- Heyday (album)
Infobox Album |
Name = Heyday
Type =Album
Artist = The Church
Released = January 1986
Recorded = 301 Studios,Sydney
Winter/Spring 1985
Genre =Alternative rock
Length = 42:58
Label = EMI Parlophone
Producer =Peter Walsh
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:37d6vwnva92k link]
*"Rolling Stone " (Not Rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thechurch/albums/album/289934/review/5946347/heyday link]
Last album = "Persia"
(1984)
This album = "Heyday"
(1986)
Next album = "Starfish"
(1988)"Heyday" is an album by
Australia n rock band The Church, released in January 1986. The album marked the first occasion when group compositions dominated one of the band's releases. Although most of the keyboards utilized on previous recordings had been stripped back, the album saw a greater amount of embellishment with the addition of strings and brass. While at the time "Heyday" featured more focus on the guitar interplay than anything since "The Blurred Crusade ", solos had been cut to a bare minimum.Rolling Stone said the album "suggest [s] a more electrified version of Love's '68 orchestral rock classicForever Changes ." [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thechurch/albums/album/289934/review/5946347/heyday]Despite some critics and followers taking issue with the brash horns on some songs, the album regularly lists among the fanbase's (and even band members') favorites. Tracks such as "Myrrh" and "Tantalized" have been featured in live shows even up to present day.
Track listing
# "Myrrh" (Kilbey/Willson-Piper/Koppes/Ploog)
# "Tristesse" (Kilbey/Willson-Piper/Koppes/Ploog)
# "Already Yesterday" (Kilbey/Willson-Piper/Koppes/Ploog)
# "Columbus" (Kilbey/Willson-Piper/Koppes/Ploog)
# "Happy Hunting Ground" (Kilbey/Willson-Piper/Koppes/Ploog)
# "As You Will" (Koppes)*
# "Tantalized" (Kilbey/Willson-Piper/Koppes/Ploog)
# "Disenchanted" (Kilbey)
# "Night Of Light" (Kilbey/Willson-Piper/Koppes/Ploog)
# "Youth Worshipper" (Kilbey/Jansson)
# "Roman" (Kilbey/Willson-Piper/Koppes/Ploog)
# "The View" (Willson-Piper)*"As You Will" and "The View" appear on the CD and cassette versions only.
Personnel
*
Steve Kilbey : Vocals, Bass Guitar
*Peter Koppes : Guitars, Backing Vocals
*Marty Willson-Piper : Guitars, Backing Vocals
*Richard Ploog: Drums, Percussion, Backing VocalsAdditional Engineering by Guy 'De Vox' Gray
Strings and Horns arranged bySteve Kilbey . ("Night Of Light," "Youth Worshipper") andPeter Walsh ("Night Of Light," "Happy Hunting Ground")
Orchestrated by Tony Ansell
1st Violin - Philip Hartl
Keyboards by Rick Chadwick (courtesy CBS Records)
Choir ("Already Yesterday") - Mark Williams and Mark Punch (courtesy CBS Records), Shauna Jensen, Maggie McKinney
Sound Effects by Leon
Cover photography: Caught 'n Framed [Wendy McDougall]
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