Advantage (album)

Advantage
Studio album by Clock DVA
Released	1983
Recorded	Fall 1982
Studio	Rockfield Studios (Wales, UK)
Genre	Post-punk, industrial
Length	40:47
Label	Polydor
Producer	Hugh Jones
Clock DVA chronology
Passions Still Aflame (1982) Advantage (1983) Buried Dreams (1989)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Advantage is the third studio album (second LP) by Clock DVA, released in 1983 by Polydor Records.^[2] Singles from it were "Breakdown" and "Resistance". A video was filmed for the song "Resistance", directed by Peter Care.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Adi Newton; all music composed by Clock DVA.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tortured Heroine"	5:10
2.	"Beautiful Losers"	4:26
3.	"Resistance"	3:50
4.	"Eternity in Paris"	5:49

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Secret Life of the Big Black Suit"	3:36
2.	"Breakdown"	4:25
3.	"Dark Encounter"	7:26
4.	"Poem"	6:05

CD issue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
9.	"Noises in Limbo"	5:17
10.	"Black Angel's Death Song" (The Velvet Underground cover)	3:22
11.	"Resistance" (12" mix)	5:48
12.	"Breakdown" (12" mix)	5:44

Personnel

Adapted from the Advantage liner notes.^[3]

Clock DVA Paul Browse – saxophone John Valentine Carruthers – guitar Dean Dennis – bass guitar Adi Newton – vocals, trumpet, piano (B4), design Nick Sanderson – drums, percussion

Additional musicians David Heppenstall – cello (B4) Katie Kissoon – backing vocals (B2, B3) Production and additional personnel Peter Anderson – photography Peter Barrett – design Hugh Jones – production, engineering, mixing (B4), keyboards

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	1983	Polydor	CS, LP	POLS 1082
Germany	1989	Interfisch	CD, LP	SETH 006
Italy	1992	Contempo	CD	CONTE 191

References

1. Farley, Keith. "Clock DVA: Advantage > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
2. Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Clock DVA". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
3. Advantage (sleeve). Clock DVA. London, United Kingdom: Polydor Records. 1983.

External links

• Advantage at Discogs (list of releases)