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Comes in a SLIPCASE. Digitally remastered! Reissued with 5 BONUS tracks and expanded artwork.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Dark and moody. You know exactly what you're getting everytime. Will Sargeant's guitar break on "No Dark Things" sounds like he's dragging knitting needles through the strings. "The Disease" -social comment to live your life by. "Over the Wall" - climactic, urgent and full of spirits from the other world. "Crocodiles" by the Bunneymen is also pretty subversive but this one just gets the edge.Unlike any other album just because they got it soooo right. The bonus tracks are a big plus too - 'Broke my neck' is on no other album (I believe)as it was the B side of "The Promise" but a great inclusion.
19 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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Like many Bunnymen fans I rate Heaven Up Here as their best album. I remember listening to it for the first time and being swept away by it. Everything just stood out - the musicianship, the way the songs were crafted, even the cover.
And this remastering is very sympathetic to the original recording that came out all those years back. From my experience, some 'remasters' sound tinny and lack depth. This one doesn't - probably because of the excellent production the first time around. And like most Bunnymen tracks, very little of this sounds dated. Play something from U2, or any of the Bunnymen's contemporaries from this time and the opposite is true.
As other reviewers have said, there are no duff tracks on this album, and along with the track listing it defies any attempts to play tracks out of sequence - the mark of a truly great album.
The inclusion of the spiky and brilliant B-side "Broke My Neck" is a fantastic addition to this remastering, much more so than the live tracks, which give some idea of the live brilliance of the Bunnymen around that time, but sound as if they were messed around with in the studio and have better versions elsewhere.
The new sleeve notes and additional photos are a great introduction to anybody buying this album for the first time, as well as giving some of us oldies a little bit of nostalgia!
If you're in two minds about buying this, just do it. You won't be disappointed!
And this remastering is very sympathetic to the original recording that came out all those years back. From my experience, some 'remasters' sound tinny and lack depth. This one doesn't - probably because of the excellent production the first time around. And like most Bunnymen tracks, very little of this sounds dated. Play something from U2, or any of the Bunnymen's contemporaries from this time and the opposite is true.
As other reviewers have said, there are no duff tracks on this album, and along with the track listing it defies any attempts to play tracks out of sequence - the mark of a truly great album.
The inclusion of the spiky and brilliant B-side "Broke My Neck" is a fantastic addition to this remastering, much more so than the live tracks, which give some idea of the live brilliance of the Bunnymen around that time, but sound as if they were messed around with in the studio and have better versions elsewhere.
The new sleeve notes and additional photos are a great introduction to anybody buying this album for the first time, as well as giving some of us oldies a little bit of nostalgia!
If you're in two minds about buying this, just do it. You won't be disappointed!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I will admit that it took me quite a few plays to appreciate how excellent this recording is, but once in you're never out.
Years later it still sounds like a brave and intelligent effort from a band that has never really got the respect it deserves.The bassline of Heaven Up Here is alone worth your money!
Years later it still sounds like a brave and intelligent effort from a band that has never really got the respect it deserves.The bassline of Heaven Up Here is alone worth your money!
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Just perfect...the Bunnymen's greatest album, get it now, now, NOW!
Rating: 10/10
Best tracks: 'No Dark Things', 'With a Hip', 'A Promise', 'Show of Strength', 'Over the Wall'
Heaven up Here is one of post-punk's mightiest... Read more
Best tracks: 'No Dark Things', 'With a Hip', 'A Promise', 'Show of Strength', 'Over the Wall'
Heaven up Here is one of post-punk's mightiest... Read more
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22 years on from its original release, this still sends shivers down my spine. And now, digitally remastered, it sounds even better. Read more
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