All the Gods' Men is fairly typical fare for mid-'80s alternative pop-rock (though the term "alternative" had not yet gained the confounding ubiquity in musical parlance that it was to achieve in the next decade). Blue in Heaven covered roughly the same territory as New Order and Thompson Twins with maybe a dash or two of Morrisey and Midnight Oil tossed in for variety. But they lacked the sophistication of New Order, the accessibility of Thompson Twins, the wit of Morrisey and the political convictions of Midnight Oil. Moreover, they seemed incapable of manufacturing the kind of memorable hooks that earned those each of those bands their pop radio wings. Instead, they produced a droning mesh of blandly atmospheric electric guitars, melancholy vocal warbling, and over-emphasized bass runs. In fact, the band's sound relies far too heavily on bass parts that are admittedly sometimes quite complex and sonically compelling but aren't nearly enough to carry an album. With All the Gods' Men, Blue in Heaven, pictured on the jacket wearing all black with bottle blond hair and earrings, seem more concerned with cultivating an image of edginess than crafting actual songs.