Le Jardin de Heavenly
Le Jardin de Heavenly | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1992 | |||
Recorded | February 1992 | |||
Genre | Indie pop,[1] twee pop | |||
Label | Sarah Records (Sarah 610) K Records (KLP013) | |||
Producer | Richard Edwards | |||
Heavenly chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Robert Christgau | [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[5] |
NME | 1/10[6] |
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
Le Jardin de Heavenly is the second album by twee pop band Heavenly.[8][9] The album was released on Sarah Records in the United Kingdom and K Records in the United States.[10]
Beat Happening's Calvin Johnson sings on the track "C is the Heavenly Option."
Critical reception
[edit]Entertainment Weekly wrote that "by keeping the sound sassy and the singing strong, Heavenly’s Le Jardin de Heavenly is adorable without being coy."[5] Melody Maker wrote that the album "recreates only the most stylised cliches of childhood."[11] Greil Marcus described the album as "Beatles echoes cut with a present-day cynicism so light it merely seems like doubt."[12]
Pitchfork said, "Stacked vocal harmonies and sugary guitars mark Le Jardin de Heavenly as quintessentially '90s indie pop, but it's the band's lyrical benevolence that makes these songs so tasteful."[1]
Track listing
[edit]- "Starshy"
- "Tool"
- "Orange Corduroy Dress"
- "Different Day"
- "C is the Heavenly Option"
- "Smile"
- "And the Birds Aren't Singing"
- "Sort of Mine"
K Records reissue
[edit]Track listing
[edit]- "Starshy"
- "Tool"
- "Orange Corduroy Dress"
- "Different Day"
- "C is the Heavenly Option"
- "Smile"
- "And the Birds Aren't Singing"
- "Sort of Mine"
- "So Little Deserve"
- "I'm Not Scared of You"
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nina Corcoran. "The 25 Best Indie Pop Albums of the '90s". Pitchfork.
- ^ "Le Jardin de Heavenly - Heavenly | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: heavenly". robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 216.
- ^ a b "Le Jardin de Heavenly". EW.com.
- ^ "Heavenly, Le Jardin de Heavenly (Jacqui & Carrie Shampoo, NME)". March 15, 2014.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (October 14, 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Heavenly | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ White, Michael (December 7, 2015). Popkiss: The Life and Afterlife of Sarah Records. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 9781628922202 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Heavenly". Trouser Press. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "Heavenly, Le Jardin de Heavenly (Simon Price, Melody Maker)". March 15, 2014.
- ^ Marcus, Greil (October 14, 2015). Real Life Rock: The Complete Top Ten Columns, 1986-2014. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300196641 – via Google Books.
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