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Heyday [Enhanced] [Import]

~ The Church
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  • Audio CD (26 May 1986)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Enhanced, Import
  • Label: Emi
  • ASIN: B000006XLH
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 40,208 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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If The Church had arrived out of the blue in England in 1989, as opposed to building steadily in their native Australia over the previous decade, then nobody would have been impressed by The Stone Roses. Though The Church made many great albums, the appropriately titled Heyday remains their masterpiece: a glorious updating of The Byrds' psychedelic guitar-pop template, laden with subtly beautiful tunes and densely evocative lyrics. The Church's four previous albums had all hinted, in their own discreet ways, that something as astonishing as Heyday was looming; nonetheless, the sound of a band getting it as perfectly and triumphantly right as this is always something of a shock. The title of the opening track ("Myrrh") might have been an oblique hint that the band themselves thought it was something a bit special and nobody with ears would swap what followed for any amount of gold or frankincense. "Tristesse", "Tantalised" and "Already Yesterday" are each giddily brilliant, piling improbably high layers of guitar and melody, almost as if daring the edifice to collapse. A precious few four-piece bands have picked up electric guitars and made records as good as Heyday. None have done it better. -- Andrew Mueller

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bowie meets The Byrds with breathtaking results., 18 April 2001
By alecparker@yahoo.co.uk (Chester, England) - See all my reviews
After four albums on which they combined sixties psychedelia, seventies glam and eighties new wave with varying degrees of success, perennial cult underdogs The Church finally hit their stride on this magnificent 1985 opus. With guitar maestros Peter Koppes and Marty Wilson-Piper at the peak of their considerable powers, the result was an album of jewelled surfaces and glittering sonic architecture - perfectly captured in the shimmering, dreamlike textures of opening track 'Myrrh'.

But this is merely the beginning of the musical magic carpet ride as 'Tristesse' and 'Already Yesterday' take the chiming six-string melodies and soaring vocal harmonies to fresh, seemingly impossible peaks of crystalline, other-worldly beauty. 'Columbus' injects tension and drama into proceedings without losing any of the hypnotic allure; 'Tantalised' is a turbo-charged assault on the senses, while the shadowy and sinister 'Roman' is built around a pulverising guitar riff that would find favour with the most avid Kerrang reader. There's even room for an instrumental track. Normally, of course, the instrumental is the last resort of a band who've run out of 'proper' songs and desperately need something to fill up the running order. Not so 'Happy Hunting Ground' which is steeped in the kind of lush, cinematic grandeur that would grace any movie soundtrack.

Meanwhile in frontman Steve Kilbey The Church have one of the few truly original wordsmiths in modern music. The exhilarating jangle-pop of 'Disenchanted' sees him examining the dark side of fame and fortune with forensic precision. 'Youth Worshipper' adds horns and a string section as he slyly mocks the obssession with staying young and beautiful at all costs. Elsewhere Kilbey's fertile imagination and consistently startling use of the English language gives rise to all manner of exotic images and surreal turns of phrase - all delivered in his uniquely deadpan style. For example on 'Myrrh' when he sings: 'We're interrupted by the telephone/You didn't think they were invented then.' Who knows what he means? And who cares? It's a fantastic line and entirely in keeping with the idiosyncratic nature of the band and their music.

Don't be put off by the awful cover - those dodgy mullet haircuts and migraine-inducing shirts are a small price to pay for something this special. Never was an album more aptly titled; 'Heyday' is the sound of a band striving for perfection and damn near achieving it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The one that took The Church to a whole new level., 28 Feb 2008
After some patchy stuff in the early 1980's, finally The Church realized their full potential with this dreamy collection of inspired music. From the opening bars of the fabulous "Myrr" to the swinging guitars of "Roman", this is a trully unforgettable collection still fresh and contemporary today. So many highlights - the beautifully crafted pop of "Tristesse", "Already Yesterday", "Columbus" and "Night of Light" to the storming "Tantalised" (one of my all-time Church faves), this is what you'd call a "belter" of a record. Starfish was no surprise after the brilliance exhibited here. "Heyday" really was their 1980's heyday and it set the tone for what was to come out of Manchester several years later. Not bad for an Aussie band .. and perhaps thats why they are still producing some of the finest music in 2008. Don't leave this one out of the collection.
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