Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Chicago Tribune
Entertainment Weekly	B
NME	8/10
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Q
Rolling Stone
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Slant Magazine
Spin Alternative Record Guide	6/10

Star is the debut album by American alternative rock band Belly. It was released in 1993 and was an unexpected success. The single "Feed the Tree" became a number one hit Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, as well as a surprise pop hit, peaking at number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the late spring of 1993. "Slow Dog" peaked at number 17 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the summer of 1993, while "Gepetto" peaked at number 8 in the late fall/winter of 1993, as well as charting on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart for five weeks in the late fall/winter of 1993.

The album and group received two Grammy nominations in 1994 for Best Alternative Album and Best New Artist. The music video for "Feed the Tree" was a smash buzz bin MTV hit, and was nominated for Best Alternative Video VMA and Best New Artist VMA in 1993.

"Angel" is not a rerecording of the song of the same name that Tanya Donelly wrote with Throwing Muses for their 1989 album Hunkpapa.

U.S. sales of Star slightly exceeded 800,000 copies, though never being certified Gold by the RIAA.

All songs written by Tanya Donelly, except where noted.

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