"Finally a man who's been in a great New Zealand band or two has concentrated on making a great album. It's worked a treat. I Believe You Are A Star is a dark wonder."
Russell Baillie, NZ Herald.

I Believe You Are A Star is a great record, possibly one of the most original, daring and outrageously well defined pieces of musical art to have emanated from this country."
Gary Steel, Metro.

"...it's more hip to move the listener by subterfuge, where a slinky riff sneaks up behind you and won't let go, or a snaky figure gets under your skin and wriggles till you're scratching. In its 11 tracks, I Believe You Are A Star does this again and again."
Nick Bollinger, Listener.

"(his) most stunning piece of work to date."
NZ Musician Magazine.

"Album of the Week: ...With all the best albums, there's a pace that's barely perceptible. Suddenly you're at the end and you want to hear more, to again lift the rock and examine the space it occupies."
Shane Gilchrist, Otago Daily Times.

"Thank God for Shayne Carter, whose record deserves all the tender care and every second of time it took to render its brilliance, at last unleashed in its almost perfect splendour to a public who may not even remember the guy who caterwauled his way through She Speeds all those years ago."
Gary Steel, Selector.

I Believe You Are A Star is bursting full of so many different ideas that you'd swear it was an eager debut rather than the the re-entry of one of our greatest rock'n'roll stars. If this were a perfect world, Dimmer would top the charts for the rest of the year."
John Taite, Real Groove.

"I doubt anyone who takes their own time evaluating it will be disappointed. Even old Fits f**ks who'll moan about the electronic leanings will find in it what they need... Carter can't help but write great songs, albeit as twisted and sheer noir as they are here."
Richard Wain, RipItUp.

"Carter is the emperor and he's wearing no clothes... Dimmer is a fraud... The Straitjacket Fits never had any songs... I can't believe people have been giving this four or five stars..."
Colin Hogg, National Radio.

"Yes, it's been a long time coming but you don't rush a masterwork. And that is what I Believe You Are A Star is - a work of epic vision, scope and devotion to the cause."
Angela Walker, Pavement.

"Fact - this is the best produced album ever made in New Zealand."
Steve Braunias, Listener columnist.

"A heady hybrid of sensuality and menace that strikes my ears as the most perfectly realised alliance of rock, techno and whiteboy soul yet to emerge from these shores."
Grant Smithies, Sunday Star-Times.