The Decline and Fall of Heavenly

The Decline and Fall of Heavenly
Studio album by Heavenly
Released	28 September 1994 (1994-09-28)
Recorded	April – June 1994
Studio	Shaw Sound, Fulham
Genre	Twee, indie pop
Label	Sarah SARAH 623
Producer	Ian Shaw
Heavenly chronology
Le Jardin de Heavenly (1992) The Decline and Fall of Heavenly (1994) Operation Heavenly (1996)

The Decline and Fall of Heavenly is the third studio album by British indie pop band Heavenly. It was released in September 1994 by Sarah Records ^[1] in the UK and K Records in the United States. ^[2]

Background

Recording

Four songs were re-recorded for a John Peel radio session in June 1994: the instrumental "Sacramento", "Itchy Chin", "Doomster (Three Star Compartment)", and "Sperm Meets Egg, So What?". ^[2]

Release history

A Japanese reissue on Quattro added five tracks from two British EPs (also released on one CD by both Sarah and K): "Atta Girl", "Dig Your Own Grave", "P.U.N.K. Girl", "Hearts and Crosses", and "So?". ^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

Entertainment Weekly states that the music "adds spice with two harmonizing female vocalists sweetly delivering dry, sarcastic lyrics about things like trying to get a lover to leave so you can wake up alone." ^[4] From AllMusic: "... a cleanly produced sequence of bouncy, guitar-based pop songs—and fans of the band know just how good they are at writing bouncy pop songs. The only problem with The Decline and Fall is that it's so painfully short." ^[3]

Track listing

1. "Me and My Madness"
2. "Modestic"
3. "Skipjack"
4. "Itchy Chin"
5. "Sacramento"
6. "Three Star Compartment"
7. "Sperm Meets Egg, So What?"
8. "She and Me"

References

1. "Wiija". Wiiija.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
2. "Heavenly Discography". Twee.net.
3. Abebe, Nitsuh. "Heavenly - The Decline & Fall of Heavenly". AllMusic . Retrieved 2019-12-17.
4. Kelly, Christina (1994-11-11). "Album Review: 'The Decline and Fall of Heavenly'". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 2019-12-16.
5. Soults, Franklin (2004). "Heavenly". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide . Simon and Schuster. ISBN   9780743201698.