Penthouse And Pavement
by Heaven 17
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Penthouse And Pavement is ranked as the best album by Heaven 17.
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Penthouse And Pavement track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Penthouse And Pavement rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Best Electronic / Dance albums of all time by DigitalDreamDoor | 78/100 | - |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 84/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 98 Music Albums of 1981 | 81/98 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Greatest albums of 1981 by Ultimate Record Collector | 47/55 | - |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1981 | 86/100 | - |
| 2026 | mikepen | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 27 Music Albums of 1981 | 24/27 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 121 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 309 | |||
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Penthouse And Pavement ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/25/2026 04:48 | Proto | 4,318 | 33/100 |
| ! | 06/05/2026 21:19 | LittleM1971 | 6,008 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/25/2026 01:08 | twc0006 | 2 | 100/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.3/100, a mean average of 70.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.
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Penthouse And Pavement forum mentions
neilgee 10/13/2025 04:58 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 08/26/2024 13:10 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Sinners & Saints Romanelli 06/08/2024 16:58 in What album are you listening to right now?Penthouse And Pavement comments
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Heaven 17's greatest moment. This politically heavy album is one of the classic electro pop records of the early eighties. Fascist groove thing, is an excellent opener on an album full of strong cuts. Underrated.
Far from the most rebellious album cover ever.
drstuey 03/28/2021 23:58 | #267899 | TOP COMMENT
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Pretty darn good, some of the beats sound dated, but not many, and the funky bass sounds and afro rythyms are great. Some filler, not every idea works. Liked it much more in 2021 than I did in the early 80's which kinda shows that it was ahead of its time. The first 3 songs were the strongest for me though I also really liked Lets Make a Bomb.
An interesting early eighties electro pop concept album which was more ahead of its time than many may think. 'Play to Win' and 'Soul Warfare' are personal favourites. Personally, I would put 'The Luxury Gap' in first place and 'How Men Are' in second place, mainly because I find the tracks on those two albums more melodic.
timtooky 03/27/2014 19:45 | #107801 | TOP COMMENT
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concept album which tries to produce a businesslike and serious sound. The goal was achieved and out comes exactly what it is: a buisnesslike and serious redord.
btw: cool cover art.
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