''Naked as Advertised'' is the eighth
studio album
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by the English
synthpop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s a ...
band
Heaven 17
Heaven 17 are an English new wave and synth-pop band that formed in Sheffield in 1980. The band were a trio for most of their career, composed of Martyn Ware (keyboards) and Ian Craig Marsh (keyboards) (both previously of the Human League), an ...
. It was originally released in 2008, on the label Just Music, three years after their previous album, ''
Before After''. The album contained re-workings of tracks such as "
Temptation
Temptation is a desire to engage in short-term urges for enjoyment that threatens long-term goals.Webb, J.R. (Sep 2014). Incorporating Spirituality into Psychology of temptation: Conceptualization, measurement, and clinical implications. Sp ...
" along with versions of
Martyn Ware
Martyn Ware (born 19 May 1956) is an English musician, composer, arranger, record producer, and music programmer. As a founding member of both the Human League and Heaven 17, Ware was partly responsible for hit songs such as "Being Boiled" and " ...
songs best known from his time with
the Human League
The Human League are an English synth-pop band formed in Sheffield in 1977. Initially an experimental electronic outfit, the group signed to Virgin Records in 1979 and later attained widespread commercial success with their third album ''Dare' ...
, including "
Being Boiled" and "
Empire State Human", as well as a
cover
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of
The Associates' hit "
Party Fears Two". Following the departure of
Ian Craig Marsh
Ian Craig Marsh (born 11 November 1956) is an English musician and composer. He was a founding member of the electronic band the Human League, writing and playing on their first two albums and several singles, until leaving in 1980 to form the ...
in 2007, this is the first Heaven 17 album with the band consisting of the duo of
Glenn Gregory
Glenn Peter Gregory (born 16 May 1958) is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose music career spans more than 40 years. He came to prominence in the early 1980s as co-founder and lead singer of the new wave and synthpop b ...
and Ware.
Just Music
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Track listing
#" Being Boiled" – 4:52
#"Geisha Boys and Temple Girls" – 4:23
#"Temptation
Temptation is a desire to engage in short-term urges for enjoyment that threatens long-term goals.Webb, J.R. (Sep 2014). Incorporating Spirituality into Psychology of temptation: Conceptualization, measurement, and clinical implications. Sp ...
" (featuring Billie Godfrey
Billie Godfrey is an English singer.
Background
Based in London and Brighton, Godfrey has been a vocalist for many artists and in her own right. She started her career as a radio DJ, playing the kind of music she would later go on to record.
...
) – 3:47
#"Penthouse and Pavement" – 4:23
#" Party Fears Two" – 6:32
#"Don't Fall" – 5:19
#" (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" – 3:33
#"We Live So Fast" – 3:56
#" Empire State Human" – 4:02
References
External links
Just Music - Naked as Advertised
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2008 albums
Heaven 17 albums