With their debut album and follow-up maxi single Health & Efficiency, This Heat sowed the seeds of post-punk, avant rock, noise rock and post-rock, placing the trio – Charles Bullen (guitar, clarinet, viola, vocals, tapes), Charles Hayward (drums, keyboards, vocals, tapes) and Gareth Williams (keyboard, guitar, bass, vocals, tapes) – at the forefront of experimental music.

However, 1981’s Deceit is the one that truly deserves its reputation as a classic of the post-punk era, tying up the myriad threads of their work so far and adding accessibility and melody to the still furiously forward-thinking sound.

1. Sleep
2. Paper Hats
3. Triumph
4. S.P.Q.R.
5. Cenotaph
6. Shrink Wrap
7. Radio Prague
8. Makeshift Swahili
9. Independence
10. A New Kind Of Water
11. Hi Baku Shyo