Heaven Sent (Half Japanese album)

Heaven Sent is an album by the post-punk group Half Japanese, released in 1997.[3]

Heaven Sent
Studio album by
Released1997
GenreIndie rock, punk, post-punk, experimental rock, lo-fi, alternative rock
Length73:26
LabelEmperor Jones[1]
Half Japanese chronology
Bone Head
(1997)
Heaven Sent
(1997)
Hello
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Austin Chronicle[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

The title track, over sixty minutes long, was a live recording for a radio broadcast on Radio 5 VPRO's De Avonden. The other nine tracks on the album are one-minute tracks.

Critical reception edit

The A.V. Club gave the album a mixed review, describing the title track as intermittently "kind of cute" but also "impossible to listen to in its entirety."[1] The Austin Chronicle called it "precisely the sort of ambitious, sprawling project that would send all but the most adventurous label honchos into cardiac arrest."[3]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."Heaven Sent"61:40
2."Good & True & Fine"1:07
3."A Fine Line"1:22
4."Outer Space"1:35
5."Well Worth While"1:23
6."Better Than No"1:11
7."Dynasty"1:25
8."Goldfish & The Trout"1:11
9."This Is Our Night"1:17
10."The Day We Met"1:15

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Half Japanese: Heaven Sent". Music.
  2. ^ "Heaven Sent - Half Japanese | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ a b c "Record Reviews". www.austinchronicle.com.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 74.