Credit in Heaven

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Credit In Heaven
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 25, 1981
RecordedApril, 1981 – June 7, 1981
Genre New wave
Label Twin/Tone Records
Producer Paul Stark
The Suburbs chronology
In Combo
(1980)
Credit In Heaven
(1981)
Dream Hog EP
(1982)

Credit in Heaven is an album released by the American New wave band The Suburbs, released in 1981.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Writing for Allmusic, music critic Mark Deming said, "If Credit in Heaven has a flaw, it's that its reach sometimes exceeds its grasp; while none of the songs are bad, some are more immediately memorable than others... an under-appreciated milestone of the Midwestern new wave that awaits rediscovery." [1]

Track listing

All songs composed by The Suburbs.

  1. "Tired of My Plans" – 3:34
  2. "Faith" – 3:53
  3. "Tape Your Wife to the Ceiling" – 1:59
  4. "Macho Drunk" – 4:44
  5. "Ghoul of Goodwill" – 5:44
  6. "Dish It Up" – 6:44
  7. "Mommy" – 7:44
  8. "Cigarette in Backwards" – 8:44
  9. "Girl Ache" – 9:44
  10. "Drinking with an Angel" – 5:28
  11. "Spring Came" – 3:18
  12. "Girlfriend" – 4:53
  13. "Postcard" – 4:11
  14. "Music for Boys" – 6:47
  15. "Idiot Voodoo" – 2:25
  16. "Pipsqueak Millionaire" – 4:04
  17. "Credit in Heaven – 2:57

Personnel

Production notes

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References

  1. 1 2 Deming, Mark. "Credit in Heaven > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved September 27, 2015.