Penthouse and Pavement is the debut studio album by English new wave and synth-pop band Heaven 17, released in September 1981 by Virgin Records. "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" was released as a single, but did not achieve chart success, partly due to a ban by the BBC. The album sold reasonably well, but was not a great commercial success on release. It has since been regarded as "an important outing", is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, and was re-released in 2010 in a three-disc special edition. The title track was included on the soundtrack of the 1993 erotic thriller film Sliver. Reception Whilst the singles charted poorly, the album charted at No. 14 and remained in the Top 100 for 77 weeks. It was certified gold (100,000 copies sold) by the BPI in October 1982. Reviewing the album for NME, Paul Morley said: "Penthouse and Pavement is fabulous and it won't deny your needs and you just put our faith in it because it is true." It was ranked the fifth best album of 1981 by NME. In a retrospective review, Dan LeRoy of AllMusic felt that the album combined electropop with good melodies, and that Glenn Gregory was able to deliver the "overtly left-wing political" lyrics without sounding "pretentious". The album is included in the musical reference book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Track listing Additional tracks 2010 3-disc special edition The album was reproduced live in its entirety in a series of concerts the band held throughout 2010, one of which (in Sheffield) was filmed and shown on BBC Two on 16 May 2010. The following night a documentary about the making of the album was screened; this was later included on a new three-disc special edition of the album released in November 2010. Disc 1 "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" "Penthouse and Pavement" "Play to Win" "Soul Warfare" "Geisha Boys and Temple Girls" "Let's All Make a Bomb" "The Height of the Fighting" "Song with No Name" "We're Going to Live for a Very Long Time" "I'm Your Money" (12" Version) "Are Everything" (12" Version) "Decline of the West"* Disc 2 "Penthouse and Pavement" (Original Demo) "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" (Original Demo) "Play to Win" (Original Demo Instrumental) "Soul Warfare" (Original Demo) "Are Everything" (Original Demo) "BEF Ident" (Alternate