Suspended by Stars is the sixth studio album by English rock band the Wonder Stuff, released on 20 February 2006, on the IRL record label.

After touring in support of Escape from Rubbish Island (2004), their fifth studio album, frontman Miles Hunt moved to Shropshire and began writing new songs.

Bookending a tour of the United States in April and May 2005, the band recorded songs at Doghaus in New York City and Vada in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Suspended by Stars was promoted with a UK tour in March 2006; in May and June of that year, Hunt played a series of solo shows.

[1][2] Although it began as a solo effort, Escape from Rubbish Island was released under the Wonder Stuff name at the suggestion of an IRL financial backer.

[2] Hunt moved to Shropshire, rebuilt his home studio in a spare bedroom, and came up with several new songs after the initial UK tour in support of the album.

In early 2005, the band again toured the UK; Hunt missed the violin sound onstage, which left them unable to play several older tracks.

[7] Hunt omitted a long instrumental section from "Angelica Maybe", which Nockalls filled with "wild Gypsy-esque violin solos";[4] in the song, a man pleads to be intimate with a woman.

AllMusic reviewer Tim Sendra called it a "more cohesive album" than its predecessor, demonstrating that the Wonder Stuff "still have a fair amount of the punch and fervor they displayed during their original run."

According to Sendra, no matter how "strong the songs might be [...] if they are coated with too much studio gloss and dragged down by uninteresting musical choices they are not going to make much impact.

"[10] Melodic writer Kaj Roth called the album "truly a nice positive sounding pop record" which "breathes Aussie rock" in a "late 80's style".

[8] musicOMH contributor John Murphy noted that the band "may never hit the glory days again," although it was "heartening to know that The Wonder Stuff have survived 20 years and are still able to release an album which stands up with their best work.

[11] Katrina Pierce of Gigwise wrote that a number of its songs "ha[ve] no identifiable chorus", and called the album "fairly boring with nothing that stands out as exceptional.