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List Price: $13.96 | | Label: Rhino / Wea
Salesrank: 40296
Released: January 27, 2004 |
| Our Price: $7.57 |
| Used Price: $7.00 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Heaven Up Here Track Listing:
1. Show of Strength
2. With a Hip
3. Over the Wall
4. It Was a Pleasure
5. Promise
6. Heaven Up Here
7. Disease
8. All My Colours
9. No Dark Things
10. Turquoise Days
11. All I Want
12. Broke My Neck [Long Version][*]
13. Show of Strength [Live][#][*]
14. Disease [Live][#][*]
15. All I Want [Live][#][*]
16. Zimbo [Live][#][*]
Editorial Review:
Digitally Remastered and Expanded Version of the Bunnymen's Second Album. The Mood of this Affair is Much Darker and More Intense Than their Debut Album "Crocodiles". The Songs Tend to Be More Atmospheric and Textured as Well. Highlights Include What was the First Single "a Promise", "All I Want" and the Breathtaking Studio Version of "Over the Wall", which was First Heard on the Live "Shine So Hard" EP that was Issued Between Albums. The Five Bonus Tracks Include an Extended Version of "Broke My Neck" and Four Previously-unreleased Live Tracks. The Package also Includes New Liner Notes and Plenty of Photos in the Booklet, Housed in an "o" Style Slipcase.
Heaven Up Here Reviews:
My favorite album of all time 
2008-06-30 - I think I played this album 3x/day for 20 years. Okay, maybe for 15. It is pure energy. The way Talking Heads is energy but there's something more mystical about Echo's "Heaven Up Here" than any other rock album that I've found on earth. Something more philosophical and self-motivating as well. It becomes your album. As if you created it. And now you must act beacuse of it. The Cure get there in creating nostalgia and have some similar drums at times but are not as driving. Listening to "Heaven Up Here" is like taking a shot of oxygen (or vodka) and then letting a slightly jaded consciousness of the universe explode in your brain while the guitar riffs rip your spine out and the drums take you back in time, tribal-style. There are also more dark moments on the album as well as some strange, open sky, dreamscape moments which along with the mesmerizing lyrics may seep into your unconscious. Ian McCulloch's voice is ominous and there's something god-like and ancient about it that makes you want to believe him. Warning: Don't buy this album unless you want your consciousness and energy level to change. In the end, if you listen to it enough you may begin to realize that all you want is all you want.
EATB rule!
2008-06-19 - EATB is the best band in the world....from Erics to their new CD out this year.....(including Electrafixion and Mac & Will's solo albums) no one can compare with all of the elements - Mac's lyrics, Will's guitar, Les's bass and the sorely missed best drummer ever- Pete.
Reverberation ticked me off immediately because it wasn't Mac...but you gotta give credit where it's due- Will & Les were amazing.
I could never pick a favorite EATB song or album....IMPOSSIBLE...what do you expect from the best band in the world but all classics!
Post-Punk's great band 
2008-05-05 - Liverpool's answer to Manchester's Joy Division. A great album from 1981. McCulloch and Co. deliver a grand performance.
own one of the best ever created
2008-01-01 - no, this is better than their first. how could they improve? this is the best live band of all time. oh yes, not up to revolver, but dam close. buy this friggin thing.
A Different Side
2007-01-14 - Echo & the Bunnymen's debut album, "Crocodiles", introduced the band as a talented group of musicians with a raw, live-sounding set of memorable songs, appearing to draw from both 60s psychedelic and 70s punk inspirations alike. "Heaven Up Here" presents a darker and more melodic side of the band that wasn't fully tapped in their first album. They achieve this effect successfully, with a stronger bass, more introspective lyrics, and Ian McCulloch's vocal delivery given with greater conviction and desperation.
The songs on their second album are not nearly as memorable or catchy as those on their first (with the possible exceptions of "A Promise" and the title track "Heaven Up Here"). I personally feel that the album is best listened to from start to finish, since many of the songs are not powerful enough to stand alone.
Many fans of Echo & the Bunnymen appear to be divided between those who love this album and those who hate it. True, it isn't as 'accessible' to listen to as some of their other albums, for both newer and older fans. "Heaven Up here" is not as easy to grasp, at first listen, as "Crocodiles" is. Their debut album differs immensely from the slow, wandering, and gloomy atmosphere of "Heaven Up Here". Nonetheless, "Heaven Up Here" is still a pretty good album from a very accomplished group of musicians, despite showing a different, darker side.
This re-mastered edition includes five extra tracks: one B-side ("Broke My Neck") and four live songs ("Show of Strength", "The Disease", "All I Want", and "Zimbo").
