Shooting Stars (album)

Shooting Stars
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1979
Recorded1978–1979
GenrePop, MOR
Length33:10
LabelCarrere Records
ProducerChristopher Neil
Dollar chronology
Shooting Stars
(1979)
The Paris Collection
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Smash Hits6/10[1]
Chart Songwords[2]

Shooting Stars is the debut album by the pop duo Dollar.[3]

Released in 1979, the album contained the duo's first three singles; "Shooting Star", "Who Were You With in the Moonlight" and "Love's Gotta Hold on Me". The album was released on Carrere Records and reached no.36 in the UK Albums Chart.[4] Five of the nine tracks were written by Dollar members David Van Day and Thereza Bazar, the album was produced by Christopher Neil.

Track "Love Street" was released as a single after the group had left the label. "I Need Your Love" was released as a single in Brazil in 1980, while "Tokyo" became a single in Japan in 1982. The album was released on CD for the first time in 2019 as part of a Dollar box-set by Cherry Red Records.[5] At the same time it was re-issued as a gold-coloured vinyl album with "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" added.[6]

  1. ^ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (Sept 6–19 1979): 25.
  2. ^ Chart Songwords, No.8, September 1979
  3. ^ "Dollar - Shooting Stars". Dollarsite.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  4. ^ "Dollar - Shooting Stars". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  5. ^ "Dollar: Ultimate Dollar, 6CD/1DVD Remastered Boxset". Cherry Red Records. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  6. ^ "Dollar: Shooting Stars, Limited Edition Gold-Coloured Vinyl LP". Cherry Red Records. Retrieved 2023-11-02.