''Heavens'' is the debut studio album from
Boston
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indie rock
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band
Big Dipper
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. The album was released in 1987 by
Homestead Records
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History
The l ...
. ''Heavens'' was remastered and re-released in 2008 as part of
Merge Records
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' ''
Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology'' set. The song "Mr. Woods" was covered by
Gigolo Aunts
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Biography Early history
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on ''Safe and Sound: A Benefit in Response to the Brookline Clinic Violence'', released in 1996 on
Mercury Records
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.
Track listing
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1987 albums
Big Dipper (band) albums
Homestead Records albums
Albums produced by Paul Q. Kolderie