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Heaven

The WalkmenMP3 Music
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  • Original Release Date: May 29, 2012
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It's still a damn good album and I recommend picking it up. John P. Flores  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
They've always done a mix of upbeat rockers and more mellow slow burners. J. Luiz  |  1 reviewer made a similar statement
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By J. Luiz
Format:Audio CD
A number of music critics have made a lot of the fact that this new album represents a mellowing of the Walkmen, now that they're all married with families, and no longer the angry young men bellowing over unrequited love. But the fact of the matter is that not every song on their early albums is as amped-up as their hard-driving classic, the Rat. They've always done a mix of upbeat rockers and more mellow slow burners. Here you get that mix again in masterful combination. If you like the hard-driving tunes, there are four in that great energetic, classic Walkmen mode -- the title song, "Heartbreaker," "Nightingales," and "The Love You Love." On the latter, you can just picture Hamilton Leithauser in concert tilting his head back, pointing the mike up at the 45-degree angle as he does, and belting out his angry, yell. (No one sings/yells better than Ham.) It's the stuff that sends tingles down your spine. Just as I did with LISBON, I was admittedly concerned about the number of slower, ballady songs, because I'm naturally inclined to adrenaline-releasing songs and I most often listen to music when I'm working out, but I was surprised at how quickly the slower songs got under my skin and gradually impressed the heck out of me. The same thing happened here, only perhaps faster. I gave this a number of listens on NPR First Listen, and was surprised I was eager to give more listens to the song where Ham just calmly sings with minimal instrumentation. The quiet, acoustic guitar plucking along that opens "Line by Line" is a perfect example of this. And the simple, beauty of a ballad like "Song for Leigh," in which Ham sings to his daughter, is impossible to resist.... Read more ›
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Already the best album of 2012 June 2, 2012
Format:Audio CD
This might be their best. I've already listened to this album a dozen times. You thought "Lisbon" was replayable, wait till you get a hold of this record. I didn't think they'd be able to top "Lisbon" but this actually might be a slight notch above it. The Walkmen should have Phil Ek produce all their records from now on. The production has that wonderful crispness and clarity we've come to expct from Ek plus the songwriting is top notch. Sorry I am a bad reviewer but this is for those who are awaiting the album or are unsure after "Lisbon" - you will not be dissapointed.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Walkmen come through again... mostly June 7, 2012
Format:Vinyl
The Walkmen always seem to be just slightly off the mark from making perfect albums. This albums is no except. It's starts off so strongly and then seems to fizzle out toward the end (the exception being the album's namesake, Heaven). It's still a damn good album and I recommend picking it up.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Our crooked dreams will always glow. June 1, 2012
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Heaven celebrates the ten years since the band's debut not with fireworks and a blackout but with a picture of the band on the back cover, suited up and surrounded by their families. "It's been so long, been so long, but I made it through," Leithauser croons on opening track "We Can't Be Beat,' and there is nothing fiery or remotely venomous here, but pure contentment, even as Leithauser assures us that he wants "a life that needs correction / nobody loves, loves perfection." Perhaps Leithauser protests too much; it's difficult not to find perfection in Heaven, which doesn't attempt to expand the band's sonic collage past the impressive borders they painted on Lisbon, as kaleidoscopic and vibrant as they were. Instead, producer Phil Ek and the band would rather refine the edges and color in the blanks, all with an adroitness that the younger Walkmen would have trampled roughshod over. Ek has been content to traffic in workmanlike, midtempo indie for much of his career, and on Heaven, he applies that knowledge consummately, pulling back the curtain on the Walkmen to a tighter canvas, one that focuses on just how good the band has gotten at the tints and hues and backgrounds. It's the little things that jump out at you on Heaven: the flashpoint of synths that close out "Line by Line;" the constant, faithful bass that underlines all of the triumphant, sweeping "Nightingales;" the cavernous drum echo on the aching "No One Ever Sleeps." There's no unusual motif like the horns on Lisbon or the piano on You & Me, but instead everything coalesces slowly around Paul Maroon's flickering guitar and Leithauser, whose vocals have never sounded stronger or more centered than they do throughout Heaven.... Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 stars A masterwork in the making for a decade June 1, 2012
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After ten years of exceptional underground albums, some of the most jaw-droppingly gorgeous songs ever ("Red Moon" and "Louisiana"), and one minor hit, "The Rat", the Walkmen return with their best album to date. Working with producer Phil Ek, the band has lovingly distilled all that is special about them and paired it up with some of their most accessible music to date. The result, "Heaven", is a sure contender for best indie album of the year. The stunning, unexpected opener "We Can't Be Beat" initially casts the band in a sort of Ink Spots-ish vibe, but morphs into something else, a trait found in abundance on this album, and to its benefit. Mr. Leithauser's vocals are, as ever, honest and affecting, but deeper and richer this time, and he hasn't sounder better (check out "Song for Leigh"). "Line By Line" draws you in with its hypnotic guitar intro but the real gem here is "The Love You Love", probably the most perfectly realized pop song the band has done to date. "No One Ever Sleeps" and "Jerry Jr.'s Tune" are immediately inducted into the 2:00 a.m. club of great, boozy songs. One gripe - "Jerry Jr.'s Tune" needs to be longer! I count at least four "singles" here, a solid effort from one of the best indie bands of the last 10 years. This won't be leaving my personal rotation all Summer.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointment
I have been a Walkmen fan since their first album and while I rank Everyone Who.., Bows and Arrows, and You & Me as some of my favorite albums of all, I don't like this album. Read more
Published 15 days ago by Eastman
4.0 out of 5 stars Near heaven
It's easy to take the Walkmen for granted now that they seem to have become indie rock elder statesmen, but this is a really great CD from start to finish. Read more
Published 4 months ago by tenaciousmcd
4.0 out of 5 stars Great mellow rock album
These are skilled musicians putting out an excellent, mature album. Some excellent songs - We Can't Be Beat, Heartbreaker, Witches, Heaven. Read more
Published 4 months ago by J. Edelstein
5.0 out of 5 stars skilled musical craftsmen
This album combines the best of guitar rock with an updated hi quality low fi esque simplicity. Not a lot of great albums like this where you can play it all the way through and a... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Roger G. Young
5.0 out of 5 stars Album for the newly acquainted
Having seen The Walkmen for the first time live recently - I was blown away and this album does the same.
Published 6 months ago by linda
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
Fantastic new album by the Walkmen. Soulful and lyrical songs with a combination of blues and surf pop. Highly recommended.
Published 9 months ago by DannyBoyAhs
3.0 out of 5 stars GREAT record for any band... but 'The Walkmen ' were derailed
'Heaven' is a fantastic effort -but- all of you "true" Walkmen fans know this was to be their Opus. The setting was perfect; the gradual increase in creativity-writing-and... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Southside J.T.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great album!!!
This album rules, from beginning to end. Been a fan of The Walkmen for years, and they never disappoint. Read more
Published 12 months ago by rachel r. rodriguez
5.0 out of 5 stars Bravo, Walkmen!
Let me start by saying that I have loved every ounce of music this band has given us thus far; so, this naturally is another one sided review of yet another great album from The... Read more
Published 12 months ago by J. A. Fragoso
4.0 out of 5 stars great album; terrible pressing
the vinyl appears to have an glitch. the record does not track between "The Love You Love" and "Heaven" on the B-side. I had amazon. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Kristin Klein
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