Heaven Up Here, the second album from Echo & the Bunnymen (following “Crocodiles”, and the “Shine So Hard” EP), was released on the 30th of May 1981.
The photograph used on the front and back cover of the album was once again taken by photographer Brian Griffin, displaying a wet beach in the south of Wales with dark clouds in the sky and the sun is low on the horizon causing the first of many silhouettes of The Bunnymen.
The album featured the singles “A Promise” and “Over the Wall“,
and 2 tracks that should have been singles
“All My Colours”(above) and “Show of Strength” below:
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