Moment", "Too Fast For You", "Destination", "Hotel Womb",(I do agree Starfish is absolutely brilliant. I could take many songs off this album, but will ignore "Reptile" and "Under The Milky Way", which to me just don't measure up and include two of the best songs ever.), "Tantalized", "Roman" (I thought "Myrrh" was easily left off, but again many thought this to be among the best the Church ever did. I of course could have went with tons of other songs from "Columbus" to "Youth Worshipper", but decided on "Roman", I would agree with "A Month Of Sundays", "Ripple", and if you are going to include "Two Places At Once", which I will also than I have to include "Day Of The Dead", and even "Metropolis" and for another off this album, "Disappointment". I guess I have to include "Under The Milky Way" because that is how business works and the rest can be filled with obscure tunes like "The View" and maybe some prime b-sides.

Very Impressive!.......2005-01-28

This album is a great introduction to the music of the Aussie band The Church, which recorded in the '80s and '90s, and I believe is still putting out music today. Their style is creative electric rock, with terrific melodies, vocals and musicianship. This album is a well-compiled "greatest hits" style collection. Enthusiasts will want the actual albums, but for the casual fan this is a very good selection of tunes. Highlights include "The Unguarded Moment", "Reptile", "Ripple", "Metropolis" and of course the title track. In fact, nearly all the songs are terrific.

Field of Mars.......2004-11-14

If you're here for Under the Milky Way - GET STARFISH!
Then you will find yourself collecting their whole catalog -don't say you weren't warned!
This collection is kind of an odd mish-mash. It is not "the best of." The songs pulled out of their albums just don't have the same impact and the sound quality is not up to par as on the album releases. I initially bought this, but when I got the full albums, they became my favorite band of all time.

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Under the Milky Way

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000JSIBY0
Release Date: 2006-12-12

Album Description

One of the unquestionable Australian classics is the moving hit by The Church, 'Under The Milky Way'. A sentimental favorite amongst Australians, this remix by Craig Obey is no doubt a contender to be THE Australian summer anthem! The superb video clip utilizes the fantastic visual elements from 2004 Tropfest winning animation "YIN". With all the grace and spirit of the original, Craig Obey has created a moving dance floor tribute to the classic. This forward-thinking electro house record is set to become the nation's most requested record both on the dancefloor and on air! 2006.

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Under the Milky Way

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000HT34XO
Release Date: 2006-08-29

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long-awaited reissue including two magnificent b-sides

Under the Milky Way
Church
Manufacturer: Pid
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006EFO
Release Date: 1998-05-05

Album Details

Australian Re-issue. Features the Original Seven Inch Vinyl Cover Art and the Original B-side. Tracks: Under the Milky Way, Warm Spell, and Musk.

Customer Reviews:

long-awaited reissue including two magnificent b-sides.......1998-11-10

fortunately or not, if there is any one song that the church are known for, it is 'under the milky way'. a terribly enchanting song that brought the band, however briefly, into the top 40 spotlight back in '87-'88. of course, that song was just one of the puzzle pieces to the masterful album 'starfish' where guitarists koppes and willson-piper wove their symphonic-sounding six-string's around kilbey's dreamy sing-speak travelogue.

this cd-single has for years been one of the most sought-after items for devoted fans. while 'perfect child' is an excellent church b-side, it is available elsewhere (namely the b-sides compilation 'a quick smoke at spot's'). the other two songs command the attraction here: 'musk', with its middle-eastern lush wash of ploog's drums and clambering but shimmering riffs, takes us to the bazaars, temples and baths of a land (and time) unknown to virtually anyone but mister kilbey--that is, until we visit with him; then there's the light and wistful 'warm spell' that takes us to the summer house where we breeze through rooms 'filled with strangers' pity' and others like the one that contains the narrator's father's piano that 'dreams of the sun'.

in sum, these are classic church b-sides to a single (and album) all about dreaming and traveling. though 'musk' and 'warm spell' are a bit darker and lighter, respectively, than the whole of 'starfish', they handily show off the experimental side of the church: the side that pushes the musical envelope and expands the boundaries of our journies--truly and terribly enchanting.

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