Virginia_Astley-Had_I_The_Heavens-(COCY-80070)-CD-FLAC-1996-SHGZ

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   * Shoegaze * Indie * Post-Rock * Grunge * Dream Pop * Psych-Rock * Ethereal *


         ARTIST..: Virginia Astley
         ALBUM...: Had I The Heavens

         GENRE...: Ambient
         STYLE...: Dream Pop, Neoclassical New Age, Baroque Pop, New Age 
         STYLE...: Ethereal Wave, Chamber Folk, Indie Folk, Indie-Classical

         YEAR....: 1996
         LABEL...: Happy Valley

         COUNTRY.: United Kingdom
         PLACE...: Garston, Hertfordshire

         ENCODER.: FLAC 1.3.1 -8 -V
         BITRATE.: 740 kbps avg
         QUALITY.: 44.1kHz / 2 channels

         SOURCE..: CD
         TRACKS..: 11
         SIZE....: 223.84 MB


         URL..: https://www.virginiaastley.com/disc/albums/html/heavens.html
                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Astley
                https://www.virginiaastley.com/biography
                https://www.bing.com/k/celebrities/virginia-astley/timeline


         - TRACKLIST


   1   It's Over Now                           3:37
   2   Over The Edge Of The World              3:38
   3   Nothing Is As It Seems                  4:10
   4   Broken                                  4:47
   5   Where I Belong                          5:00
   6   I Can't Say Goodbye                     4:11
   7   Had I The Heavens                       2:52
   8   Another Road                            3:24
   9   How Can I Do This To You                3:07
   10  I Know A Tune We Could Sing             4:23
   11  A Long Long Year                        2:37



                                     Total Playtime: 41:46



   NOTICE: Typo on back cover Track 10: I Know ATune We Could Sing
   Correct is: I Know A Tune We Could Sing

   https://virginiaastley.bandcamp.com/album/had-i-the-heavens
   https://www.virginiaastley.com/disc/albums/html/heavens.html
   https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/virginia-astley/had-i-the-heavens/

   Another Reissue has this corrected.
   See images at:
   https://www.discogs.com/release/1432291-Virginia-Astley-Had-I-The-Heavens

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   Virginia Astely featured on Bandcamp Daily:
   https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/virginia-astley-discography

   *

   Virginia Astley is a call from lost summers, her harmonies are gentle and her
   intensions feels like they come from an unspoiled heart.

   This album was originally titled The Woodlanders after the novel by Thomas
   Hardy. Virginia had worked on a possible musical based on the book and some
   of the songs on this album were an offshoot of that original idea.

   The title of the album, and the words to the song 'Had I The Heavens', is
   taken from the poem He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven by WB Yeats.

   'A Long Long Year' was one of the few songs that had originally been inspired
   by The Woodlanders musical project.

   'I Know A Tune We Could Sing' features vocals by Virginia's daughter Florence.

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   Guided by WB Yeats, Virginia Astley places her fragile melodies in a
   chamber-folk environment, more academic and less impressionistic, that suits
   her perfectly.

   Had I the Heavens' embroidered cloths
   Enwrought with golden and silver light
   The blue and the dim and dark cloths
   Of night and light and the half-light
   I would spread the cloths under your feet
   But I, being poor, have only my dreams
   I have spread my dreams under your feet
   Tread softly because you tread on my dreams

   I have spread my dreams under your feet
   Tread softly because you tread on my dreams
   Tread softly because you tread on my dreams

   I have spread my dreams under your feet
   Tread softly because you tread on my dreams
   Tread softly because you tread on my dreams

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   Bio:

   Virginia Astley is more widely known for the people she's played with than
   her own records. A classically trained British pianist and flutist who also
   happens to be Pete Townshend's sister-in-law, she contributed piano to
   Townshend's "Slit Skirts," and has played sessions for Siouxsie & the
   Banshees. Her late-'70s band, the Ravishing Beauties, also included future
   Dream Academy singer Kate St. John and Nicky Holland, who would work with
   Tears for Fears and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Astley's sparse body of work combines
   ambient, even experimental textures and song structures with her pretty
   soprano vocals. Producing three albums (only the last of which was released
   in the U.S.) and a handful of single and EP tracks, she remains virtually
   unknown to American audiences. Her records are recommended to listeners
   looking for intriguing ambient British pop.


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                                 Shoegaze
                    is a genre of alternative rock that
              originated in  the late 80s. The genre is very
    difficult to define, and it is even more difficult to evaluate music
           within it. Generally, the genre is characterized by its
                shimmering vocals, reverberating guitars, and
                       textural distortion that create
                            a tranquil, opaque
                                 feeling.

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