The Human League are an English synthpop band best known for their 1981 global No. 1 hit “Don’t You Want Me.” Across two incarnations, they released six albums, four EPs, and twenty singles between 1979 and 1990 on Virgin Records. They emerged on the Sheffield post-punk scene with the 1978 DIY release “Being Boiled” (b/w […]
Everyone knows the first British Invasion of 1964, spearheaded by The Beatles and codified as a movement by The Dave Clark Five. They opened the US charts to UK acts that ranged from Mersey-lite Northerners (Gerry & The Pacemakers, Herman’s Hermits, The Hollies, The Searchers, Freddie & The Dreamers) to rough/edgy Londoners (The Rolling Stones, […]
Dare is the third full-length album by English New Wave/synthpop sextet The Human League, released in 1981 on Virgin. Tracklist: A1. “The Things That Dreams Are Made Of” (4:14) A2. “Open Your Heart” (3:53) A3. “The Sound of the Crowd” (3:56) A4. “Darkness” (3:56) A5. “Do or Die” (5:23) B1. “Get Carter” (1:02) B2. “I Am […]
Reproduction is the debut album by English electronic New Wave band The Human League, released in 1979 on Virgin Records. Tracklist: A1. “Almost Medieval” (4:43) A2. “Circus of Death” (3:55) A3. “The Path of Least Resistance” (3:33) A4. “Blind Youth” (3:25) A5. “The Word Before Last” (4:04) A6. “Empire State Human” (3:17) B1. “Morale… You’ve […]
