Heaven Is Waiting

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Heaven Is Waiting
Heaven Is Waiting cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1984
RecordedOctober and December 1983 at Britannia Row Studios, London, England
Genre Gothic rock, post-punk, dark wave, synthpop
Label Arista, Society
Producer Kingbird, Nigel Gray
The Danse Society chronology
Seduction
(1982)
Heaven Is Waiting
(1984)
Looking Through
(1986)

Heaven Is Waiting is the second studio album by English gothic rock band The Danse Society. It was released in January 1984 jointly by record labels Arista.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Danse Society (Paul Gilmartin, Paul Nash, Steve Rawlings, Lyndon Scarfe, Tim Wright), except "2000 Light Years from Home", written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Come Inside"8:35
2."Wake Up"4:53
3."Angel"4:43
4."Where Are You Now"4:12
5."Red Light (Shine)"2:50
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Heaven Is Waiting"3:41
2."The Hurt"3:50
3."2000 Light Years from Home" (The Rolling Stones cover)3:55
4."Valiant to Vile"3:30
5."The Night"6:21

Release

Heaven Is Waiting reached No. 39 in the UK Albums Chart, the highest chart placing of any of their albums. [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Heaven Is Waiting has been poorly received by professional critics. Trouser Press called the album "further plodding nonsense". [3] AllMusic wrote, "Heavy on gloomy atmosphere [...] but short on memorable songs, Heaven Is Waiting failed to deliver on the promise Danse Society displayed early in their career", though commenting that the album "isn't without interest." [2]

Personnel

The Danse Society
Technical

References

  1. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 140. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  2. 1 2 LeRoy, Dan. "Heaven Is Waiting – The Danse Society : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic . Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  3. Robbins, Ira. "trouserpress.com :: Danse Society". trouserpress.com . Retrieved 15 March 2013.