Naked as Advertised is the eighth full-length studio album released by the British Synthpop

Synthpop

Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...

 group Heaven 17

Heaven 17

Heaven 17 are an English synthpop band originating from Sheffield in the early 1980s. The trio comprises Martyn Ware , Ian Craig Marsh and Glenn Gregory...

, released in 2008. It is a new nine track album containing new versions of some of their biggest hits as well covers and two reworkings of early Human League

The Human League

The Human League are an English electronic New Wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.The only constant...

 songs. With Ian Craig Marsh

Ian Craig Marsh

Ian Craig Marsh is a former English musician. 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 B.E.F...

 absent for the album, the remaining band members Glenn Gregory

Glenn Gregory

Glenn Gregory is an English musician. A founding member of Heaven 17, he was partly responsible for hit records such as "Temptation"....

 and Martyn Ware

Martyn Ware

Martyn "Teddy Bear" Ware is a British musician and music producer. He is the chairman of a local football team: PPA. As a founder member of both The Human League and Heaven 17, he was partly responsible for hit records such as "Being Boiled" and "Temptation"...

 performed and produced the album, with Billie Godfrey

Billie Godfrey

Billie Godfrey is an English singer. She is the current principal female vocalist of the veteran British synthpop group, Heaven 17.-Background:...

 sharing guest vocals.

Track listing

1. Being Boiled
   Being Boiled
   "Being Boiled" is a song composed by Sheffield musicians Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh, with lyrics by Philip Oakey, and recorded by them as The Human League...
   
   
2. Geisha Boys And Temple Girls
3. Temptation
   Temptation (Heaven 17 song)
   "Temptation" is a single by Sheffield band Heaven 17, originally released in April 1983, peaking at number 2 in the UK charts. This was the second single to be taken from their second album The Luxury Gap, after November 1982's "Let Me Go"....
   
    (featuring Billie Godfrey
   Billie Godfrey
   Billie Godfrey is an English singer. She is the current principal female vocalist of the veteran British synthpop group, Heaven 17.-Background:...
   
   )
4. Penthouse And Pavement
5. Party Fears Two
6. Don’t Fall
7. (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
   (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
   " Fascist Groove Thang" is a song written and performed by British synthpop band Heaven 17. It was a minor hit in the UK in 1981, despite being banned by the BBC...
   
   
8. We Live So Fast
9. Empire State Human
   Empire State Human
   "Empire State Human" is a song by the British Synthesizer group The Human League. The song was written by Philip Oakey, Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh...
   
   

External links

Just Music - Naked as Advertised