Heaven 17 discography

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Heaven 17 discography
Studio albums8
Live albums4
Compilation albums12
Video albums4
Music videos14
EPs3
Singles30
Box sets3
Remix albums2

This is the discography of English new wave/synth-pop band Heaven 17.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

YearTitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
FIN
[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[5]
NL
[6]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[8]
US
[9]
1981 Penthouse and Pavement
  • Released: 18 September 1981
  • Label: Virgin
1499184524
1983 The Luxury Gap
  • Released: 8 April 1983
  • Label: Virgin
4531318720111772
1984 How Men Are
  • Released: September 1984
  • Label: Virgin
12312828
1986 Pleasure One
  • Released: November 1986
  • Label: Virgin
78177
1988 Teddy Bear, Duke & Psycho
  • Released: 26 September 1988
  • Label: Virgin
46
1996 Bigger Than America
2005 Before After
  • Released: 6 September 2005
  • Label: Alpha Engineering, Ninthwave
2008 Naked as Advertised
  • Released: November 2008
  • Label: Absolute Zero
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Live albums

YearTitleDetails
1999How Live Is
  • Released: 25 October 1999
  • Label: Almafame
  • Released since under various names on different labels, including Live at Last in 2008
2006Live at Scala, London
  • Released: 27 February 2006
  • Label: Live Here Now
  • Limited CD. DVD also released
2013Live From Metropolis Studios
  • Released: 16 September 2013
  • Label: Edsel
  • Limited edition release with DVD
2015Live at the Jazz Cafe, 2015
  • Released: 3 September 2015
  • Label: Self-released

Compilation albums

YearTitleDetailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
US
[9]
1982Heaven 1768
1986Endless
  • Released: 30 June 1986
  • Label: Virgin
70
1992The Best of Heaven 17
  • Released: September 1992
  • Label: Virgin
1993 Higher and Higher – The Best of Heaven 17
  • Released: 10 March 1993
  • Label: Virgin
31
199616 Classic Tracks
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Boots, EMI
  • Re-release under a different title of the 1992 The Best of Heaven 17
2000Heaven 17
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Disky
2001We Blame Love
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Falcon Neue Medien
  • Germany-only release
  • Compilation of live recordings
2005Heaven 17
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Autarc Media
  • Only released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
2006Greatest Hits
  • Released: 16 October 2006
  • Label: Virgin
  • Includes a DVD of video clips
2011So80s Presents Heaven 17
  • Released: 7 February 2011
  • Label: EMI
  • Germany-only release
2012Play to Win: The Very Best of Heaven 17
2021Essential Heaven 17
  • Released: 23 July 2021
  • Label: Spectrum
73
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Remix albums

YearTitleDetails
1995The Remix Collection
  • Released: 3 April 1995
  • Label: Virgin
1998Retox/Detox
  • Released: 27 July 1998
  • Label: Eagle

Box sets

YearTitleDetails
20165 Classic Albums
2019Play to Win: The Virgin Years
  • Released: 29 March 2019
  • Label: Edsel
  • CD: 10-CD set featuring all five albums from the 1980s, along with over 100 bonus tracks
  • Vinyl: 5-LP set featuring the five 1980s albums
2020Another Big Idea (1996 – 2015)
  • Released: 20 March 2020
  • Label: Edsel
  • CD: 9-CD set featuring all three studio album since reforming in 1996, plus the remix album Retox/Detox, the live album How Live Is, plus many bonus tracks
  • Vinyl: 4-LP set featuring the three 1990s/2000s studio albums

EPs

YearTitleDetails
1996Executive Summary
  • Released: August 1996
  • Label: Eye of the Storm
  • Germany-only promo sampler
2011Rarities 2011
  • Released: November 2011
  • Label: Self-released
  • Free download-only release, available from Heaven 17's website
2017Not For Public Broadcast
  • Released: 17 February 2017
  • Label: Society of Sound
  • Download-only mini-album

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[12]
GER
[13]
IRE
[14]
ITA
[15]
NL
[6]
NZ
[7]
US
[16]
US
Dance

[17]
1981"(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang"457229Penthouse and Pavement
"I'm Your Money" [upper-alpha 1] Non-album single
"Play to Win"463919Penthouse and Pavement
"Penthouse and Pavement"579337
1982"The Height of the Fighting (He-La-Hu)" [upper-alpha 2] 20
"Let Me Go"41784126744The Luxury Gap
"Who'll Stop the Rain" [20] 36
1983"Temptation"23811345251534
"We Live So Fast" [20] 102
"Come Live with Me"51007
"Crushed by the Wheels of Industry"171034
1984"Sunset Now"24931839How Men Are
"This Is Mine"232528
1985"...(And That's No Lie)"5222
1986"The Foolish Thing to Do" (feat. Jimmy Ruffin)80Non-album single
"Contenders"806Pleasure One
1987"Trouble"5117
1988"The Ballad of Go Go Brown"91Teddy Bear, Duke & Psycho
"Train of Love in Motion"
1992"Temptation" (Brothers in Rhythm Remix)46442918Higher and Higher – The Best of Heaven 17
1993"(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" (The Rapino Brothers Remixes)40
"Penthouse and Pavement" (The Tommy D Remixes)5426
1996"Designing Heaven" [21] 128Bigger Than America
1997"We Blame Love"
1998"With This Ring Let Me Go" (Molella & Phil Jay present Heaven 17 meets Fast Eddie)80Non-album single
2006"Hands Up to Heaven"6Before After
2007"I'm Gonna Make You Fall in Love with Me"
2008"Don't Fear the Reaper"
2014"Illumination" & "Pray" (limited edition vinyl) [22] Not For Public Broadcast
2016"Captured" & "Unseen" (limited edition vinyl)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Videos

Video albums

YearVideoDetails
1983Heaven 17's Industrial Revolution
2005Live at Scala, London 29 November 2005
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Live Here Now
  • Medium: DVD
2010Penthouse And Pavement Live in Concert 2010 (30th Anniversary Special Edition)
  • Released: December 2010
  • Label: Blink TV, Strong Pictures
  • Medium: DVD
2013Live From Metropolis Studios
  • Released: 16 September 2013
  • Label: Edsel
  • Medium: DVD

Music videos

YearTitleDirector
1981"Penthouse and Pavement" Steve Barron
1982"Let Me Go"
1983"Temptation"Chris Gabrin
"We Live So Fast"Jean-Pierre Berckmans
"Come Live with Me"
"Crushed by the Wheels of Industry" Daniel Kleinman
1984"Sunset Now" Ray Davies [23]
"This Is Mine"
1985"...(And That's No Lie"
1986"The Foolish Thing to Do"
"Contenders" Leslie Libman, Larry Williams
1987"Trouble"
1992"Temptation" (Brothers in Rhythm Remix)
1993"Penthouse and Pavement" (1993 Remix)Bob Caldwell [24]

Soundtrack appearances

YearFilmSong
1982 Summer Lovers "Play to Win"
Night Shift "Penthouse and Pavement"
1984 Electric Dreams "Chase Runner", "Crushed by the Wheels of Industry"
1994 Sliver "Penthouse and Pavement"
1996 Trainspotting "Temptation"

Notes

  1. This single did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but did reach number 59 on the Record Business Top 100 Singles chart. [18]
  2. This single did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but did reach number 41 on the Record Business Top 100 Singles chart. [19]

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