This Heat-Deceit Rough Trade ‎ROUGH 26 UK 1st press A1/B1 1981
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This Heat – Deceit  Rough Trade ROUGH 26  UK 1st press Vinyl, LP, released in 1981.
The vinyl is in beautiful condition and played through flawlessly on my stereo - no stick or jump. The sleeve shows more signs of use, with ring-wear and some wear to the corners, but that apart, it is in good condition, with no rips or writing. The spine is intact and legible. Matrix / Runout  Side A : ROUGH 26 A // 1 ▽ E T H TOWNHOUSE 1 1 1 Matrix / Runout  Side B : ROUGH 26 B // 1 ▽ E T H TOWNHOUSE 1 1 1 ALYSON
Deceit is the second and final studio album by English experimental rock band This Heat, released in September 1981 by Rough Trade Records. As with their self-titled debut album, the tracks on Deceit were assembled from largely improvised recordings that the band accumulated since their inception in 1976, with varying degrees of audio quality. However, it is generally considered to be more song-oriented than its largely abstract predecessor. The title is in part a pun on the band's name.
Deceit is regarded as a classic of the post-punk era, and was ranked at number 73 on Pitchfork's 2018 list of "The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s".
Although Deceit was not commercially successful, it has been well received by critics. Andy Kellman of AllMusic wrote of the album: "Out of all the boundary breaking that occurred during the fertile era of post-punk, This Heat's Deceit is one of the most expansive, imaginative and remarkably wild records to have been produced during the time—and very possibly the last three decades." The Trouser Press Record Guide described the album as "austere, brilliant and indescribable." Miles Bowe of Tiny Mix Tapes called it a "radiation-soaked masterpiece", while Select magazine's Dave Morrison wrote that it "stands as a phenomenal achievement, opening up avenues yet to be explored." In a retrospective feature on This Heat in the October 1998 issue of Record Collector, Ian Shirley called Deceit "a mature collection of songs" that displays "a fantastic grasp of dynamics, rhythm, tempo, and the full exploitation of the recording studio and mixing techniques".
Deceit is regarded as a classic of the post-punk era, and was ranked at number 20 on Pitchfork's 2002 list of "The Top 100 Albums of the 1980s" and at number 73 on its 2018 list of "The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s". In 2011, Hot Chip frontman Alexis Taylor, who has frequently collaborated with Hayward, selected Deceit as part of NME's The 100 Greatest Albums You've Never Heard issue.


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