but there was nothing he could do about it – "Under the Milky Way" was climbing the Billboard singles chart, while Murphy would not achieve a similar breakthrough for another two years. For a number of other dates on the tour, the band was paired with another of their heroes: Tom Verlaine of Television. Verlaine supported The Church. For their encore every night ("You Took"), they brought Verlaine on stage with them for a three-way guitar duel. Some fans consider the Verlaine/Church shows to be some of the best live performances they've ever witnessed. Drummer Richard Ploog became gradually disengaged from the band during this tour, even though he stayed with The Church for another two years. The exact nature of his malady is unknown but most agree that LSD exacerbated his condition. There were degrees of internal strife within the band and a high pressure of expectation from Arista. Because of this, Kilbey smoked more pot on this tour than at any other point in his life – such large quantities that he routinely coughed up blood. By the tour's end, The Church had performed 94 shows across the United States, Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom and Australia. Legacy The fifth season of the US TV show Miami Vice featured two songs from the album: "Under the Milky Way" was used in an episode called "Asian Cut" (aired 13 January 1989), and "Blood Money" was showcased throughout "Heart of Night" (18 November 1988). "Under the Milky Way" was also featured in the 2001 film Donnie Darko. The song "Reptile" was used in Toy Machine's skateboarding video Suffer the Joy. A sheet music/guitar tablature book was released for the entire album by Cherry Lane. In October 2010, it was listed in the top 40 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums. In 2011 the album, along with Priest=Aura and Untitled #23, was played in its entirety on the band's 30th anniversary "Future, Past, Perfect" tour. Critical reception In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Ned Raggett wrote that "if sometimes too clean around the corners in comparison to the song-for-song masterpiece Heyday, Starfish set up the band's well-deserved breakthrough in the States," and added that the performances throughout "are at the least fine and at the most fantastic." Track listing Bonus 12" EP Initial vinyl copies of the album came with a free bonus 12" EP which contained: 2005 EMI