hearts hearts fourth album english progressive rock band van der released october original album features tracks including long suite plague lighthouse keepers album commercially successful reached number italy seen retrospective critical praise reissued extra material songs album worked tour development arranging manager house sussex month period original plan release material making double album charisma vetoed idea non album single theme included releases canada album strong commercial showing italy resulted number lucrative promotional tours resulting pressure led band split august background van der line frontman songwriter bassist drummer group extensively close friends particularly tour germany wrote plague lighthouse keepers tour group began performing man end alleviate touring group invented games including tennis involved bouncing ball table photograph eventually inner sleeve album following tour preparation album invited producer home played songs intended album acoustic guitar piano allowing anthony recording notes man written conflict good evil represented angels killers song plague lighthouse keepers inspired fascination sea narrative lighthouse keeper keeps seeing people die offshore feels guilty able help song ending left open leaving listener decide keeper committed suicide events live peace putting plague lighthouse keepers album wanting commercial material previous album killer band meeting agreed song worked arrangement group moved manager house sussex months summer material recording recording ran july september addition band anthony helped engineering tracks recorded theme cover composition original closing theme bbc_radio_1 ultimately left album music particularly plague lighthouse keepers recorded short sections minutes later edited addition original suite contributed section organ piece evans wrote tours short piano riff jackson wrote music closing theme piece edited anthony end session effect called psychedelic razor tape recorder record simultaneously device appealed band sense humour stage tape machine studio mixing album originally conceived double album similar half album released second divided personal projects live studio versions der songs killer octopus evans contributed avant garde piece angle incidents featured drums recorded backwards sound lighting tube dropped studio stairs jackson recorded theme short jazz piece longer piece latin lyrics written charisma ultimately felt group simply release single album vetoed live solo recordings album title came jackson said studio dub porn meaning horn parts cover designed regular charisma album artist told matter king led design containing earth curtain inner picture taken featured band playing tennis appearing nazi later said simply band attempting look ridiculous vein release album originally released october canada album distributed contained theme extra track man band approval europe hearts contained tracks theme released single february van der catalogue remastered reissue tracks missing half album found added bonus tracks live studio version squid octopus added reissue hearts reissue added angle incidents theme contained original mix theme different released single earlier theme released compilation best rock album world reception album commercially successful review said confess complete ignorance precisely van der trying achieve enthusiastic saying plague lighthouse keepers fascinating dramatic items heard album reached number italian album charts group toured italy promote album treated like superstars surrounded army vehicles riot police followed short european tour filmed live version plague lighthouse keepers belgian television production took hours film band intended perform song live forgotten resulting film shows singing song reading lyric sheet regular tours europe followed months strain workload band split august retrospective reviews favourable magazine called album misunderstood masterpiece mojo said extraordinary albums era singer songwriter fish fan album particularly plague lighthouse keepers called album masterpiece said fairly extreme musical statement album contains cohesive work theme chart single replaced martin original orchestral version group closing radio night bbc subsequently carried van der version martin enjoyed group cover calling powerful recording respected original track listing songs written composed indicated tracks reissue personnel hammond organs piano synthesizer bass bass guitar psychedelic razor vocals drums percussion piano lead vocals acoustic slide guitar electric piano piano tenor alto soprano flute vocals additional personnel electric guitar production engineering mike tape howard hope sleeve design inner sleeve photography
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