Stars Too Small to Use

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Stars Too Small to Use
File:Stars Too Small to Use.jpg
EP by Okkervil River
Released Summer 1999
Recorded 1998
Genre Indie rock
Length 31:23
Label Jound
Producer Okkervil River
Okkervil River chronology
Bedroom EP
(1998)Bedroom EP1998
Stars Too Small to Use
(1999)
Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See
(2002)Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Austin Chronicle 3/5 stars[1]

Stars Too Small to Use is Okkervil River's second EP, released in mid-1999. It was recorded live over a span of three days in 1998 when the band was still forming. Three of the tracks appeared revised on later recordings: "He Passes Number Thirty-Three" on the 2003 split EP Julie Doiron / Okkervil River, "The Velocity of Saul at the Time of His Conversion" on the 2003 album Down the River of Golden Dreams, and "For the Captain" on the 2005 EP Black Sheep Boy Appendix (as "Another Radio Song").

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Kathy Keller"   3:30
2. "The Velocity of Saul at the Time of His Conversion"   4:27
3. "Oh, Precious"   5:03
4. "For the Captain"   5:34
5. "Auntie Alice"   2:57
6. "Whole Wide World"   4:07
7. "He Passes Number Thirty-Three"   5:45

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