# Ebo Taylor — Heaven

Ebo Taylor’s Heaven (1977) appears on 2 of our lists — Afrobeat and The Waxonia Desk — One Subject, highest at No. 6 in Afrobeat. Every verdict, in full.

- **Released:** 1977
- **On:** Afrobeat and The Waxonia Desk — One Subject
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [Ebo Taylor](https://waxonia.com/artist/ebo-taylor/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/ebo-taylor--heaven/

## What 2 lists say

### No. 6 in [Afrobeat](https://waxonia.com/genre/afrobeat/)

Ghana's answer, and a reminder that highlife was never only Nigeria's inheritance. Taylor's guitar is looser and jazzier than Lagos allowed, and the record swings where Fela's marched.

### Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — One Subject](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-one-subject/)

Ghana rather than Nigeria, and looser than anything Lagos allowed. Much of what reached Britain as afrobeat was highlife that nobody had bothered to distinguish.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Ebo%20Taylor%20Heaven) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=z54HkbHg8Ec)

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