The four hundred and eightieth album: #480 Heaven 17 - Penthouse and Pavement
The punk roots of the rock styles that emerge in the early eighties feel especially on display this time - as much as the electronic sounds of Penthouse and Pavement create an upbeat feeling to the entire album, the lyrics are more subversive (as is clear from the BBC banning the one single from getting any airtime. It's railing against the class system, against capitalism and war in various songs, but the wrapper is less in anger and more in the ironic detachment that would follow. It's not as immediately powerful, but it still hits quite well for anyone paying attention. It hits home a lot more than I expected, in the best way possible.