''Heads and Hearts'' is the fourth studio album by English
post-punk
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band
the Sound, recorded in late 1984 and released in February 1985 by record label Statik.
Three singles were released from the album: "One Thousand Reasons", "Temperature Drop" and "Under You".
Background
''Heads and Hearts'' was recorded in November 1984 at
Townhouse Studios
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in London.
Andy Kellman of
AllMusic
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opined that the album saw the group "riding the wave of optimism—or maybe it would be better to say enthusiasm or vigor—that shot through them as they found themselves revitalized after parting ways with a major label", citing the album's "sweepingly hopeful sensibility", despite calling the album's first track "one of the Sound's weariest, most exasperated-with-the-rigors-of-existence songs in their quiver".
Release
The first single from the album was "One Thousand Reasons", released in 1984.
''Heads and Hearts'' was released in 1985 by Statik Records. Two more singles followed, "Temperature Drop" and "Under You".
The album was remastered and reissued in 1996 by Renascent along with the preceding ''
Shock of Daylight
''Shock of Daylight'' is an EP by English post-punk band the Sound, released in April 1984 on Statik Records in the UK and A&M Records in the US.
The EP was seen by critics as a comeback for the band, after the band's critically and commercially ...
'' EP.
Reception
''Heads and Hearts'' was modestly received by critics. ''
Trouser Press
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'' called the album "even better" than the ''Shock of Daylight'' EP, writing that "the record's modesty and continuous flow make it a thoroughly engaging listen".
The Sound drummer Michael Dudley, on the other hand, later qualified the album as "a real low point – drab, lifeless and miserable".
Track listing
Personnel
; The Sound
*
Adrian Borland
Adrian Kelvin Borland (6 December 1957 – 26 April 1999) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer, best known as the frontman of post-punk band the Sound.
Following a substantial musical career spanning numerous group ...
– vocals, guitar
* Michael Dudley – drums
* Graham Bailey – bass
* Colvin Mayers – keyboards, guitar
; Additional personnel
*
Ian Nelson – saxophone on "Whirlpool", "Under You" and "Love is Not a Ghost"
* Gavin MacKillop –
engineering
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* Richard Manwaring – engineering
* Simon Smart – engineering
* Ben Kape – engineering assistance
* Nick Collins – engineering assistance
* Steven Chase – engineering assistance
* Wally Brill – production
* 23 Envelope – sleeve design
References
External links
*
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1985 albums
The Sound (band) albums