The Beatific Visions

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Use British English|date=August 2012}} {{Infobox album | name = The Beatific Visions | type = studio | artist = Brakes | cover = The Beatific Visions.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2006|11|6|df=y}} (UK) {{start date|df=yes|2007|5|8}} (US) | recorded = House of David, Nashville, Tennessee in June 2006 | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative rock | length = 28:00 | label = Rough Trade | producer = Stuart Sikes and Brakes | prev_title = Give Blood | prev_year = 2005 | next_title = Touchdown | next_year = 2009 }}

{{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score ={{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=AM>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r928882|pure_url=yes}}</ref> | rev2=''Drowned in Sound'' | rev2Score= {{Rating|9|10}}<ref name=DiS>{{cite web |url=http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/8440 |title=Drowned in Sound - Reviews - Albums - Brakes - the Beatific Visions |website=www.drownedinsound.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070128180332/http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/8440 |archive-date=28 January 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev3=''Pitchfork'' | rev3Score= (7.8/10)<ref name=Pitch>{{cite web |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/39851/Brakes_The_Beatific_Visions |title=Brakes: The Beatific Visions: Pitchfork Record Review |website=www.pitchforkmedia.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125204704/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/39851/Brakes_The_Beatific_Visions |archive-date=25 January 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev4=''Playlouder'' | rev4Score={{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=Playlouder>{{Cite web |url=http://www.playlouder.com/review/+the-beatific-vis/ |title=Brakes: The Beatific Visions (2006) review PLAYLOUDER |access-date=8 March 2007 |archive-date=16 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061116062315/http://www.playlouder.com/review/+the-beatific-vis/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | rev5=''Stylus Magazine'' | rev5Score= C+<ref name=Stylus>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/brakes/the-beatific-visions.htm|title=Stylus Magazine}}</ref> | rev6= ''This Is Fake DIY'' | rev6Score= {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=DIY>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/3383.html|title = DIY Magazine}}</ref> }}

'''''The Beatific Visions''''' is the second album by Brakes. It was released in November 2006. The Rough Trade Shop named it the fifth best album of the year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.roughtrade.com/site/content.lasso?page=top100_2006.html |title=Top 100 2006 |date=2007-01-01 |website=Rough Trade Shops |access-date=2017-08-14 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101144821/http://www.roughtrade.com/site/content.lasso?page=top100_2006.html |archivedate=1 January 2007 }}</ref>

==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

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