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The Luxury Gap (1983)
  
How Men Are (1984)

Release date
  
8 April 1983

Genre
  
Synth-pop

Artist
  
Heaven 17

Label
  
Virgin Records

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Released
  
8 April 1983 (1983-04-08)

Recorded
  
Townhouse Studios, AIR Studios Oxford St

Length
  
37:39 (original) 60:49 (reissue)

Producer
  
British Electric Foundation Greg Walsh

Similar
  
Heaven 17 albums, Synth-pop albums

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The Luxury Gap is the second studio album by the English synthpop band Heaven 17. It was originally released in April 1983, on the label Virgin. Recorded under the working title "Ashes and Diamonds", it is the band's best-selling album, peaking at number 4 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified platinum (300,000 copies sold) by the BPI in 1984.

Contents

In contrast to their debut album, Penthouse and Pavement, the singles charted strongly, particularly "Temptation" which reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart and was the 32nd biggest selling single of 1983. Other hits included "Come Live With Me" (UK number 5) and "Crushed by the Wheels of Industry" (UK number 17).

The band performed the album in its entirety on 14 October 2011 at London’s Roundhouse, the first night featured Heaven 17 (Martyn Ware and Glenn Gregory) performing the album in "3-D sound" developed by Ware himself. The show is a sequel of sorts to the Penthouse and Pavement concerts the band played in 2010.

A new deluxe edition of the album in 2012 was promoted with a tour of the UK in October and November followed by some dates in Germany and Belgium. The band played the original album in its entirety followed by a selection of Heaven 17 tracks and two Human League tracks "A Crow and a Baby" and "Being Boiled". A cover version of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling", similar to the one recorded by The Human League in 1979, and a cover version of the Associates' track Party Fears Two were also performed.

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Track listing

All songs written and composed by Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh, and Martyn Ware.

  1. "Crushed by the Wheels of Industry" – 5:54
  2. "Who'll Stop the Rain" – 3:04
  3. "Let Me Go" – 4:23
  4. "Key to the World" – 3:42
  5. "Temptation" – 3:34
  6. "Come Live With Me" – 4:18
  7. "Lady Ice and Mr Hex" – 3:46
  8. "We Live So Fast" – 3:49
  9. "The Best Kept Secret" – 5:09

The US Arista issue of this album omitted "Who'll Stop the Rain" and "Let Me Go", both of which had appeared on a US-only release titled Heaven 17 (featuring most tracks from Penthouse and Pavement) in 1982. They were replaced with re-recorded versions of "Let's All Make a Bomb" and "Song With No Name" (from Penthouse and Pavement, and released as B-sides in the UK).

Bonus tracks on 2006 remastered edition

  • "Let Me Go (Extended Mix)" – 6:22
  • "Who'll Stop the Rain (Dub)" – 6:15
  • "Crushed By the Wheels of Industry (Parts 1 and 2)" – 6:59
  • "Come Live With Me (12" version)" – 4:34
  • Personnel

    Heaven 17
  • Glenn Gregory – lead and background vocals
  • Martyn Ware – Linn LM-1; synthesizer programming; backing vocals
  • Ian Craig Marsh – synthesizer programming
  • Session musicians
  • John Wilson, Ray Russell - guitar, guitar synth
  • Nick Plytas - grand piano
  • Greg Walsh - piano, synthesizer programming
  • Simon Phillips – drums, percussion
  • Don Myrick - saxophone
  • Michael Harris, Rahmlee Michael Davis - trumpet
  • Louis Satterfield - trombone
  • Carol Kenyon - backing vocals
  • Sarah Gregory - "screams"
  • John Barker - orchestra conductor and arranger
  • Ray Smith - cover painting
  • Songs

    1Crushed by the Wheels of Industry5:53
    2Who'll Stop the Rain3:02
    3Let Me Go4:21

    References

    The Luxury Gap Wikipedia


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