Heaven Up Here

Heaven Up Here is the second album by the English post-punk band Echo & the Bunnymen, released on 30 May 1981. In June 1981, Heaven Up Here became Echo & the Bunnymen's first Top 10 release when it reached number 10 on the UK Albums Chart. It was also the band's first entry into the United States album charts when it reached number 184 of the Billboard 200. The songs "A Promise" and "Over the Wall" were released as singles.

Heaven Up Here
Studio album by
Echo & the Bunnymen
Released30 May 1981
RecordedMarch 1981
StudioRockfield (Rockfield, Wales)
Genre
  • Post-punk
  • neo-psychedelia
Length43:03
LabelKorova
ProducerHugh Jones, The Bunnymen
Echo & the Bunnymen chronology
Crocodiles
(1980)		 Heaven Up Here
(1981)		 Porcupine
(1983)
Singles from Heaven Up Here
  1. "A Promise"
    Released: 10 July 1981
  2. "Over the Wall"
    Released: 1981

Recorded at Rockfield Studios near Monmouth in Wales, Heaven Up Here was co-produced by Hugh Jones and the band. An album generally well received by fans in the United Kingdom and by critics, Heaven Up Here won the "Best Dressed LP" and "Best Album" awards at the 1981 NME Awards. The album has also been listed at number 463 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

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