The Decline and Fall of Heavenly

The Decline and Fall of Heavenly is the third studio album by British indie pop band Heavenly. It was released in September 1994 by Sarah Records[1] with the catalogue number SARAH 623[2] (see Sarah Records catalogue). In the United States the album was released by K Records.[3]

The Decline and Fall of Heavenly
Studio album by
Heavenly
Released28 September 1994 (1994-09-28)
RecordedApril–June 1994 at Shaw Sound in Fulham
GenreIndie pop, Twee pop
LabelSarah Records
ProducerIan Shaw
Heavenly chronology
Le Jardin de Heavenly
(1992)		 The Decline and Fall of Heavenly
(1994)		 Operation Heavenly
(1996)

Four songs were re-recorded for a John Peel radio session in June 1994: the instrumental "Sacramento"; "Itchy Chin"; "Doomster (Three Star Compartment)"; and "Sperm Meets Egg, So What?".[3]

A Japanese reissue on Quattro added five tracks from two British EPs (also released on one CD by both Sarah and K[3]): "Atta Girl"; "Dig Your Own Grave"; "P.U.N.K. Girl"; "Hearts and Crosses"; and "So".

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

EW.com (Entertainment Weekly) states that the music "adds spice with two harmonizing female vocalists sweetly delivering dry, sarcastic lyrics about things like trying to get a lover to leave so you can wake up alone."[5]

From Allmusic: "...a cleanly produced sequence of bouncy, guitar-based pop songs — and fans of the band know just how good they are at writing bouncy pop songs. The only problem with The Decline and Fall is that it's so painfully short."[7]

Track listing
  1. "Me and My Madness"
  2. "Modestic"
  3. "Skipjack"
  4. "Itchy Chin"
  5. "Sacramento"
  6. "Three Star Compartment"
  7. "Sperm Meets Egg, So What?"
  8. "She and Me"

References
  1. "Wiija". wiiija.com.
  2. "Heavenly - The Decline And Fall Of Heavenly". Discogs.
  3. "Heavenly Discography - TweeNet". www.twee.net.
  4. Abebe, Nitsuh. "Heavenly - The Decline & Fall of Heavenly". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  5. Kelly, Christina (1994-11-11). "Album Review: 'The Decline and Fall of Heavenly'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  6. Soults, Franklin (2004). "Heavenly". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698.
  7. allmusic
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