Heavenly Pop Hits [Import]

The Chills | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 25, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Flying Nun
• ASIN: B000026L3Q
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #285,532 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Heavenly Pop Hit

2. I Love My Leather Jacket

3. Doledrums

4. Double Summer

5. Oncoming Day

6. Rolling Moon

7. I'll Only See You Alone Again

8. Never Never Go

9. Wet Blanket

10. Pink Frost

11. Kaleidoscope World

12. Look for the Good in Others and They'll See the Good in You

13. House With 100 Rooms

14. Part Past Part Fiction

15. The Male Monster from the Id

16. This Is the Way

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great retrospective, January 20, 2001

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Erik F "Master of Funk and Evil" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heavenly Pop Hits (Audio CD)

I don't know what's in the water in New Zealand, but that little island produced some of the best pop bands of the 1980's. Sure, you've heard the Church and Crowded House, but the Chills may have been the best of the bunch. "Greatest Hits" records usually tend to skip some of the best of an artist's work, but the Chills were, up till their last album, a singles band, so this works perfectly, collecting all their singles, up through the magnificent "Soft Bomb." Oh, and if that name sounds familiar, Justin Harwood left after the band's breakup to join Luna. This comp gets it all right, with thoughtful track sequencing, great liner notes, and good sound. These guys had the nerve to write a song, call it "Heavenly Pop Hit," and get away with it. 'Nuff said. Get this and "Soft Bomb," and you've got the best of their great career.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I never understood..., October 1, 2006

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R Toady "R. Toady" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heavenly Pop Hits (Audio CD)

...what happened to The Chills. They wrote some of the best pop songs of the nineties, yet could never seem to get their act together enough to fulfill their real potential. This is a good introduction, though really you might be better off just buying Submarine Bells and Kaleidoscope world instead, because once you hear this you're going to want to buy them anyways. My biggest regret is that they left off the bonus disc that was included in the original import pressing: while it only has a handful of difficult to find songs on it, one of those songs, Big Dark Day, is one of their best and, unless you have the patience (and luck) to track down the original single it was on, is nearly impossible to find anymore. Yet another example of one of the saddest pop music tragedies that no one seems to know or care about.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hopefully, some accurate comments here about The Chills, July 28, 2009

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twinsongsun "twinsongsun" (New England, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heavenly Pop Hits the Best Of (Audio CD)

Someone said The Church are from NZ, but they're not. And that NZ was a little island, but it's not. Someone said the Chills broke up, but they've had 20 line-ups, released three albums since this "hits" compilation, and apparently still exist. Others suggested to get this CD and Kaleidoscope World (or Soft Bomb or Submarine Bells), etc., but that would only cause you to miss some great stuff! Their classic, best-reviewed breakthrough LP, Brave Words, hasn't yet been mentioned. I think it's their strongest LP. A singles band? For me, The Verlaines and The Bats are stronger bands from NZ, all began releasing records in the 80s, but The Chills are an excellent third. What you're getting with all three is organic, pop/rock music heavy on natural guitars, bass, and drums (with The Chills offering the most piano and organ, too) and light on anything synthesized. It's melodic, honest, indie music, though The Chills and Verlaines were on major labels in the US in the 90s. It's all great, unique, enriching stuff!