Heaven 17 - Penthouse And Pavement (1981) [Complete LP]

Penthouse and Pavement is the debut studio album by English synth-pop band Heaven 17, released in September 1981 by Virgin Records.

"(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. Despite not generating a major hit single, the album reached no.14 and spent 77 weeks on the UK Albums Chart. It has since been regarded as "an important outing", is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

he cover of the album features a painting by Ray Smith, depicting the band members as businessmen in suits. Designed by the band and featuring the logo 'B.E.F The New Partnership – That's opening doors all over the world', it was intended as an ironic take on the upcoming yuppie culture and greedy capitalism. Ian Craig Marsh came up with the title "Penthouse and Pavement" and the idea of the cover design from an ad in a business magazine. The cover also feature the logo 'Heaven 17 Sheffield-Edinburgh-London', which was inspired by a packet of Dunhill cigarettes with a similar logo. The image was a deliberate attempt to present themselves as brand rather than a band.

Tracklist:
Pavement Side
A1 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang 0:00
A2 - Penthouse And Pavement 4:20
A3 - Play To Win 10:42
A4 - Soul Warfare

Penthouse Side
B1 - Geisha Boys And Temple Girls 19:19
B2 - Let's All Make A Bomb
B3 - The Height Of Fighting
B4 - Song With No Name

Heaven 17
Glenn Gregory – lead vocals, backing vocals
Martyn Ware – pianos, synthesizers, Linn LM-1, percussion, backing vocals
Ian Craig Marsh – synthesizers, saxophone, percussion

Session musicians
The Boys of Buddha – synthetic horns
Steve Travell – acoustic piano (4)
John Wilson – guitars (1–4), guitar synthesizers (1–4), bass (1–4)
Josie James – backing vocals (2)

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