Red Heaven is a 1992 album by the American

United States

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 alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band Throwing Muses

Throwing Muses

Throwing Muses is an alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Newport, Rhode Island, that toured and recorded extensively until 1997, when its members began concentrating more on other projects. The group was originally fronted by two lead singers, Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donelly, who both wrote the...

, released on Sire

Sire Records

Sire Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer, each investing ten thousand dollars into the new company. Its early releases as a...

/Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

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. Recorded at The Power Station

Avatar Studios

Avatar Studios, formerly known as The Power Station, is a recording studio at 441 West 53rd Street in Manhattan, New York City.The building was originally a Consolidated Edison power plant; but after a period of vacancy, it was used as a sound stage for the television game show Let's Make a Deal...

 and Fort Apache Studios

Fort Apache Studios

Fort Apache Studios is a New England recording studio internationally renowned for alternative rock sessions produced there since 1986. The studio is currently located in the village of Bellows Falls, Vermont in space leased in an old hotel called The Windham, owned by the town of Rockingham,...

 following the departure of Tanya Donnelly and Fred Abong, Red Heaven was recorded by Kristin Hersh

Kristin Hersh

Kristin Hersh is an American singer/songwriter who performs solo acoustic concerts; she also continues to perform as lead singer and guitarist for alternative rock group Throwing Muses and the hardcore punk-influenced power trio 50 Foot Wave...

 and drummer David Narcizo

David Narcizo

David Narcizo, born May 6, 1966, in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, is primarily known for his work as the longtime drummer for Throwing Muses....

 with help from former bassist Leslie Langston. Former Hüsker Dü

Hüsker Dü

Hüsker Dü was an American rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1979. The band's continual members were guitarist Bob Mould, bassist Greg Norton, and drummer Grant Hart....

 vocalist/guitarist Bob Mould

Bob Mould

Robert Arthur "Bob" Mould is an American musician, principally known for his work as guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for alternative rock bands Hüsker Dü in the 1980s and Sugar in the 1990s.-Early life:...

 took time off from his new band Sugar to record vocals for "Dio". Initial copies of the album came with the otherwise unavailable Kristin Hersh solo acoustic album Live at Maxwell's Hoboken.

Track listing

All songs written by Kristin Hersh

Kristin Hersh

Kristin Hersh is an American singer/songwriter who performs solo acoustic concerts; she also continues to perform as lead singer and guitarist for alternative rock group Throwing Muses and the hardcore punk-influenced power trio 50 Foot Wave...

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1. "Furious" - 3:52
2. "Firepile" - 3:11
3. "Dio" - 2:51
4. "Dirty Water" - 3:37
5. "Stroll" - 0:58
6. "Pearl" - 5:36
7. "Summer St." - 2:16
8. "Vic" - 1:08
9. "Backroad" - 3:48
10. "The Visit" - 3:48
11. "Dovey" - 0:55
12. "Rosetta Stone" - 3:31
13. "Carnival Wig" - 4:11

Live at Maxwell's Hoboken

1. "Juno" - 2:48
2. "Marriage Tree" - 2:51
3. "Pearl" - 4:01
4. "Stand Up / Dovey / Mexican Women" - 3:40
5. "Run Letter" - 3:14
6. "Soap & Water" - 2:28
7. "Rabbits Dying" - 3:55
8. "Cry Baby Cry" - 3:16
9. "Counting Backwards / Handsome Woman" - 4:25
10. "Take" - 4:58
11. "Soul Soldier" - 3:13
12. "Bea" - 4:09
13. "Delicate Cutters" - 4:41

• All songs on both albums written by Kristin Hersh