# Incorruptible Heart > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Incorruptible_Heart > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Incorruptible_Heart.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorruptible_Heart > Source revision: 1291918278 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Incorruptible Heart | type = Album | artist = [Lavender Diamond](/source/Lavender_Diamond) | cover =Incorruptible Heart.jpg | alt = | released = September 2012 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [Indie rock](/source/Indie_rock) | length = | label = [Paracadute](/source/Paracadute) | producer = [Damian Kulash](/source/Damian_Kulash) | prev_title = [Imagine Our Love](/source/Imagine_Our_Love) | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = Now Is the Time | next_year = 2021 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} | rev2 = [Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) | rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}} | noprose = yes }} '''''Incorruptible Heart''''' is the second full-length album by the [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles)-based band [Lavender Diamond](/source/Lavender_Diamond), released in September 2012 as a [vinyl](/source/Gramophone_record) LP, compact disc and digital download. It received generally favorable critical reviews. ==Background== The album was produced by [Damian Kulash](/source/Damian_Kulash) of the band [OK Go](/source/OK_Go), who also sang backing vocals on one song.{{cite web|last=Diamond|first=Lavender|title=Info|url=http://lavenderdiamond.net/info/|publisher=Lavender Diamond|accessdate=25 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501013946/http://lavenderdiamond.net/info/|archive-date=1 May 2013|url-status=dead}} The vocalist Becky Stark gave her interpretation of the word "corruptible" as being made up of the French ''cœur'' ("heart") and ''rupture'', in which case "Incorruptible Heart" would yield "non-heartbreak-able heart". (Fanciful as this is, the correct [etymology](/source/etymology) has no relation to ''cœur''.) ==Release== 250 copies of the LP were pressed on lavender vinyl, with 50 copies packaged in a [tote bag](/source/tote_bag) with an original drawing by the band's drummer and artist [Ron Regé Jr.](/source/Ron_Reg%C3%A9_Jr.) ==Reception== Metacritic assigned the album a "generally favorable" aggregate score of 76%, based on eight reviews.{{cite web|title=Incorruptible Heart by Lavender Diamond|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/incorruptible-heart/lavender-diamond|website=Metacritic|accessdate=9 October 2017|date=September 25, 2012}} Giving the album three-and-a-half stars, ''[The LA Times](/source/The_LA_Times)'' marvelled at Stark's ability to make an album in the thick of her other projects, remarking that when "results sparkle this brilliantly, the multi-tasking seems exceedingly worth it."{{cite web|last1=Lewis|first1=Randy|title=Review: "Incorruptible Heart" by Lavender Diamond|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2012-sep-24-la-et-ms-lavendar-review-randy-lewis-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=9 October 2017|date=24 September 2012}} [Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_Media) gave the album a 7 out 10, and said that Stark "is still preoccupied with love, but makes use of a brighter, sexier, spacier palette to explore a favored theme."{{cite web|last1=Maddux|first1=Rachael|title=Lavender Diamond: Incorruptible Heart Album Review|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17088-incorruptible-heart/|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=9 October 2017|language=en|date=September 21, 2012}} [All Music](/source/All_Music) gave the album 8 out of 10, saying that the band's "uniquely direct sound have been brought into higher definition," but brought "with it a refined sophistication absent on earlier work."{{cite web|last1=Thomas|first1=Fred|title=Incorruptible Heart - Lavender Diamond|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/incorruptible-heart-mw0002406254|website=AllMusic|accessdate=9 October 2017}} ==Video== The band released a video for the album's lead track, "Everybody's Heart's Breaking Now", on 25 September 2012. Directed by Maximilla Lukacs, it has multiple images of the singer [Becky Stark](/source/Becky_Stark) falling and spinning through space. ==Track listing== # "Everybody's Heart's Breaking Now" # "Dragonfly" # "I Don't Recall" # "Just Passing By" # "Teach Me How To Waken" # "Come Home" # "Forgive" # "Light My Way" # "Oh My Beautiful World" # "There's A Perfect Love For Me" # "Everybody's Song" # "All The Stars" ==Album credits== *[Becky Stark](/source/Becky_Stark): vocals, guitar, [tap dancing](/source/tap_dancing) *Steve Gregoropolous: piano, synthesizer *[Ron Regé, Jr.](/source/Ron_Reg%C3%A9%2C_Jr.): drums, artwork *Jeff Rosenberg: guitar, bass guitar *M. Ward: additional guitar *The Calder Quartet: [strings](/source/String_quartet) *Damian Kulash: production, additional vocals *Dave Fridmann: mixing ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} Category:2012 albums Category:Lavender Diamond albums Category:Paracadute albums --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Incorruptible Heart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorruptible_Heart) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorruptible_Heart?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.