22.11.2010 / Virgin / 2CD+DVD
Disc 1 has the original LP, Disc 2 has Demos and early material, The DVD has Penthouse and Pavement (music video) and Heaven 17: The Story of Penthouse and Pavement (documentary)
Penthouse and Pavement: Collector’s Edition will also include a DVD featuring one music video and a documentary on the making of the LP.
Disc 1: Original LP
1.(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
2.Penthouse and Pavement
3.Play to Win
4.Soul Warfare
5.Geisha Boys and Temple Girls
6.Let’s All Make a Bomb
7.The Height of the Fighting
8.Song with No Name
9.We’re Going to Live for a Very Long Time
Disc 2: Demos and early material *
1.Penthouse and Pavement (Original Demo)
2.(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang (Original Demo)
3.Play to Win (Original Demo Instrumental)
4.Soul Warfare (Original Demo)
5.Are Everything(Original Demo)
6.B.E.F. Ident (Alternate Version)
7.Decline of the West (Alternate Version)
8.Rise of the East (Alternate Version)
9.Music to Kill Your Parents By (Alternate Version)
10.Uptown Apocalypse (Alternate Version)
11.A Baby Called Billy (Alternate Version)
12.Rhythmic Experiment 1
13.Rhythmic Experiment 2
14.Boys of Buddha Experiment
15.At the Height of the Fighting (Original Rhythm Track)
16.Rhythmic Loop Experiment
17.Funky Experiment
18.Song Experiment
19.Heavy Drum Experiment
20.Play to Win (Original Demo with Vocals)
Original versions of Disc 2, Tracks 1-4, 15 and 20 from original LP
Original versions of Disc 2, Track 5 from I’m Your Money single (Virgin, 1981)
Original versions of Disc 2, Tracks 6-11 from B.E.F.’s Music for Stowaways (Virgin, 1981)
Disc 3: DVD
1.Penthouse and Pavement (music video)
2.Heaven 17: The Story of Penthouse and Pavement (documentary)
When synthesists Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware left the Human League in 1980, the decision seemed iffy; after all, the League appeared on the way up and would achieve global fame the very next year with Dare!. The first album from Heaven 17, Marsh and Ware’s new trio with singer Glenn Gregory, wasn’t greeted with quite the same commercial kudos when released in 1981, but it turned out to be an important outing nevertheless. Picking up where Kraftwerk had left off with The Man Machine, the group created glistening electro-pop that didn’t skimp on danceable grooves or memorable melodies. What set Heaven 17 apart was the well-deep vocals of Gregory, who managed the difficult trick of sounding dramatic without seeming pretentious, and an overtly left-wing political outlook best expressed on the debut single „(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang.“ Other standout combinations of witty lyrics and whiplash electro-grooves include „The Height of the Fighting“ and „Play to Win,“ while the funky title track draws on American R&B for its popping bassline. Despite the catchy material, chart success proved somewhat elusive; the group didn’t score a major hit until their next album, 1983’s The Luxury Gap. Nevertheless, Penthouse and Pavement stands as one of the most accomplished debuts of the ’80s.
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