Penthouse And Pavement - Album
Penthouse And Pavement (Album) by Heaven 17
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Artist Biography For Heaven 17
Heaven 17 Is A British Synthpop Band Originating In Sheffield South Yorkshire England That Was Formed In 1980 Having Much 80s Success With Their Electronic Sound. Taking Their Name From A Fictional Group Mentioned In Anthony Burgess's Novel A Clockwork Orange Where 'The Heaven Seventeen' Are At Number 4 In The Charts With 'Inside' Heaven 17 Formed When Ian Craig Marsh And Martyn Ware Split From Their Earlier Group The Human League And Devised The Production Company British Electric Foundation B.E.F. . Shortly After They Recruited Their Good Friend And Photographer Glenn Gregory On Vocals To Complete Their Lineup For Heaven 17. Contrary To Popular Belief They Were Not 'New Romantics' Per Se And Had Different Visual Characteristics Than Groups Such As Spandau Ballet And The Culture Club. Like The Human League Heaven 17 Heavily Used Synthesizers And Drum Machines While Taking Influence From The Minimalist Electronica Music Of The 70s. They Had A Few Minor Hits In Their Early Days Including The Song "Play To Win" That Featured On The Album 'Penthouse And Pavement'. Their Debut Single ' We Don't Need This Fascist Groove Thang' From The Same Album Attracted Some Attention Became A Left-Wing Anthem For A While And Was Banned By The BBC Because Of Its Overtly Political Lyrics But It Still Reached Number 45 In The UK Singles Chart. Major Chart Success Eluded Them Until The Single 'Temptation' In Which They Were Augmented By The Vocalist Carol Kenyon Reached Number 2 In The UK Charts In Summer 1983. Other Songs From The Same Album The Luxury Gap Also Charted Though Not As High - 'Come Live With Me' Reached Number 5 In The UK 'Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry' Reached Number 17 And 'Let Me Go' Reaching 41 In November 1982. The Album Itself Charted At Their Best Ever Position Number Four. At The End Of 1983 The Band Helped Re-Launch Tina Turner's Solo Career Producing And Providing Backing Vocals On Her Debut Hit 'Let's Stay Together'. 1984 Featured The Release Of The Moderately Successful How Men Are Which Reached Number 12. The Band Also Worked On The Band Aid Single At The End Of 1984 With Gregory Supplying Vocals Alongside Midge Ure And Sting. However They Did Not Perform At Live Aid The Following Year. Pleasure One Featuring The Single 'Trouble' Appeared In 1986 And It Was Followed Up In 1988 With Teddy Bear Duke & Psycho Featuring The Single 'Train Of Love In Motion' . The Early 90's Were A Quiet Period For The Band And They Wouldn't Work Together As Heaven 17 Until 1996's Bigger Than America. In The Preceding Years Marsh And Ware Produced A Second B.E.F. Album To 1981's Original Music Of Quality And Distinction And Gregory Formed The Band Ugly. Ware Became An In-Demand Producer Working For The Likes Of Terence Trent D'Arby Alison Moyet And Erasure. 2005 Saw The Release Of The Long-Awaited Before After The Album Having A Much More Contemporary Dance Sound Compared To Previous Albums.
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Heaven 17 Is A British Synthpop Band Originating In Sheffield South Yorkshire England That Was Formed In 1980 Having Much 80s Success With Their Electronic Sound. Taking Their Name From A Fictional Group Mentioned In Anthony Burgess's Novel A Clockwork Orange Where 'The Heaven Seventeen' Are At Number 4 In The Charts With 'Inside' Heaven 17 Formed When Ian Craig Marsh And Martyn Ware Split From Their Earlier Group The Human League And Devised The Production Company British Electric Foundation B.E.F. . Shortly After They Recruited Their Good Friend And Photographer Glenn Gregory On Vocals To Complete Their Lineup For Heaven 17. Contrary To Popular Belief They Were Not 'New Romantics' Per Se And Had Different Visual Characteristics Than Groups Such As Spandau Ballet And The Culture Club. Like The Human League Heaven 17 Heavily Used Synthesizers And Drum Machines While Taking Influence From The Minimalist Electronica Music Of The 70s. They Had A Few Minor Hits In Their Early Days Including The Song "Play To Win" That Featured On The Album 'Penthouse And Pavement'. Their Debut Single ' We Don't Need This Fascist Groove Thang' From The Same Album Attracted Some Attention Became A Left-Wing Anthem For A While And Was Banned By The BBC Because Of Its Overtly Political Lyrics But It Still Reached Number 45 In The UK Singles Chart. Major Chart Success Eluded Them Until The Single 'Temptation' In Which They Were Augmented By The Vocalist Carol Kenyon Reached Number 2 In The UK Charts In Summer 1983. Other Songs From The Same Album The Luxury Gap Also Charted Though Not As High - 'Come Live With Me' Reached Number 5 In The UK 'Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry' Reached Number 17 And 'Let Me Go' Reaching 41 In November 1982. The Album Itself Charted At Their Best Ever Position Number Four. At The End Of 1983 The Band Helped Re-Launch Tina Turner's Solo Career Producing And Providing Backing Vocals On Her Debut Hit 'Let's Stay Together'. 1984 Featured The Release Of The Moderately Successful How Men Are Which Reached Number 12. The Band Also Worked On The Band Aid Single At The End Of 1984 With Gregory Supplying Vocals Alongside Midge Ure And Sting. However They Did Not Perform At Live Aid The Following Year. Pleasure One Featuring The Single 'Trouble' Appeared In 1986 And It Was Followed Up In 1988 With Teddy Bear Duke & Psycho Featuring The Single 'Train Of Love In Motion' . The Early 90's Were A Quiet Period For The Band And They Wouldn't Work Together As Heaven 17 Until 1996's Bigger Than America. In The Preceding Years Marsh And Ware Produced A Second B.E.F. Album To 1981's Original Music Of Quality And Distinction And Gregory Formed The Band Ugly. Ware Became An In-Demand Producer Working For The Likes Of Terence Trent D'Arby Alison Moyet And Erasure. 2005 Saw The Release Of The Long-Awaited Before After The Album Having A Much More Contemporary Dance Sound Compared To Previous Albums.
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"Penthouse And Pavement" Is The Debut Album By The English Synthpop Group "Heaven 17" Released In 1981. " We Don't Need This Fascist Groove Thang" Was Released As A Single But Did Not Achieve Chart Success Partly Due To A Ban By The BBC. The Album Sold Reasonably Well But Was Not A Commercial Success On Release. It Has Since Been Regarded As "an Important Outing" Is Included In The Book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" And Was Re-Released In 2010 In A 3-Disc Special Edition. Whilst The Singles Charted Poorly The Album Charted At No. 14 And Remained In The Top 100 For 77 Weeks. It Was Certified Gold 100 000 Copies Sold By The BPI In October 1982. Dan LeRoy In A Retrospective Review For AllMusic Felt That The Album Combined Electropop With Good Melodies And That Glenn Gregory Was Able To Handle The "overtly Left-Wing Political" Lyrics Without Sounding "pretentious".