Home Is in Your Head

His Name Is Alive | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 23, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rykodisc
• ASIN: B000008GKT
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #339,828 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Her Eyes Were Huge Things

2. The Charmer

3. Hope Called in Sick

4. My Feathers Needed Cleaning

5. The Well

6. There's Something Between Us and He's Changing My Words

7. The Phoenix, a Pool of Ice

8. Are We Still Married?

9. Put Your Finger in Your Eye

10. Home Is in Your Head

11. Why People Disappear

12. Here Eyes Are Huge

13. Chances Are We Are Mad

14. Mescalina

15. Sitting Still Moving Still Staring Outlooking

16. Very Bad a Bitter Hand

17. Beautiful and Pointless

18. Tempe

19. Spirit and Body

20. Love's a Fish Eye

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

1-Are you coming down this Weekend?, 2-Her eyes were huge Things, 3-The Charmer, 4-Hope called in Sick, 5-My feathers needed Cleaning, 6-The Well, 7-There is something between us and he's changing my Words, 8-The phoenix, a pool of Ice, 9-Are we still Married?, 10-Put your finger in your Eye, 11-Home is in your Head, 12-Why people Disappear, 13-Here eyes are Huge, 14-Save the Birds, 15-Chances are we are Mad, 16-Mesealina, 17-Sitting still moving still staring Outlooking, 18-Very bad a bitter Hand, 19-Beautiful and Pointless, 20-Tempe, 21-Spirit and Body, 22-Love's a fish Eye, 23-Dreams are of the Body, 24-Man on the silver Mountain, 25-Are we still Married?, 26-Is this the way the tigers Do?, 27-We hold the land in great esteem, 28-The dirt Eaters

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Sitting still moving still staring outlooking", September 17, 2000

By 

Christopher Culver - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Home Is in Your Head (Audio CD)

Warren Defever called HOME IS IN YOUR HEAD "28 one-minute songs about how I got over a difficult adolescence." Whatever its inspiration is, HIIYH is an hour-long exploration of madness. Including a three-track sequence called "Song of Schizoprenia," this album describes the emotional ruin of unrequited love, the wearing tendencies and topor of existence, and unbearable loneliness. HIIYH is a black and depressing record that can cause any listener's thoughts to turn downwards.

But it's also a brilliant album. Warren Defever is admired by such bands as Cornershop and the High Llamas, and by the always quirky Beck, because he is such an innovative and careful songwriter. Every song on HIIYH seems finely worked to produce its mood, even if it has an atmosphere of spontaneity, like the title track and "Mescalina." There are literally no weak songs on this album because all tracks build up to one unified whole, although some work fine on their own.

HIIYH is truly one of the best records I have ever listened to and over the years it has remained a treasured part of my collection of albums.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Weird and Wonderful, October 13, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Home Is in Your Head (Audio CD)

This is the album that introduced me to HNIA. At that time, I hadn't heard the more ethereal "Livonia", but I read a review of "Home is in Your Head" that made it sound really interesting...and they were right! The album mixes an amazing variety of styles, textures, and tones over the course of the disc. Each new track is a surprise the first time you hear it, and the album is interesting each time you revisit it. And yes, the last track is supposed to end that way...the tape ran out as they were recording it, and they left it like that.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a sketchbook of dreams, October 21, 2005

By 

J. Holmes "blood+whiskey" (yokohama, japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Home Is in Your Head (Audio CD)

wow. i remember first hearing this album years and years ago and just being in awe of the beautiful and endlessly creative music. there are alot of songs on this album, but each one is almost like a small sketch of an idea. drifting in and out of one another, some are soft and gentle, and others are a bit more disturbing and dark. the undeniable beauty of songs like "Why People Disappear", "Sitting Still Moving...", and "Are We Still Married?" never fail to move me. this is an album full of haunting, ghostly, strange, and alluring music; teetering close to the edge of being new age or pop...but then they toss out a Rainbow cover song (done exceptionally well, i might add) and the mystery of this band just continues to develop as it unravels. certainly recomended for fan of Cocteau Twins, Swallow, or Slowdive.