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Operation Heavenly (CD)

By: Heavenly (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Operation Heavenly (CD) Album By Heavenly (Artist)
1   Trophy Girlfriend
2   K-Klass Kisschase
3   Space Manatee
4   Ben Sherman
5   By The Way
6   Cut Off
7   Nous Ne Sommes Pas Des Anges
8   Mark Angel
9   Fat Lenny
10   Snail Trail
11   Pet Monkey
 

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Review

Alternative Press (12/96, p.76) - 5 (out of 5) - "...Farewell, wispy, layered vocals. Hello...perky pop. Yes, they've done a Lush....Heavenly have spurned their flowery, giddy sound in favor of a more brash approach that at times recalls the bygone days of Talulah Gosh..."
Option (1-2/97, pp.89-90) - "...an articulate and literate brand of punk....full of zinging lyrics, conjuring up many types of relationships and the problems that beset them....full of clever wordplay and bright, tight music..."
Melody Maker (10/5/96, p.52) - "...Heavenly have gained a funky Sixties edge--fortunately more Bachelor Pad than bootleg Beatles--with mad Brazilian percussion and extra twirls of groovy organ. They're essentially a modern Shangri-La's..."

Title Note

This British guitar-pop band's brilliant final album was completed shortly before drummer and founding member Matthew Fletcher took his life in the summer of 1996. It features songs about hateful girls and annoying boys, endearingly told from the point of view of a confusion-riddled adolescent. That confusion turns into bitterness with adulthood; some grown-up cynicism can be heard in the ironic lilt of singer Amelia Fletcher's (Matthew's sister) voice. But the brilliance of Heavenly is how its songs discuss adult conundrums with the youthful excitement of slumber-party gossip. Heavenly's songs are uplifting because they make you laugh about things you might normally cry about.

Heavenly's music accentuates this teen-aged appeal by artfully combining a '60s bubblegum-pop mentality with grrrl-punk brattiness, leaving garage stains on fluffy, fey melodies. Echoes of Blondie and Abba can be heard on "Mark Angel" and on a lively cover of French singer Serge Gainsbourg's "Nous Ne Sommes Pas Des Anges." The album, and, apparently, Heavenly's career closes on a riotous note, with the godfather of twee, Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening, adding his comic baritone to "Pet Monkey."

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