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May 29, 2012After 10 years and seven albums, Heaven finds The Walkmen in a better place.
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Jun 11, 2012Their most consistent and accomplished album to date.
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May 25, 2012With Heaven, they've turned out a record that finds a thousand affecting variations on contented hum.
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Jun 5, 2012There may well be no such thing as a ten out of ten album, a level of perfection and flawlessness that is by all likelihood totally unobtainable; but it's hard to imagine anyone coming closer than these five men from New York.
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May 29, 2012Heaven comes across as a more or less triumphant culmination of the Walkmen's first decade, and the fact that happiness fits the band better than anyone could have expected is just a welcome bonus.
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Jun 4, 2012There's a depth to these tunes, one that comes not out of fast nights and wrecked relationships but the hindsight and experience of age; it's a well that, thankfully, seems to be getting deeper and deeper.
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May 29, 2012Their most expansive LP [to date].
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Jun 6, 2012Heaven may be one of the Walkmen's more detached efforts thus far. For a band that's been exercising their rollicking sway with a deft ear, it's a shame that there's only space for one real heart tugger, like in No One Ever Sleeps
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Jun 6, 2012Heavenly.
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May 29, 2012That palpable sense of urgency on display throughout their catalogue is on display far too little. That said, the album is still a top-notch collection of songs.
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Jun 7, 2012It's thrilling to feel all the hooks in this thing; one gets to feeling all Hellraisery, exploding with joy everywhichway.
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Jun 6, 2012Well-worn, well-defined, Heaven is the work of band with nothing left to prove.
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Jun 5, 2012Heaven isn't 100% bliss, but the Walkmen have taken themselves and their fans one step closer.
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Jun 1, 2012Heaven takes another firm and measured stride forward in what is rapidly becoming a celebratory jog towards brilliance: a re-affirmation of what heart, skill, craft and guile can birth given time and experience.
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May 30, 2012Heaven is a testament to The Walkmen's triumph.
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May 25, 2012This disc proves that their ascension to lofty heights is complete and something heavenly indeed.
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Jun 5, 2012Twelve years after their formation, the East Coast five-piece have created their finest album to date.
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Jun 4, 2012It's good to hear a group continue to challenge themselves without kicking their strengths to the curb.
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Jun 1, 2012On any other Walkmen album, just the hooky brilliance of the title track could be enough to declare this set a success, but there's never been one quite like this before.
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Jun 1, 2012Thoroughly enjoyable from front to back, Heaven oozes confidence and polish.
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May 31, 2012Fleet Foxes producer/engineer/mixer Phil Ek warms up the band's previously chilly sound to yield arguably their best, and certainly most accomplished album yet.
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May 29, 2012[A] sunburst of a record.
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May 29, 2012It's simply one of the best rock records of our so-far shallow year.
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May 25, 2012Heaven is a record with the power to grab your heart, like an ex-lover you just can't shake off--no matter how many years you've been without them.
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May 25, 2012A couple of lifeless slower numbers bring the album to a crawl midway through, but they ultimately add balance to all the smart, uptempo rockers.
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Q MagazineOct 12, 2012The Walkmen are inching closer to the mainstream, while remaining utterly distinctive. [Jul 2012, p.112]
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Jun 29, 2012A gentle collection, evocative of a transitional time.
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MojoJun 25, 2012No One Ever Sleeps, even with harmonies from Robin Pecknold, feels not magical, but hollow and sluggish. At the rockier end, Heartbreaker adds Arcade Fire urgency and may score alt-radio love. The rest, however, is lukewarm. [Jul 2012, p.83]
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MagnetJun 19, 2012That this LP is less summit than plateau says more about the level of past work than anything lacking from this one. [No.88 p.61]
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Jun 15, 2012Heaven is more like a classic Sunday morning album: a modest, extremely laid back paean to the comforts of domesticity in which every song sounds like it was recorded from a rocking chair.
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Jun 14, 2012Personal, moving, poetic, humorous, and engaging.
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Entertainment WeeklyJun 11, 2012The lovely brooders are at their most joyous and effervescent on their seventh album. [15 Jun 2012, p.82]
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UncutJun 1, 2012The Walkmen are weathering the iPhone age with panache. [Jul 2012, p.85]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 48 out of 53
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Mixed: 2 out of 53
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Negative: 3 out of 53
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