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| 1. Temptation (Edit) (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 2. Come Live With Me (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 3. (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 4. Play To Win (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 5. Penthouse And Pavement (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 6. I'm Your Money | |||
| 7. The Height Of The Fighting (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 8. Let Me Go (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 9. Temptation (Original Demo) | |||
| 10. We Live So Fast (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Penthouse And Pavement (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 2. Let Me Go (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 3. Temptation (Edit) (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 4. We Live So Fast (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 5. Come Live With Me (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 6. Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 7. Sunset Now (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 8. This Is Mine (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 9. And That's No Lie (Edit) (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 10. Contenders (Edit) (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Heaven 17 - formed when Ian Marsh and Martyn Ware parted ways with The Human League and teamed up with vocalist Glenn Gregory – certainly enjoyed their fair share of New Romantic-era success. Not that they saw themselves as New Romantics, though. They may have nurtured the same synth-pop sound as The 'League, Duran Duran and other contemporaries, but the trio worked hard to exhibit a slightly less flamboyant visual aesthetic and create something different from the norm. Largely, they succeeded. Following the re-release of key albums Penthouse and Pavement, The Luxury Gap and How Men Are, Sight and Sound collects together the band's major, minor and almost-hits as well as all their promotional videos. It's a definitive overview, featuring not only early singles "Play To Win" and "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" plus obvious smashes "Temptation", "Come Live With Me", "Crushed By The Wheels of Industry" and "Let Me Go", but also a smattering of songs from less successful albums such as Pleasure One and Teddy Bear, Duke & Psycho. Extras, such as the demo version of "Temptation", recorded at their home studio in 1983, give the collection even more appeal. --Danny McKenna
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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..another best of but with a difference..this one contains an extra DVD featuring 'almost' every video H17 have made so far (designing heaven being the exception)...plus a rather fab original demo of Temptation featuring an unknown german lady in place of carol kenyon..worth buying for the bonus DVD collection alone...electro pop at it's finest...
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Heaven 17 were always a cut above the rest of the early 80's synth bands. Former Human League members Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware handled the arrangements and programming whilst the striking Glenn Gregory supplied lead vocals and lyrics. Their first album, Penthouse and Pavement, was critically well received and produced minor hits with the catchy title track, the spunky 'Play To Win' and the Thatcher baiting 'Fascist Groove Thang'. Major chart success followed with the release of 1983's excellent The Luxury Gap - 'Temptation', 'Come Live With Me' and the brilliant 'Let Me Go' - still rank amongst the finest single releases of the 80's.
Whilst these are the hits that most people will remember, the band still had one last great album in them - How Men Are - which was also home to top 30 singles 'SunSet Now' and 'This Is Mine'. By the mid 1980's though Sheffield's finest had all but exhausted their commercial potential. They continued to release patchy studio albums throughout the latter part of the decade - Pleasure One is particularly dire - and whilst attempting to reverse their chart fortunes the band sacrificed the wit and intelligence that had made them such originals in the first place.
Later singles 'Contenders', 'Trouble' and the truly terrible 'Train Of Love In Motion' only serve to highlight the brillance of the bands earlier material.
Listen again to the clever vocal harmonies, smart arrangements and, most importantly, great tunes that Heaven 17 released between 1981 and 1984 and you'll be transported back to the heady days of the Linndrum and the sequencer - in a good way !
This compilation includes all the groups major single releases and many of their videos - again the early promotional films show great imagination and are very stylish - plus remixes and the original demo of Temptation - still the bands very finest song.
Whilst these are the hits that most people will remember, the band still had one last great album in them - How Men Are - which was also home to top 30 singles 'SunSet Now' and 'This Is Mine'. By the mid 1980's though Sheffield's finest had all but exhausted their commercial potential. They continued to release patchy studio albums throughout the latter part of the decade - Pleasure One is particularly dire - and whilst attempting to reverse their chart fortunes the band sacrificed the wit and intelligence that had made them such originals in the first place.
Later singles 'Contenders', 'Trouble' and the truly terrible 'Train Of Love In Motion' only serve to highlight the brillance of the bands earlier material.
Listen again to the clever vocal harmonies, smart arrangements and, most importantly, great tunes that Heaven 17 released between 1981 and 1984 and you'll be transported back to the heady days of the Linndrum and the sequencer - in a good way !
This compilation includes all the groups major single releases and many of their videos - again the early promotional films show great imagination and are very stylish - plus remixes and the original demo of Temptation - still the bands very finest song.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Took me back to 82@83 when life was easier and full of expectations, was in Plymouth on holiday and temptation was in the charts at the same time watching the ships coming back from the falklands war, happy times and great memories. From that time, simple tunes easy to remember, thank god for synth pop, or is it cause it lead to todays stuff, or is it that im old.pmsl
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