{"product_id":"a-bout-de-heavenly-the-singles","title":"A Bout De Heavenly: The Singles","description":"\u003cp\u003eA brand new compilation featuring Heavenly's classic indiepop singles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeavenly debuted with the 7\" single \u003ci\u003eI Fell in Love Last Night\u003c\/i\u003e, followed by another 7\", \u003ci\u003eOur Love Is Heavenly,\u003c\/i\u003e both released in 1990 on Sarah Records. Heavenly vs. Satan, the group's debut album, came out in 1991. At this stage in their career, Heavenly's songs were still mainly concerned with an innocent view of love, whether or not requited, and the instrumentation remained very much the same jangly guitar style used by Talulah Gosh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore releasing the critically acclaimed Le Jardin de Heavenly, Cathy Rogers (keyboard, back-up vocals) joined the band. Her harmony vocals and keyboards became an integral part of the group's sound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore their next long-player, Heavenly released two non-album 7\" singles, \u003ci\u003eP.U.N.K. Girl \u003c\/i\u003eand 'Atta Girl'. These signalled a growing complexity in Amelia's songwriting, particularly \u003ci\u003eAtta Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, in which Amelia and Cathy sung in rapid-fire trade-off vocals. A broadening (and darkening) of lyrical subject matter was shown in the B-side, \u003ci\u003eHearts and Crosses\u003c\/i\u003e, which told the story of a date rape, with an upbeat keyboard riff providing an ironic counterpoint.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe band's third LP was The Decline and Fall of Heavenly (1994). Here the group were at their most commercial and at their most attuned with the growing Britpop movement. The arrangements expanded even more to include strings and a large amount of percussion, and the dual-vocal trick was used on several tracks. Lyrically, the old romantic view of love was largely banished, but the tunes remained as upbeat and joyful as ever. In 1995, the band contributed the song \u003ci\u003eSnail Trail \u003c\/i\u003eto the AIDS benefit album Red Hot and Bothered produced by the Red Hot Organization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe group's last album was Operation Heavenly (1996). Arriving in the middle of the Britpop boom, the album contained such fine singles as \u003ci\u003eSpace Manatee\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Trophy Girlfriend\u003c\/i\u003e. Despite the closing of Sarah Records and release on Wiiija, the album was still recognisably the Heavenly sound. Shortly before the release of Operation Heavenly, Mathew Fletcher, the band's drummer and Amelia's brother, committed suicide. The remaining members announced that the band name Heavenly was to be retired.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Damaged Goods","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50512842359115,"sku":"1102812","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50512842129739,"sku":"1102807","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0344f46c-dec1-4c0c-ada7-5e51af612c9d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727908203","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/a-bout-de-heavenly-the-singles","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}