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How Men Are
How Men Are cover
Studio album by Heaven 17
Released September 1984
Genre Synthpop
Length 38:18
Label Virgin Records
Producer B.E.F. and Greg Walsh
Heaven 17 chronology
The Luxury Gap
(1983)		 How Men Are
(1984)		 Pleasure One
(1986)

How Men Are is the third album by the English synthpop group Heaven 17, released in September 1984 by Virgin Records. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Heaven 17 are a British Synthpop band originating from the city of Sheffield in the early 1980s Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave and Pop music in which the Synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing BEF ( British Electric Foundation) are a band / production company formed by former Human League members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh Heaven 17 are a British Synthpop band originating from the city of Sheffield in the early 1980s The Luxury Gap is the second album by Sheffield band Heaven 17. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave and Pop music in which the Synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument Heaven 17 are a British Synthpop band originating from the city of Sheffield in the early 1980s Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell

Three singles were released from this album: "Sunset Now", the album's most successful single with a #24 placing in the UK, and "This is Mine" in 1984, and an edited remix of "And That's No Lie" in early 1985, which was the first Heaven 17 single to fail to reach the UK's Top 40 since "Let Me Go" at the end of 1982. A remix is an alternative version of a song different from the original version Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry "Let Me Go" (labelled as Let Me Go! on the sleeve of the single is a single by Heaven 17, taken from (and released several months before their second album Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)

Although synthesizers such as the Fairlight CMI and the Linn LM-1 drum machine were still responsible for most of the album's sounds, How Men Are marked the beginning of an increased usage of acoustic instruments in Heaven 17's music. The Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument was the first polyphonic digital sampling Synthesizer. The LM-1 Drum Computer, manufactured by Linn Electronics Inc, was the first Drum machine to utilize Digital Samples of acoustic Drums Acoustic music refers to music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means as opposed to Electronic means A small orchestra is employed on three tracks, and two tracks make use of The Phenix Horns Esquire, Earth, Wind & Fire's famous brass section. An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well The Phenix Horns ( Sic) are Earth Wind & Fire 's famous brass section. Earth Wind & Fire is an African - American Funk band led by Maurice White that achieved worldwide success in the 1970s A brass instrument is a Musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a tubular Resonator. Another notable contribution to this album was made by the vocal group Afrodiziak, who sang on four tracks. Afrodiziak was the collective name used by the British Singers Caron Wheeler and Claudia Fontaine in the mid-to-late 1980s

In 2006, Heaven 17's first three albums were remastered and reissued with bonus tracks. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Remaster (and its derivations frequently found in the phrases digitally remastered or digital remastering) is a word marketed mostly in the digital audio age although For the reissuing of print material see Reprint A reissue (also known as a re-release or re-edition) is the repeated issue In terms of recorded Music, a bonus track is a piece of music which has been included on specific releases or reissues of an Album.


Track listing

  1. "Five Minutes to Midnight" (3:46)
  2. "Sunset Now" (3:35)
  3. "This is Mine" (3:51)
  4. "The Fuse" (3:05)
  5. "Shame is on the Rocks" (3:59)
  6. "The Skin I'm In" (3:46)
  7. "Flamedown" (2:59)
  8. "Reputation" (3:03)
  9. "And That's No Lie" (10:02)
  10. "This is Mine (Cinemix)" (8:43) +
  11. ". . . (And That's No Lie) (Re-mixed to Enhance Danceability)" (6:17) +
  12. "Counterforce II" (3:08) +
  13. "Sunset Now (Extended Version)" (5:21) +

Tracks marked with "+" are bonus tracks added to the 2006 remastered version of the album; all originally appeared on various formats of the singles taken from the album and had never appeared on CD before. "Counterforce II" was originally a B-side from the "Sunset Now" 12-inch single, and was also released under the title "Chase Runner" on the Electric Dreams soundtrack. A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s Electric Dreams is a soundtrack album from the movie Electric Dreams.

Personnel


Heaven 17 are a British Synthpop band originating from the city of Sheffield in the early 1980s Martyn Ware (born May 19 1956 in Sheffield, England) is a British musician
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