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Le Jardin de Heavenly

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]
Robert Christgau(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
NME1/10[5]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 stars[6]

Le Jardin de Heavenly is the second album by twee pop band Heavenly.[7][8] The album was released on Sarah Records in the United Kingdom and K Records in the United States.[9]

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."[4] Melody Maker wrote that the album "recreates only the most stylised cliches of childhood."[10] Greil Marcus described the album as "Beatles echoes cut with a present-day cynicism so light it merely seems like doubt."[11]

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