Come from Heaven

Come from Heaven
Studio album by
Alpha
Released1997 (1997)
GenreTrip hop, downtempo
Length68:46
LabelMelankolic, Virgin
ProducerAlpha
Alpha chronology
Come from Heaven
(1997) 		Pepper: Remixes & Rarities
(1998)
Singles from Come from Heaven
  1. "Sometime Later"
    Released: 1997[1]
  2. "Slim"
    Released: 1998[1]

Come from Heaven is the debut studio album by Alpha. It was released on Massive Attack's record label, Melankolic, in 1997. It includes vocal contributions from Martin Barnard, Wendy Stubbs, and Helen White.[1] "Sometime Later" peaked at number 91 on the UK Singles Chart.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
NME7/10[5]
Pitchfork7.1/10[6]
Spin8/10[7]

Ned Raggett of AllMusic described the album as "a gently queasy blend of sounds and styles that manages to be tasteful and downright romantic without being airbrushed soul."[3] He wrote: "When the duo fully stretches its collage/sampling muscles, as on the title track, it can be quite breathtaking, a careful balance between chaos and atmospherics."[3]

Larry Flick of Billboard stated that the album "combines the sample-happy experimental sound of the electronic underground with traditional pop sounds."[8] Randall Roberts of CMJ New Music Monthly called it "slow, deep, sexy nighttime music, so richly recorded and alive with pleasure that only the extremely sexually repressed could not feel it down there."[9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Things"Dingley, Jenks4:09
2."Rain"Dingley, Jenks, Stubbs5:07
3."Sometime Later"Dingley, Jenks, Barnard7:01
4."Delaney"Dingley, Jenks, Barnard, White4:55
5."Hazeldub"Dingley, Jenks5:46
6."Slim"Dingley, Jenks, White5:51
7."Come from Heaven"Dingley, Jenks2:14
8."Back"Dingley, Jenks, Barnard5:02
9."Nyquil"Dingley, Jenks, Stubbs6:55
10."Apple Orange"Dingley, Jenks6:11
11."With"Dingley, Jenks, White3:31
12."Firefly"Dingley, Jenks, Barnard4:46
13."Somewhere Not Here"Dingley, Jenks, Stubbs7:18
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Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Corin Dingley – production, photography
  • Andy Jenks – production, photography
  • Wendy Stubbs – vocals (2, 9, 13)
  • Martin Barnard – vocals (3, 4, 8, 12)
  • Helen White – vocals (4, 6, 11)
  • Donald Skinner – instrumentation on additional loops
  • Alex Lee – instrumentation on additional loops
  • Angelo Bruschini – instrumentation on additional loops
  • Daniel Jones – strings score
  • Gavin Wright – strings conducting
  • Paul Hicks – strings overdub engineering
  • Alex Scannell – strings overdub engineering assistance
  • Andy Bradfield – mixing
  • Ben Findlay – mixing assistance, additional overdub engineering
  • Jacquie Turner – mixing assistance, additional overdub engineering
  • Russell Kearney – mixing assistance, additional overdub engineering
  • Marco Migliari – mixing assistance
  • Justin Griffith – mixing assistance
  • Emma Jones – mixing assistance
  • Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
  • Stephen Male – art direction
  • Latifah Cornelius – design
  • Jack Webb – photography
  • Donald Christie – photography

References

  1. ^ a b c "Discography". Alphaheaven. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Alpha". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Raggett, Ned. "Come from Heaven – Alpha". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  4. ^ Brunner, Rob (21 November 1997). "Come From Heaven". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  5. ^ Goldsmith, Mike (20 September 1997). "Alpha – Come From Heaven". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  6. ^ Schreiber, Ryan (1997). "Alpha: Come from Heaven". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 31 October 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  7. ^ Salamon, Jeff (March 1998). "Alpha: Come from Heaven / Mono: Formica Soul". Spin. 14 (3): 132–134. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  8. ^ Flick, Larry (25 October 1997). "Fall Releases Keep Clubland Coming Back For More". Billboard: 43.
  9. ^ Roberts, Randall (December 1997). "Best New Music". CMJ New Music Monthly: 14.

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