A Heap of Broken Images

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A Heap of Broken Images
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Studio album by
Blue Sky Black Death
ReleasedMay 23, 2006 (2006-05-23) [1]
Genre Instrumental hip hop
Length44:44(Disc one)
46:20(Disc two)
Label Mush Records
Producer Blue Sky Black Death
Blue Sky Black Death chronology
A Heap of Broken Images
(2006)		 The Holocaust
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Cyclic Defrost favorable [3]
Exclaim! mixed [4]
Exclaim!mixed [5]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
UKHH.comfavorable [8]

A Heap of Broken Images is the debut studio album by American hip hop production duo Blue Sky Black Death. It was released by Mush Records in 2006. [1]

Contents

The album title comes from the T. S. Eliot poem The Waste Land ("A heap of broken images, where the sun beats, and the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief" [9] ). [10]

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."Skies Open"4:33
2."Days Are Years"6:02
3."Chloroform"3:34
4."Not Here"4:34
5."They Came Around"3:20
6."Dream of Dying"5:04
7."From Sun's Angle"3:33
8."Rap Creature Land"3:34
9."Heroin for God"4:33
10."Guilty Ones"1:14
11."The Dead Tree Gives No Shelter"2:39
12."Still Asleep"2:01
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Engage My Words" (featuring Jus Allah, Wise Intelligent, and Sabac Red)4:08
2."Street Legends" (featuring A-Plus and Pep Love)4:21
3."Floor Chalk (Best Reprise)" (featuring Guru and Chief Kamachi)3:33
4."Scriptures" (featuring Lil' Sci)4:37
5."Long Division" (featuring Rob Sonic and Mike Ladd)6:41
6."I Catch Fire" (featuring Holocaust)6:24
7."Grimey Styles" (featuring Myka 9)4:19
8."Brain Cells" (featuring Virtuoso)4:09
9."Everything" (featuring Awol One)6:01
10."It Wasn't White"2:06

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  2. ↑ Brown, Marisa. "A Heap of Broken Images - Blue Sky Black Death". AllMusic . Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ Downton, Chris (November 2006). "Rumbling and Mumbling: Lows" (PDF). Cyclic Defrost (15): 38.
  4. ↑ Blaustein, Claire Marie (August 1, 2006). "Blue Sky Black Death: A Heap of Broken Images". Exclaim! . Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  5. ↑ Quinlan, Thomas (August 1, 2006). "Blue Sky Black Death: A Heap of Broken Images". Exclaim! . Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ Hayes, Neal (September 27, 2006). "Blue Sky Black Death: A Heap of Broken Images". PopMatters . Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  7. ↑ Ranta, Alan. "Blue Sky, Black Death - A Heap Of Broken Images". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  8. ↑ Kper. "Blue Sky, Black Death - A Heap of Broken Images LP". UKHH.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
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