Advantage (album)

Advantage
Studio album by Clock DVA
Released	1983
Recorded	Fall 1982 at Rockfield Studios, Wales
Genre	Post-punk, industrial
Length	40:47
Label	Polydor
Producer	Hugh Jones
Clock DVA chronology
Thirst (1981) Advantage (1983) Buried Dreams (1989)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Advantage is the third album (second LP) by Clock DVA, released in 1983 through Polydor Records. Singles from it were "Breakdown" and "Resistance". A video was filmed for the song "Resistance", it was 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

Personnel

Clock DVA

• Paul Browse – saxophone
• John Valentine Carruthers – guitar
• Dean Dennis – bass guitar
• Adi Newton – vocals, trumpet, piano on "Poem", design
• Nick Sanderson – drums, percussion

Production and additional personnel

• Peter Anderson – photography
• Peter Barrett – design
• David Heppenstall – cello on "Poem"
• Hugh Jones – production, engineering, mixing on "Poem", keyboards
• Katie Kissoon – backing vocals on "Breakdown" and "Dark Encounter"

References

1. Farley, Keith. "Advantage". Allmusic. Retrieved November 28, 2012.

External links

• Advantage at Discogs (list of releases)