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Heavenly Bodies

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Everyone knows the $2.99 bucket at a music store. The one featuring a plethora of Billy Squier and generic old school rap and rock artists you would never care to know. Sometimes, it is necessary to plow through the muck...maybe you'll find something special.
Something like "Heavenly Bodies". This is a rare album that genuinely creates a surreal state of mind. It opens with "American Dreamer", a powerhouse that propels you into its moody journey of an enlightened mind.
This is a sadly underrated album. I have a hard time seeing how tracks like "Joshephina", "Sweet Sweet Rain" and its title track went unnoticed. Besides one or two songs of filler and some pretentious lyrics, (what great rock album is without them, though?) "Heavenly Bodies" is a beautiful, catchy album.

Although I'm an 80's metalhead, I really have an appreciation for this band. They have a sound that's difficult to describe but if you can imagine Bang Tango mixed with 80's alternative type rock(not the annoying REM kind but the Church kind), and add the Cult's "Love" album, you might get Gene Loves Jezebel. Heavy bass and almost sort of dance music added in. Very unique!

this cd is the 2nd release w/out michael, but it's just wonferful anyways! it's everything a gene loves jezebel album should be and more!,if you liked "kiss of life" you'll definately love this too. best songs include: break the chain,josephina,sweet rain.....the whole thing is great dont miss out on this.

This is a Gene Loves Jezebel album the record co. wanted people to buy. It is good, but a bit too poppy, compared to their other albums. The songs still have good guitar riffs and it sounds like GLJ, but not as good or as bizarre. It is a good album for people who want to listen to GLJ for the first time.

I've been following these guys since the year they released this album (1993). It was very successful at the time; songs like Break The Chain, Josephina or Sweet Sweet Rain were daily played in every radio station or disco. A decade has passed since then but I kept on listening to those songs with the same enthusiasm... and the same applies to the rest of the album; I enjoy all 11 tracks - with highlights on the 10th, "Heavenly Body", one of the favourite songs of my life!

Once enjoying those mentioned songs that came out as singles, it's impossible to resist to American Dreamer, Down and Rosary. Last but not least, 3 lovely and simple songs: Any Anxious Colour, In A Lonely Place or Voice In The Dark.

After this album I started to find out Jay Aston's talent, both as singer and songwriter... but also as an artist that loves to play live - I believe he knows my country deeper than me, as you can confirm by the large amount of live material GLJ have been releasing over the years. Great Band!

Este es el tipo de álbum que agradeces encontrar, habiendo escuchado algo de su música a inicios de la década de los 90, fué una verdadera sorpresa escucharlos de nuevo y en verdad este disco es genial, buenas guitarras, ese sonido muy al estilo "The Cult" en sus inicios, como dice la reseña de "GKG", con reminiscencias a otro grupo famoso en los 80's, "The Alarm"; crean una atmósfera especial, y el tema título, junto a canciones como "Josephina" y "Sweet Sweet Rain", nos llevan a pasar un rato agradable con una banda, que aunque vigente, es poco reconocida, y tal vez eso es lo que la hace más especial, a veces el estar alejado de la gente "brillante" de las disqueras mantiene la pureza y la esencia de música en su estado natural, lo cual mantiene su honestidad.
Quien no los conozca, a conseguirlo que en verdad vale la pena.

This is a great album! GLJ is in rare gothic, rock, form. Many great songs. Great vocals, lyrics and instrumentations on this album. I have been a fan of GLJ since the eighties. I had the privilidge of seeing them live in a small venue back in the 80's. Immigrant is probably my fave but all albums are great! Think alternative-new wave-goth-rock-and pop. Love love love it! End.