Breaking God's Heart

Hefner | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 3, 1998)
• Original Release Date: November 3, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Too Pure / Beggars
• ASIN: B00000DH0B
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #376,279 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Sweetness Lies Within

2. The Sad Witch

3. A Hymn for the Postal Service

4. Love Will Destroy Us in the End

5. The Librarian

6. God Is on My Side

7. Another Better Friend

8. Love Inside the Stud Farm

9. Tactile

10. Eloping

Editorial Reviews

2007 digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition of the UK band's debut album, originally released in 1998. This classy reissue features a bonus disc containing B-sides, rare singles and session tracks plus unreleased recordings. Belka. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Hymn to the Hefner Album, October 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Breaking God's Heart (Audio CD)

My mum & dad listen to this album in their Vauxhall Astra on their way to the supermarket. We sing along to it at 5 in the morning on upside down guitars. On "The Sweetness Lies Within", I thought "Treasure time that was spent with me" was "Chocolate time that was spent with me." But that's besides the point. Smithsian, good. Cheers you up. Romantic and true.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Darren Haymen's sad sad love life..., December 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Breaking God's Heart (Audio CD)

Think of the whiny rock of the wedding present mixed with over the top sentimentalilty of belle and sebastian (er... perhaps not quite accurate, for at least belle and sebastian have a more credible intellectual edge). Hefner is, at its best, ednearing and honest. At their worst, they are whiny and repetitve. But for the most part, Darren Haymen seems to have truly been wronged in romance-- enough to fill two full length records. This is the better of the two, perhaps only because it is slightly less polished then their latter effort, the fidelity wars. I'm a huge fan of this album, and the band for that matter, but I realize that this is not a 5 star offering. The music is enjoyable. The singing is heartfelt. This album is best described as a love story, told by a teenage boy. Included is embarrassment, innocence, melodrama, and truth.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars somewhere between here and there, June 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Breaking God's Heart (Audio CD)

If you like a little rawk in your indie rawk then this album is for you. If you like a slower feel to your music then this album is for you. Basically, if you have a pulse then this album is for you. I "discovered" Hefner while working on a film in London for eight months. After seeing them open for Elliot Smith and Sebadoh I became a FAN. I bought this album the very next day and there hasn't been a week gone by that I haven't played it. I get excited about so few bands anymore, but Hefner really has that rare ability to sound familiar and different at the same time. This is a GREAT album and anyone who tells you otherwise is a jaded indie rock hasbeen with little or no soul. Pretty, eloquent, distorted and unsettling, Breaking God's Heart is the best record from the UK since I don't know when!