Heaven Or Las Vegas

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The joy of Heaven or Las Vegas is that you don’t need to know what Fraser is saying (even if the few discernible lyrics are immensely personal) to fall into a stupor. At least there aren't many pops or distracting surface noise issues, but I'd have rather had those than have a brilliant album be reduced to a shell of what it could have been. Iceblink luck” was featured as b-side on a 1990 Japan-only release of the single “Athol-Brose” (from the LP Blue Bell Knoll). That unmistakable Cocteau bass and guitar, loads of reverb softening the sound to the typical sonic dreamscape.

The album master on vinyl is very bassy and sounds bloated on my stereo system, but through some nice bright headphones, it's manageable. The album is noteworthy for the musical evolution that the band displayed at the time, with their work becoming more accessible. Iceblink luck in particular has literally no dynamics whatsoever; the drums are barely audible and the loudness levels even fluctuate during the song.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Released in 1990, Heaven or Las Vegas was the band's most commercially successful release, reaching number seven in the UK album charts. Released in 1990, Heaven or Las Vegas was the band's most commercially successful release, reaching number seven in the UK album charts.

Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. Deciding to scale back the overly pretty sound on Blue Bell Knoll while experimenting with more accessibility the Twins ended up creating their best album since Treasure. Elizabeth Frazer pioneered the glossolalia technique to create a vast layered sonic template around the sounds of words where the words themselves seem to almost morph into each other, thus inventing her own language.A promotional-only single of “Heaven or Las Vegas” was released, which featured an edit of the song (the version featured in the video), backed with “Dials. with Fraser’s famously incoherent vocals at their most intelligible, it’s the product of hours of obsessive studio craft. Her technicolor trills are as sweeping as a warm summer breeze, Robin Guthrie’s guitars and drum programming sparkle and echo as entrancingly as a hypnotist’s pendulum, and Simon Raymonde’s bass and piano are as immersive as a five-star spa’s hot tub.

NME/New Musical Express | 22-Sep 1990 Review of Heaven or Las Vegas NME/New Musical Express | 15-Sep 1990 “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” Sounds | 15-Sep 1990 Heaven Scent: A review of Heaven or Las Vegas Sounds | 15-Sep 1990 “Missing Blink” Record Mirror | 08-Sep 1990 “What’s the meaning of life? Fraser simply captivates; her vocals are the clearest, most direct they've ever been, purring with energy and life. Bought this for three particular tracks - namely 'Road, River and Rail', the title track and 'Fifty fifty Clown'. After signing with the British record label 4AD in 1982, they released their debut album Garlands later that year.

From the promising, slightly down-tempo 'Cherry-Coloured Funk', the album moves into the lilting, almost circular 'Pitch the Baby'. It peaked at number seven on the UK Albums Chart and number 99 on the US Billboard 200, becoming the band's most commercially successful release.