Heaven 17
Let's All Make A BombHeaven 17 Label: Charly SNAP153CD Price: £ 4.89 (£4.25 outside EU)
Always highly-influential, they reformed in 1996 and took to the road for the first time in 1999, performing their hits as well as songs from a new album. Their tour received glowing reviews from critics and fans alike for the amazing recreations of their studio sound. Far from being retro retreads, these performances built on the originals and in some cases eclipsed them.'Let's All Make A Bomb' is a superb record of that tour on which they played to over a million people and emphasises just how accomplished the group were as performing artists. One of the most popular groups of the Eighties, Heaven 17 continued their run of hit singles into the Nineties with remixes of several of their earlier hits. Always highly-influential, they reformed in 1996 and took to the road for the first time in 1999, performing their hits as well as songs from a new album. Their tour received glowing reviews from critics and fans alike for the amazing recreations of their studio sound. Far from being retro retreads, these performances built on the originals and in some cases eclipsed them. 'Let's All Make A Bomb' is a superb record of that tour on which they played to over a million people and emphasises just how accomplished the group were as performing artists. It features faithful versions of all their hits from the early Eighties, including 'Come Live With Me', 'Temptation', 'Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry' and the controversial 'Facist Groove Thing', banned on its original release by the BBC. Also featured is a version of The Human League hit 'Being Boiled' and the title song, which is on par with their earlier classics. The three bonus tracks includes an alternate version of the title song and a new song, 'Play To Win'.
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