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The Luxury Gap by Heaven 17
The Luxury Gap is an album by Heaven 17, released in 1983. 6 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 34 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Let Me Go”, on 25 lists with a best position of #31.
The Luxury Gap, Heaven 17's second album, came out on Virgin in 1983, and it's the moment the Sheffield trio's cool, clever synth-pop finally cracked the charts. Glenn Gregory does the singing while ex-Human League men Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh work the synthesizers, and where the singles from Penthouse and Pavement had struggled, these ones flew.
"Temptation" is the big one, a towering, breathless rush of a pop song that went to No. 2 in the UK, with "Come Live with Me" and "Crushed by the Wheels of Industry" not far behind, and "Let Me Go" adds a moody, pulsing chill. The album reached No. 4 on the British album chart, became their best-selling studio record and went platinum, all this from a band that didn't even play live until 1997.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Luxury Gap on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let Me Go | 25 | #31 | – | 1983–2023 | |
| 2 | We Live So Fast | 2 | #930 | – | 2002–2003 | |
| 3 | Temptation | 4 | #217 | – | 2001–2006 | |
| 4 | Who'll Stop the Rain | 1 | #1632 | – | 2003 | |
| 5 | Crushed By The Wheels of Industry | 1 | #901 | – | 1999 | |
| 6 | Come Live with me | 1 | #1992 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.