Heavens

by Big Dipper

Heavens cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 October 1987
  • Label: Homestead
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.62/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Jimmy Ryan, Steve Michener, Jeff Oliphant, Paul Q. Kolderie, Sean Slade

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Formed by veterans of the Boston post-punk scene, the quartet embraced buoyant melodies and delightfully eccentric lyrical themes on their debut full-length. 'Heavens' merges classic power pop structures with the noisy, chaotic energy native to the American indie underground. The album established them as critically adored, yet commercially elusive, purveyors of tightly wound jangle pop.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, jangly, infectious, witty, guitar-driven

Tracklist

  1. She's Fetching (2:44)
  2. Man O' War (2:42)
  3. Easter Eve (3:37)
  4. Humason (3:00)
  5. Lunar Module (4:55)
  6. All Going Out Together (3:01)
  7. Younger Bums (2:59)
  8. When Men Were Trains (2:32)
  9. Wet Weekend (3:19)
  10. Mr. Woods (3:12)

Credits

  • Jeff Oliphant - drums
  • Chris Gehringer - lacquer cut by
  • Bill Goffrier - painting [front cover painting], illustration [insert drawing], vocals [singing], guitar
  • Phil Milstein - typography [type]
  • Gary Waleik - vocals [singing], lead guitar
  • Jimmy Ryan - mandolin
  • Big Dipper - Primary Artist
  • Sean Slade - Piano

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