How Do You Spell Heaven
by Guided by Voices
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Exclaim
    Aug 11, 2017
    60
    The cut-and-paste bursts here are beautiful, but they're few and far between.
  2. Mojo
    Sep 27, 2017
    60
    Business as usual: expansive, often magical, raw rock'n'roll classicism. [Nov 2017, p.103]
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  3. The Skinny
    Aug 11, 2017
    60
    There’s nothing wrong whatsoever with How Do You Spell Heaven, it’s just that Pollard works best when walking the wire between fucked-up weirdness and acts of songwriting genius, and wobbling either side. Here he’s looking towards neither heaven nor hell; simply trudging (albeit stylishly) on terra firma.

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  1. clippedatthehip
    Feb 23, 2019
    9
    One of GBV's best sequenced albums: "Heaven" lands blow after blow like a pugilist facing an opponent who is clearly out of his weight class.One of GBV's best sequenced albums: "Heaven" lands blow after blow like a pugilist facing an opponent who is clearly out of his weight class. It's a lean and concise record, with muscular riffs and tons of hooks.

    Pollard and the band have no time for distraction on How Do You Spell Heaven - just pure rock fury.    … Full Review »
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