How Men Are

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How Men Are
Studio album by Heaven 17
Released	September 1984
Label	Virgin
Heaven 17 chronology
The Luxury Gap (1983)	How Men Are (1984)	Pleasure One (1986)

How Men Are is the third album by the group Heaven 17. Following the commercial success of their second album, The Luxury Gap, How Men Are had disappointing sales.

The album was released in late 1984 and marked the beginning of a more acoustic edge to Heaven 17's music. Where previous albums had relied heavily on synthesisers, songs on "How Men Are" also used brass and string instruments in their arrangements. The opening track "five minutes to midnight" used a series of vocal effects as percussion and backing.

Three singles were released from this album: "Sunset Now" and "This Is Mine" in 1984 and a remix of "...(And That's No Lie)" in early 1985. The third single was a shorter version of the 10 minute album track and was unusual in that it featured the whole of the song title inside brackets. This remix was the first single to fail to reach the top 40 chart since "Let Me Go" at the end of 1982.

Notable contributions on this album were made by backing group Afrodiziak who performed an extended vocal on "And Thats' No Lie".

[edit] Track listing

1. "Five Minutes To Midnight"
2. "Sunset Now"
3. "This Is Mine"
4. "Fuse"
5. "Shame Is On The Rocks"
6. "Skin I'm In"
7. "Flamedown"
8. "Reputation"
9. "And That's No Lie"

[edit] How Men Are (2006 Remaster)

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)

Bonus tracks:

1. "This Is Mine" (Cinemix) (8:43)
2. "...(And That's No Lie)" (Re-mixed To Enhance Danceability) (6:17)
3. "Counterforce II" (3:08) -- [B-side 12" Sunset Now]
4. "Sunset Now" (Extended Version) (5:21)

[edit] Personnel

• Glenn Gregory
• Ian Craig Marsh
• Martyn Ware

Heaven 17

Glenn Gregory | Ian Craig Marsh | Martyn Ware

Discography

Albums Penthouse and Pavement | The Luxury Gap | How Men Are | Pleasure One | Teddy Bear, Duke & Psycho | Bigger Than America | Before After

Compilation and live albums Endless | Higher and Higher | The Remix Collection | Executive Summary | Retox/ Detox | How Live Is | Live at Scala, London | Sight & Sound: Greatest Hits

Singles (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang | I'm Your Money | Play To Win | Penthouse and Pavement | At The Height of The Fighting (He La Hu) | Let Me Go | Temptation | Come Live With Me | Crushed By The Wheels of Industry | Sunset Now | This Is Mine | And That's No Lie | Contenders | The Foolish Thing To Do | Trouble | The Ballad of Go Go Brown | Train of Love In Motion | Temptation (Brothers in Rhythm Remix) | (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang (Rapino Remix) | Penthouse and Pavement (Tommy D's Master Remix) | Designing Heaven | We Blame Love | (With This Ring) Let Me Go | Hands Up To Heaven (DJ mixes)

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