Heaven Taste

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Heaven Taste
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Compilation album by
ReleasedSeptember 1995 (1995-09)
Recorded1991 to 1995
Genre Post rock, art rock, ambient
Length41:37
Label Hidden Art
Producer Tim Bowness, Steven Wilson
No-Man chronology
Lovesighs – An Entertainment
(1992)
Heaven Taste
(1995)
Flowermix
(1995)
Reissue
No-Man - Heaven Taste.jpg
2002 remastered version
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Heaven Taste is a compilation of B-sides and rarities released by British art rock band No-Man in 1995 and remastered in 1998. It consists on a collection of unreleased music recorded in a range of years between 1991 and 1995. The sound of the songs is often similar to Nick Drake, Talk Talk and Steve Reich. [2] In May 2002Heaven Taste was remastered and released with new cover art. The title track on this reissue is slightly longer. The version of Nick Drake's "Road" was originally featured on the 1991 Nick Drake tribute album, Brittle Days .

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Long Day Fall" (Tim Bowness, Steven Wilson, Ben Coleman) – 5:19
    date: July 1992
  2. "Babyship Blue" (Bowness, Wilson) – 4:53
    date: June 1993, remix: May 1995
  3. "Bleed" (Bowness, Wilson) – 6:50
    date: November 1992, remix: December 1994
  4. "Road" (Nick Drake) – 3:16
    date: December 1991
  5. "Heaven Taste" (Wilson) – 21:21 (22:30 on 2002 release)
    date: August 1992

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. "No-Man recordings – Heaven Taste". Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2008.