The Beatific Visions

Infobox Album
Name = The Beatific Visions
Type = studio
Artist = Brakes


Released = start date|2006|11|6 (UK)
start date|2007|5|8 (US)
Recorded = House of David, Nashville, Tennessee in June 2006
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 28:00
Label = Rough Trade
Producer = Stuart Sikes and Brakes
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://wm02.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpfixqurldfe link]
*"Drowned in Sound" Rating-10|9 [http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/8440 link]
*"Pitchfork Media" (7.8/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/39851/Brakes_The_Beatific_Visions link]
*"Playlouder" Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.playlouder.com/review/+the-beatific-vis/ link]
*"Stylus Magazine" C+ [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/brakes/the-beatific-visions.htm link]
* "This Is Fake DIY" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/3383.html link]
*"The Wheel's Still In Spin" [http://www.thewheelsstillinspin.com/2007/05/brakesbrakesbra.html link]
Last album = "Give Blood"
(2005)
This album = "The Beatific Visions"
(2006)
Next album =

"The Beatific Visions" is the second album by Brakes. It was released in November 2006. The record shop and label Rough Trade named it the fourth best album of the year.

Track listing

#"Hold Me in the River" – 2:00
#"Margarita" – 2:06
#"If I Should Die Tonight" – 2:01
#"Mobile Communication" – 3:47
#"Spring Chicken" – 2:00
#"Isabel" – 2:26
#"Beatific Visions" – 2:53
#"Porcupine or Pineapple" – 1:04
#"Cease and Desist" – 2:27
#"On Your Side" – 2:20
#"No Return" – 4:57