Le Jardin de Heavenly

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Le Jardin de Heavenly
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Studio album by
Heavenly
Released1992 (1992)
RecordedFebruary 1992
Genre Indie pop, [1] twee pop
Label Sarah Records (Sarah 610)
K Records (KLP013)
Producer Richard Edwards
Heavenly chronology
Heavenly vs. Satan
(1991)		Le Jardin de Heavenly
(1992)		 The Decline and Fall of Heavenly
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [5]
NME 1/10 [6]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Le Jardin de Heavenly is the second studio album by British 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]

Contents

Beat Happening's Calvin Johnson sings on the track "C is the Heavenly Option."

Critical reception

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

  1. "Starshy"
  2. "Tool"
  3. "Orange Corduroy Dress"
  4. "Different Day"
  5. "C is the Heavenly Option"
  6. "Smile"
  7. "And the Birds Aren't Singing"
  8. "Sort of Mine"

K Records reissue

Track listing

  1. "Starshy"
  2. "Tool"
  3. "Orange Corduroy Dress"
  4. "Different Day"
  5. "C is the Heavenly Option"
  6. "Smile"
  7. "And the Birds Aren't Singing"
  8. "Sort of Mine"
  9. "So Little Deserve"
  10. "I'm Not Scared of You"

References

  1. 1 2 Nina Corcoran. "The 25 Best Indie Pop Albums of the '90s". Pitchfork .
  2. ↑ "Le Jardin de Heavenly - Heavenly | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: heavenly". robertchristgau.com.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 216.
  5. 1 2 "Le Jardin de Heavenly". EW.com.
  6. ↑ "Heavenly, Le Jardin de Heavenly (Jacqui & Carrie Shampoo, NME)". March 15, 2014.
  7. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (October 14, 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   9780743201698 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "Heavenly | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  9. ↑ White, Michael (December 7, 2015). Popkiss: The Life and Afterlife of Sarah Records. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN   9781628922202 – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ "Heavenly". Trouser Press. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  11. ↑ "Heavenly, Le Jardin de Heavenly (Simon Price, Melody Maker)". March 15, 2014.
  12. ↑ 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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