Heaven Born and Ever Bright

by Cardiacs

Heaven Born and Ever Bright cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 May 1992
  • Label: Alphabet Business Concern
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 45:10
  • Community rating: 3.54/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: other

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following significant lineup changes that reduced the group to a quartet, Tim Smith's visionary ensemble delivered a leaner but arguably more ferocious iteration of their signature 'pronk' sound. The manic integration of pop melodies, dizzying progressive time signatures, and furious punk energy remains completely distinctive to the band's fiercely independent ethos.

Genres

Descriptors: complex, uncommon-time-signatures, progressive, intricate, theatrical, unpredictable, melodic, bombastic

Tracklist

  1. The Alphabet Business Concern (Home Of Fadeless Splendour) (3:59)
  2. She Is Hiding Behind The Shed (4:19)
  3. March (3:17)
  4. Goodbye Grace (3:57)
  5. Anything I Can't Eat (3:24)
  6. Helen And Heaven (3:09)
  7. Bodysbad (4:06)
  8. For Good And All (4:41)
  9. Core (2:31)
  10. Day Is Gone (3:17)
  11. Snakes-A-Sleeping (8:26)

Credits

  • Cardiacs - primary artist
  • Dominic Luckman - band [cardiacs are:]
  • Jim Smith - band [cardiacs are:], written-by
  • Jon Poole - band [cardiacs are:]
  • Mike Brooks - equipment [paiste cymbals]
  • Christian Hayes - other [assisted by], guitar [strummed], vocals [sang], written-by
  • William D. Drake - other [assisted by], organ [television organ]
  • Sarah Smith - other [assisted by], saxophone

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