Album · Heaven 17
Pleasure One by Heaven 17
Pleasure One is an album by Heaven 17, released in 1986. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Contenders”, on 1 list with a best position of #829.
Pleasure One, Heaven 17's fourth album, came out on Virgin on 17 November 1986, and it finds the Sheffield trio of singer Glenn Gregory and synth men Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh, both refugees from the original Human League, trying to warm up their machines. Ware admitted at the time that he'd been spending two days programming a few bars that a decent player could knock out in 30 minutes with more feeling, and he pitched the result as smart pop for a public that had run out of patience for high-concept twaddle.
What you hear is slick, brisk, R&B-flavored synth-pop, and Music & Media made it one of its Albums of the Week, singling out "Contenders", "Trouble" and "Look at Me". Not everyone bought it: the Sunday Independent's Paul Russell heard a band whose technology swamped the mood. It turned out to be their last studio album to crack the UK Top 100.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Pleasure One on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Contenders | 1 | #829 | – | 1999 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.