Mary Star of the Sea

Mary Star of the Sea is the only studio album by American alternative rock band Zwan. It was released on January 28, 2003. "Honestly" and "Lyric" were released as singles.

The album is named both for the Blessed Virgin Mary, from whom bandleader Billy Corgan claimed to find comfort and guidance, and for the Catholic Church in Key West, Florida where he spent time during Zwan's early rehearsals. Seven months after the album's release Corgan announced the band's dissolution, which he attributed to conflicts between the band's members.

Critical reception
The album received mostly positive reviews. Entertainment Weekly named Mary Star of the Sea the sixth best album of 2003. noting the "14 minutes of epic new-prog, with the guitars engaging in interstellar, improvisatory interplay" on the "Jesus I" / title track. The Alternative Press called the album a "return to form" for Corgan, with AllMusic opining the songs as Corgan's best since Siamese Dream. The album debuted at number 3 in the US, selling 90,000 copies in its first week.

For Your Love
A deluxe edition of the album was also released, which included a bonus DVD entitled For Your Love, a 40-minute collage of interviews, studio performances, and miscellaneous footage, some of which comes from the aborted Djali Zwan album/film. The songs listed on the DVD include:

Release history
Mary Star of the Sea was the first album released under Martha's Music – Corgan's record label named after his mother who passed away in 1996.

Personnel
Band


 * Jimmy Chamberlin – drums
 * Billy Corgan (as Billy Burke) – guitar, vocals, producer, additional mixing
 * Paz Lenchantin – bass, vocals
 * David Pajo – guitar
 * Matt Sweeney – guitar, vocals

Additional musicians


 * Ana Lenchantin – cello on "Of a Broken Heart"

Production


 * Bjorn Thorsrud – producer, additional mixing
 * Alan Moulder – mixer
 * Ron Lowe – engineer
 * Manny A. Sanchez – engineer
 * Mathieu LeJeune – engineer
 * Greg Norman – engineer
 * Rob Bochnik – engineer
 * Azuolas Sinkevicius – assistant engineer
 * Lionel Darenne – assistant engineer
 * Mark Twitchell – second assistant engineer
 * Jarod Kluemper – second assistant engineer
 * Russ Arbuthnot – second assistant engineer
 * Tim Harrington – guitar sound re-enforcer
 * Linda Strawberry – assistant to Mr. Thorsrud
 * Howie Weinberg – mastering
 * Roger Lian – digital editing
 * Geoff McFetridge – design

For Your Love DVD personnel


 * Lester Cohn – director
 * Greg Sylvester, Damon Ranger, Lester Cohn, and Brian Churchwell – cameras
 * Tony "Tadpole" Mysliwiec – audio mastering
 * David May – DVD producer
 * Penny Marciano – DVD production director
 * Raena Winscott – DVD graphics coordinator
 * Davi Russo – DVD graphics design
 * Jim Atkins – authoring