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The Human League
Allmusic Biography : Synth pops first international superstars, the Human League were among the earliest and most innovative bands to break into the pop mainstream on a wave of synthesizers and electronic rhythms, their marriage of infectious melodies and state-of-the-art technology proving enormously influential on countless acts following in their wake. The group was formed in Sheffield, England in 1977 by synth players Martyn Ware and Ian Marsh, whod previously teamed as the duo Dead Daughters. Following a brief tenure as the Future, a period during which they added and lost synthesizer player Adi Newton and enlisted vocalist Philip Oakey, they rechristened themselves the Human League. The trio recorded a demo and played their first live dates. The slide presentations of "director of visuals" Adrian Wright quickly became a key component of their performances.

After they signed with the indie label Fast, the Human League issued their first single, "Being Boiled," in 1978. A minor underground hit, it was followed by a tour in support of Siouxsie & the Banshees. After a 1979 EP, the instrumental The Dignity of Labour, the group released its first full-length effort, Reproduction, a dark, dense work influenced largely by Kraftwerk. Travelogue followed the next year and reached the U.K. Top 20. Still, internal tensions forced Ware and Marsh to quit the group in late 1980, at which time they formed Heaven 17. Their departure forced Wright to learn to play the synthesizer; at the same time, Oakey recruited bassist Ian Burden as well as a pair of teenagers, Susanne Sulley and Joanne Catherall, to handle additional vocal duties.

The first single from the revamped Human League, 1981s "Boys and Girls," reached the British Top 50. Recorded with producer Martin Rushent, the slicker follow-up "Sound of the Crowd" fell just shy of the Top Ten. Their next single, "Love Action," reached number three, and after adding ex-Rezillo Jo Callis, the League issued "Open Your Heart," another hit. Still, their true breakthrough was "Dont You Want Me." The classic single, as well as parent album Dare!, both topped their respective charts in England, and went on to become major hits in the U.S. as well. A tour of the States followed, but new music was extremely slow in forthcoming. After a Rushent remix disc, Love and Dancing, the Human League finally issued 1983s Fascination! EP and scored a pair of hits with "Mirror Man" and "(Keep Feeling) Fascination."

The much-anticipated full-length Hysteria finally surfaced in mid-1984, heralding a more forceful sound than earlier Human League releases. The record failed to match the massive success of Dare!, however, with the single "The Lebanon" earning insignificant airplay. The group soon went on indefinite hiatus, and Oakey recorded a 1985 solo LP with famed producer Giorgio Moroder titled simply Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder. To the surprise of many, the Human League resurfaced in 1986 with Crash, produced by the duo of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The plaintive lead single "Human" soon topped the U.S. charts, but the group didnt capitalize on the comeback success and disappeared from the charts for the remainder of the decade.

When the Human League finally returned in 1990 with Romantic?, their commercial momentum had again dissipated. The single "Heart Like a Wheel" barely managed to rise into the Top 40. The record was the bands last with longtime label Virgin. As a trio consisting of Oakey, Sulley, and Catherall, they ultimately signed with the EastWest label and teamed with producer Ian Stanley for 1995s Octopus. The album went largely unnoticed both at home and overseas, with the single "Stay with Me Tonight" issued solely in the U.K.

A resurgent interest in synth pop and post-punk during the early 2000s enabled the groups 2001 album Secrets, which saw the group update its early sound, considerable press coverage. In 2002, previously unreleased recordings of the Future and the embryonic Human League were compiled for The Golden Hour of the Future. Steady touring continued for several years, as documented on Live at the Dome. Additionally, there were performances of Dare! in its entirety and a Steel City Tour with Heaven 17 and fellow Sheffield natives ABC. The Human League remained connected to their local roots in the studio as well. Credo, released in 2011, was produced by fellow Sheffield natives I Monster. The career-spanning anthology A Very British Synthesizer Group was issued five years later, promoted with performance dates across Europe.
reproduction Album: 1 of 30
Title:  Reproduction
Released:  1979-10
Tracks:  17
Duration:  1:14:21

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1   Almost Medieval  (04:34)
2   Circus of Death  (03:51)
3   The Path of Least Resistance  (03:33)
4   Blind Youth  (03:25)
5   The Word Before Last  (04:04)
6   Empire State Human  (03:17)
7   Morale… / You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling  (09:30)
8   Austerity / Girl One (medley)  (06:44)
9   Zero as a Limit  (04:13)
10  Introducing  (03:19)
11  The Dignity of Labour, Part 1  (04:21)
12  The Dignity of Labour, Part 2  (02:53)
13  The Dignity of Labour, Part 3  (03:56)
14  The Dignity of Labour, Part 4  (03:52)
15  Flexi Disc  (04:11)
16  Being Boiled (Fast version)  (03:50)
17  Circus of Death  (04:40)
Reproduction : Allmusic album Review : Pop fans a bit put off by the Human Leagues dispassionate vocals on their breakout hit "Dont You Want Me" would have been shocked by the degree of emotionlessness heard two years earlier on the bands 1979 debut. The trio of Ian Craig Marsh, Martyn Ware, and Philip Oakey all handled vocals and synthesizers to create a set of grim, rigid tracks that revealed a greater lack of humanity than even Kraftwerk. Its a surprise that the Human League hit the British charts at all (with the single "Empire State Human"), since this could well be the most detached synth pop record ever released.
holiday_80 Album: 2 of 30
Title:  Holiday ’80
Released:  1980-04
Tracks:  5
Duration:  19:41

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1   Marianne  (03:14)
2   Dancevision  (02:21)
3   Toyota City  (03:22)
4   Rock ’n’ Roll / Nightclubbing  (06:22)
5   Being Boiled  (04:21)
travelogue Album: 3 of 30
Title:  Travelogue
Released:  1980-05-23
Tracks:  10
Duration:  39:45

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1   The Black Hit of Space  (04:11)
2   Only After Dark  (03:53)
3   Life Kills  (03:07)
4   Dreams of Leaving  (05:55)
5   Toyota City  (03:24)
6   Crow and a Baby  (03:43)
7   The Touchables  (03:24)
8   Gordon’s Gin  (02:58)
9   Being Boiled  (04:21)
10  WXJL Tonight  (04:46)
Travelogue : Allmusic album Review : The Human Leagues second album, Travelogue, was their first to be released in the U.S. (Not that you would have noticed at the time, given the limited distribution; the album subsequently was picked up for reissue by Virgin/Atlantic in 1988.) It was also the last to feature the nearly original lineup of Martyn Ware, Ian Marsh, Philip Oakey, and Adrian Wright. Already, the bands synthesizer textures and Oakeys mannered voice were starting to lean in a pop direction, but much of this album retained the austere tone of earlier synthesizer groups such as Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream. The conflicting musical directions led to a split in the band after this album, with Ware and Marsh forming Heaven 17 and Oakey and Wright reorganizing a new version of the Human League. Ironically, both ventures were more pop-oriented than before.
dare Album: 4 of 30
Title:  Dare
Released:  1981-10-20
Tracks:  10
Duration:  40:49

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1   The Things That Dreams Are Made Of  (04:15)
2   Open Your Heart  (03:56)
3   The Sound of the Crowd  (04:05)
4   Darkness  (03:59)
5   Do or Die  (05:25)
6   Get Carter  (01:02)
7   I Am the Law  (04:08)
8   Seconds  (04:59)
9   Love Action (I Believe in Love)  (05:00)
10  Don’t You Want Me  (03:57)
Dare : Allmusic album Review : Dare! captures a moment in time perfectly -- the moment post-punks robotic fascination with synthesizers met a clinical Bowie-esque infatuation with fashion and modern art, including pop culture, plus a healthy love of songcraft. The Human League had shown much of this on their early singles, such as "Empire State Human," but on Dare! they simply gelled, as their style was supported by music and songs with emotional substance. That doesnt mean that the album isnt arty, since it certainly is, but thats part of its power -- the self-conscious detachment enhances the postmodern sense of emotional isolation, obsession with form over content, and love of modernity for its own sake. Thats why Dare! struck a chord with listeners who didnt like synth pop or the new romantics in 1981, and why it still sounds startlingly original decades after its original release -- the technology may have dated, synths and drum machines may have become more advanced, but few have manipulated technology in such an emotionally effective way. Of course, that all wouldnt matter if the songs themselves didnt work smashingly, whether its a mood piece as eerie as "Seconds," an anti-anthem like "The Things That Dreams Are Made Of," the dance club glow of "Love Action (I Believe in Love)," or the utter genius of "Dont You Want Me," a devastating chronicle of a frayed romance wrapped in the greatest pop hooks and production of its year. The latter was a huge hit, so much so that it overshadowed the album in the minds of most listeners, yet, for all of its shining brilliance, it wasnt a pop supernova -- its simply the brightest star on this record, one of the defining records of its time.
love_and_dancing Album: 5 of 30
Title:  Love and Dancing
Released:  1982-07-26
Tracks:  8
Duration:  35:49

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1   Hard Times  (05:42)
2   Love Action (I Believe in Love) (12" instrumental mix)  (05:12)
3   Don’t You Want Me  (07:11)
4   Things That Dreams Are Made Of  (05:09)
5   Do or Die  (04:36)
6   Seconds  (02:25)
7   Open Your Heart  (02:50)
8   The Sound of the Crowd  (02:42)
Love and Dancing : Allmusic album Review : Credited to "The League Unlimited Orchestra" in homage to Barry Whites Love Unlimited Orchestra, Love and Dancing carried a sleeve note that read, "This album contains instrumental versions of previously released songs by the Human League specially remixed and produced by Martin Rushent." (Actually, one song was new, and there are a few vocal choruses.) The songs had been released previously on Dare, so if you always thought "Dont You Want Me" was a great track with obnoxious vocals, this is the album for you.
fascination Album: 6 of 30
Title:  Fascination!
Released:  1983
Tracks:  10
Duration:  50:40

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1   Hard Times / Love Action (I Believe in Love) (instrumental)  (11:07)
2   Mirror Man  (03:50)
3   You Remind Me of Gold  (03:36)
4   (Keep Feeling) Fascination (extended version)  (04:58)
5   I Love You Too Much  (03:18)
6   Mirror Man (extended version)  (04:22)
7   You Remind Me of Gold (instrumental)  (03:54)
8   (Keep Feeling) Fascination (Improvisation)  (06:12)
9   I Love You Too Much (dub version)  (05:53)
10  Total Panic  (03:29)
hysteria Album: 7 of 30
Title:  Hysteria
Released:  1984-05-07
Tracks:  10
Duration:  40:21

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1   I’m Coming Back  (04:11)
2   I Love You Too Much  (03:27)
3   Rock Me Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again (Six Times)  (03:35)
4   Louise  (04:56)
5   The Lebanon  (05:04)
6   Betrayed  (04:06)
7   The Sign  (03:49)
8   So Hurt  (03:54)
9   Life on Your Own  (04:06)
10  Don’t You Know I Want You  (03:09)
Hysteria : Allmusic album Review : The Human League followed Dare! with more success, at least when it came to singles. The Motown-inspired "Mirror Man" and the frivolous (in a borderline-genius way) "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" maintained the groups momentum. When recording commenced for the full-length successor to Dare!, however, things got ugly. Martin Rushent, the producer who either receives all or no credit for the Human Leagues mainstream breakthrough, left the sessions. The slate was wiped clean, but the process was halted once more when another producer, Chris Thomas (Roxy Music, Sex Pistols), also split. Full of indecision and doubt, the group took forever to finish Hysteria. (Two and a half years in the 80s were, in fact, equal to forever, and U.S. label A&M; intervened with the Fascination! EP, which contained the post-Dare! singles that did not appear on this album.) Hysteria is mediocre and easily the least of the groups albums to that point. Conscious not to repeat themselves and unable to do it without sacrificing their personality, most of the changes sound forced and fussily mulled over. It was one thing to get political and introduce some uncharacteristic guitar lines on "The Lebanon" (alienating your fanbase should always be encouraged, especially when its done with a single that looks atrocious on paper but sounds fantastic), but "Rock Me Again" is the kind of thing the group once worked against, with Philip Oakey adopting an awkward, straining rock voice. The melodies are often flat, the arrangements are frequently bloodless. With only a couple exceptions, Hysteria sounds exactly like an album made under extreme post-platinum pressure. If you were to replace your pick of two tracks with "Mirror Man" and "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" -- which really wouldnt sound any more out of place than "The Lebanon" -- youd at least have something resembling the groups old standard. Fun fact: it was released three years before a very different Sheffield bands Hysteria.
crash Album: 8 of 30
Title:  Crash
Released:  1986-10-22
Tracks:  10
Duration:  44:41

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1   Money  (03:54)
2   Swang  (04:36)
3   Human  (04:27)
4   Jam  (04:20)
5   Are You Ever Coming Back?  (04:53)
6   I Need Your Loving  (03:42)
7   Party  (04:29)
8   Love on the Run  (03:53)
9   The Real Thing  (04:17)
10  Love Is All That Matters  (06:05)
Crash : Allmusic album Review : The Human League turned to American R&B; producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis in the wake of their success with Janet Jacksons Control, and the combination brought the group its second number one hit with the Jam-Lewis composition "Human," which harked back to the earlier "Dont You Want Me," albeit with a gentler tone. The albums second single, the Control-soundalike "I Need Your Loving," was also a Jam-Lewis song (as was the U.K.-only third single, "Love Is All That Matters"), but the bulk of the album was made up of group-written songs with appealing backing tracks that maintained their dance appeal while eschewing the overtly synthesized sound of previous albums. That made Crash an improvement over the lackluster Hysteria, but still not on a par with Dare.
greatest_hits Album: 9 of 30
Title:  Greatest Hits
Released:  1988-11-07
Tracks:  12
Duration:  47:38

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1   Mirror Man  (03:50)
2   (Keep Feeling) Fascination  (03:44)
3   The Sound of the Crowd  (03:57)
4   The Lebanon  (03:44)
5   Human  (03:47)
6   Don’t You Want Me  (03:57)
7   Being Boiled  (03:39)
8   Love Action (I Believe in Love)  (03:51)
9   Louise  (04:56)
10  Open Your Heart  (03:56)
11  Love Is All That Matters  (04:06)
12  Life on Your Own  (04:06)
Greatest Hits : Allmusic album Review : Fans of the Human Leagues American hits "Dont You Want Me" and "Human" will find this (and any of the bands many similarly titled compilations) a little perplexing. The bulk of the set are U.K. hits, which are somewhat of an acquired taste, and different from the groups fun, pop new wave stylings. "Open Your Heart," "Love Is All That Matters," and "The Sound of the Crowd" are early efforts that sound much more dated than their biggest hits. Overall, it is an essential purchase if you want to revisit or discover the Human League, but some of the lesser known songs, like "The Lebanon," will be surprisingly different.
romantic Album: 10 of 30
Title:  Romantic?
Released:  1990-08-31
Tracks:  10
Duration:  43:36

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1   Kiss the Future  (04:14)
2   A Doorway?  (04:21)
3   Heart Like a Wheel  (04:30)
4   Men Are Dreamers  (03:54)
5   Mister Moon and Mister Sun  (04:43)
6   Soundtrack to a Generation  (04:36)
7   Rebound  (03:57)
8   The Stars Are Going Out  (04:05)
9   Let’s Get Together Again  (05:00)
10  Get It Right This Time  (04:12)
Romantic? : Allmusic album Review : The Human League reorganized in the four years it took to follow Crash, stripping down to a trio of singers -- Philip Oakey, Joanne Catherall, and Susan Ann Sulley -- then adding guitarist Russell Dennett and keyboard player Neil Sutton. They also shed producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, returning to old friend Martin Rushent on a couple of tracks, among them the Top 40 hit "Heart Like a Wheel." But eight years after "Dont You Want Me," the groups pop-synthesizer sound seemed dated. Although some songs showed a little spirit, especially when Catherall and Sulley were used more prominently, all of this had been done before, and better. Romantic? spent only two weeks in the British charts and didnt chart at all in America.
ymo_versus_the_human_league Album: 11 of 30
Title:  YMO Versus The Human League
Released:  1993-04-21
Tracks:  4
Duration:  21:25

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1   Behind the Mask  (03:48)
2   Kimi ni Mune Kyun  (03:54)
3   Kimi ni Mune Kyun (extended version)  (05:52)
4   Firecracker / Tong Poo (remixed by Mark Gamble)  (07:51)
octopus Album: 12 of 30
Title:  Octopus
Released:  1995-01-23
Tracks:  10
Duration:  50:16

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1   Tell Me When  (04:51)
2   These Are the Days  (05:46)
3   One Man in My Heart  (04:03)
4   Words  (05:54)
5   Filling Up With Heaven  (04:20)
6   Housefull of Nothing  (04:31)
7   John Cleese; Is He Funny?  (03:59)
8   Never Again  (04:42)
9   Cruel Young Lover  (06:56)
10  Tell Me When (mix 1)  (05:10)
Octopus : Allmusic album Review : The Human League hadnt learned any new tricks in the four-plus years it took to craft another one of their synth-pop collections. The best track was the most unusual, when Philip Oakey took a backseat and let one of his fellow vocalists -- probably Joanne Catherall, though her singing is interchangeable with Susanne Sulleys -- handle a delicately arranged love song, "One Man in My Heart." But more typical was the song that followed it, "Words," in which Oakey whined at considerable length about undetailed wrongs done to him in childhood. Even with a good dance beat, such stuff was hard to stomach, and most of the blips and blats that filled up the tracks had been used to better purpose on earlier recordings.
soundtrack_to_a_generation Album: 13 of 30
Title:  Soundtrack to a Generation
Released:  1996-07-30
Tracks:  14
Duration:  59:20

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1   Human  (04:27)
2   Kiss the Future  (04:14)
3   Together in Electric Dreams  (03:51)
4   Are You Ever Coming Back?  (04:53)
5   Betrayed  (04:06)
6   Hard Times  (05:11)
7   Get It Right This Time  (04:12)
8   I Need Your Loving  (03:42)
9   Do or Die  (05:25)
10  Rebound  (03:57)
11  Soundtrack to a Generation  (04:36)
12  Empire State Human  (03:13)
13  The Real Thing  (04:17)
14  Don’t You Know I Want You  (03:09)
Soundtrack to a Generation : Allmusic album Review : Its somewhat presumptuous title notwithstanding, Soundtrack to a Generation is a very handy guide to those parts of the Human League that other compilations rarely touch -- only 1986s "Human" and the Giorgio Moroder collaboration "Together (In Electric Dreams)" can exactly be called hit singles and, as that latter was all but a Phil Oakey solo shot, it scarcely counts. Elsewhere, the stately post-glitter stomp of "Empire State Human" and the foreboding "Do or Die" leap out as the sole other "familiar" numbers, as the remaining tracks dip instead into the bands album catalog and give the lie to anyone who complains that the "greatest hits" are all the Human League you really need and that Dare was their last great album. From Hysteria, "Dont You Know I Want You" has at least as much passion as the bands similarly named greatest hit, while the same albums "Betrayed," Crashs "Are You Ever Coming Back?," and "Get It Right This Time" (from Romantic?) keep the pulse racing for a full decade after the bands initial putative high. Indeed, by the time you reach "Soundtrack to a Generation" itself, again from the bands 1990 effort, the Human League appear to have provided exactly that -- before going on to do even more with the albums issued during the 1990s and beyond. Those sets, sadly, are beyond the remit of this collection, but the point has been made regardless.
the_best_of_the_human_league Album: 14 of 30
Title:  The Best of The Human League
Released:  1997
Tracks:  16
Duration:  1:08:36

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1   Love Action (I Believe in Love)  (03:51)
2   Mirror Man  (03:50)
3   Open Your Heart  (03:56)
4   The Sound of the Crowd  (03:57)
5   Don’t You Know I Want You  (03:09)
6   Life on Your Own  (04:06)
7   Seconds  (04:59)
8   Hard Times  (04:54)
9   Do or Die  (05:25)
10  Heart Like a Wheel  (04:30)
11  The Lebanon  (03:44)
12  Get It Right This Time  (04:12)
13  Louise  (04:56)
14  Kiss the Future  (04:14)
15  Human  (03:47)
16  Let’s Get Together Again  (05:00)
The Best of The Human League : Allmusic album Review : In the summer of 1998, the Human League set out on tour with the reunited Culture Club, both bands hoping to capitalize on the new wave nostalgia that was slowly sweeping the country. The tour naturally provided an ideal opportunity for a new hits collection, The Very Best Of. Essentially, its a slightly reworked version of Greatest Hits, sharing all the obvious tracks ("Dont You Want Me," "Love Action (I Believe in Love)," "Mirror Man," "Fascination (Keep Feeling)," "Human," "Being Boiled," "The Lebanon") and subsituting earlier cuts like "The Sound of the Crowd" and "Open Your Heart" for middle-of-the-road 90s singles "Tell Me When," "Stay With Me Tonight," "Heart Like a Wheel," and "One Man in My Heart." Clearly, this collection is for fans who prefer Crash to Dare, and theyll likely be satisfied, since its fairly consistent. That said, Dare fans should note that this album features a genuine rarity in "Together in Electric Dreams," Philip Oakeys collaboration with Giorgio Moroder for the 1984 film Electric Dreams. It doesnt pop up all that often on either Human League releases or various-artists collections, which means this is all the more valuable for collectors, who may also enjoy the "Audio Liner Notes" which feature the group retelling their history. The Snap remix of "Dont You Want Me," however, will be of little interest to either camp.
the_very_best_of Album: 15 of 30
Title:  The Very Best Of
Released:  1998
Tracks:  14
Duration:  1:06:23

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1   Don’t You Want Me  (03:57)
2   Love Action (I Believe in Love)  (03:51)
3   Mirror Man  (03:50)
4   (Keep Feeling) Fascination  (03:44)
5   Tell Me When  (04:43)
6   Stay With Me Tonight  (04:00)
7   Human  (03:47)
8   Together in Electric Dreams  (03:53)
9   Heart Like a Wheel  (04:30)
10  One Man in My Heart  (04:03)
11  Being Boiled  (03:39)
12  The Lebanon  (03:44)
13  Dont You Want Me (Snap remix)  (08:57)
14  [Audio Liner Notes]  (09:40)
secrets Album: 16 of 30
Title:  Secrets
Released:  2001-10-30
Tracks:  31
Duration:  2:15:07

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1   All I Ever Wanted (Dave Bascombe mix)  (03:31)
2   Nervous  (02:04)
3   Love Me Madly? (Dave Bascombe mix)  (04:08)
4   Shameless  (03:55)
5   122.3 BPM  (01:39)
6   Never Give Your Heart  (03:48)
7   Ran  (00:49)
8   The Snake  (04:25)
9   Ringinglow  (03:23)
10  Liar  (03:21)
11  Lament  (01:12)
12  Reflections  (06:37)
13  Brute  (02:26)
14  Sin City  (04:23)
15  Release  (01:58)
16  You’ll Be Sorry  (04:01)
17  Tranquility  (03:28)
1   All I Ever Wanted (The Das Kompressor Vanity Case mix)  (05:57)
2   All I Ever Wanted (original version: Toy mix)  (03:51)
3   All I Ever Wanted (Oliver Lieb’s main Full vocal mix)  (07:39)
4   All I Ever Wanted (Oliver Lieb’s alternative mix)  (07:11)
5   All I Ever Wanted (The Vanity Case instrumental mix)  (05:58)
6   All I Ever Wanted (Alter Ego remix)  (06:51)
7   All I Ever Wanted (OP:L Bastards Mojo mix)  (04:41)
8   You’ll Be Sorry (Marc Anthony radio mix)  (03:29)
9   You’ll Be Sorry (Marc Anthony Black & Blue mix)  (05:49)
10  You’ll Be Sorry (Marc Anthony dub mix)  (05:45)
11  You’ll Be Sorry (karaoke mix)  (03:17)
12  Love Me Madly? (Voice of Buddha mix)  (06:14)
13  Love Me Madly? (Zenn Eternal Countdown mix)  (05:23)
14  Love Me Madly? (Cuzco mix)  (07:49)
Secrets : Allmusic album Review : The Human Leagues first album in more than six years isnt a complete success, but its a welcome return from Sheffields finest synth pop band. Only a handful of songs, among them "All I Ever Wanted," "Love Me Madly?," "Never Give Your Heart," "Liar," and "Reflections," stand up against the bands finest work from the past, but these songs are wholly endearing in their marriage of modern technology and the bands romantic sound. "Love Me Madly?" is particularly engaging, as it throttles along aggressively thanks to Phil Oakeys mad, repeated chant of the title and lyrics like "Im getting ready for a freak-out." Its simultaneously an urgent and exhilarating grasp at the past and a gaze into the future. Updated technology adds more dimension and bite to "Liar" as well. The songs crunchy bass and racing electronic sounds make for punchy fun. "Reflections" might be the standout track, its weird samples and loopy style recalling past glories like "Empire State Human." The albums Achilles heel is its seven instrumental tracks. Some of them are quite interesting, but they feel too much like meandering song fragments. Secrets is a minor work against the bands masterpiece, Dare, but its still a fine introduction into the 21st century for Oakey and company.
excerpts_from_the_golden_hour_of_the_future Album: 17 of 30
Title:  Excerpts From the Golden Hour of the Future
Released:  2002
Tracks:  6
Duration:  26:50

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1   Dance Like a Star (V.1)  (04:25)
2   C’est Grave  (03:06)
3   Titled U.N.  (03:41)
4   Dance Like a Star (V.2)  (03:15)
5   Treatment  (02:38)
6   Last Man on Earth (full version)  (09:45)
the_golden_hour_of_the_future Album: 18 of 30
Title:  The Golden Hour of the Future
Released:  2002-10
Tracks:  20
Duration:  1:16:53

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1   Dance Like a Star  (04:48)
2   Looking for the Black Haired Girls  (03:40)
3   4JG  (04:36)
4   Blank Clocks  (03:20)
5   Cairo  (03:08)
6   Dominion Advertisement  (00:25)
7   Dada Dada Duchamp Vortex  (05:49)
8   Daz  (03:40)
9   Future Religion  (03:44)
10  Disco Disaster  (05:06)
11  Interface  (02:59)
12  The Circus of Dr. Lao  (03:58)
13  Reach Out I’ll Be There (instrumental)  (03:55)
14  New Pink Floyd  (02:14)
15  Once Upon a Time in the West  (01:53)
16  Overkill Disaster Crash (V.1)  (02:02)
17  Year of the Jet Packs  (05:26)
18  Pulse Lovers  (04:02)
19  King of Kings  (01:56)
20  Last Man on Earth  (10:01)
The Golden Hour of the Future : Allmusic album Review : Long before the Human League made one of the most brilliant pop records of the 80s, and even before the group made a song about a record that was so big that it ate up every record shop in existence, there was the Future: an all-electronic experimental/pop group that would later become the Human League. This compilation of demos -- over one-third recorded as the Future, the remainder as the Human League -- predates the groups contract with Virgin. The majority of these demos have more in common with fellow Sheffield tape-and-electronics manglers Cabaret Voltaire than the groups the Human League would eventually rub shoulders with on the U.K. charts -- like, say, ABC (yet another Sheffield group). To get a rough idea of what they were about in these days, combine the eerie sounds made by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop with film soundtracks and Giorgio Moroders productions for Donna Summer. The opening "Dance Like a Star" is a crude disco song with a pounding rhythm, decaying keyboards, all manner of strange effects, and a halfhearted/half-bored vocal turn from Philip Oakey. "Looking for the Black Haired Girls" contains violent screams from a woman and gunfire over a primitive funeral march. "Dominion Advertisement" had to be inspired by Raymond Scott; over fluttery wobbles of electronics, Oakey endorses a drug that will perk you right up. Fans who dont appreciate the groups first two albums shouldnt even entertain the thought of picking this up. But if you have equal affinity for both "The Dignity of Labour" and "Empire State Human," this will make for a fascinating listen.
dare_love_and_dancing Album: 19 of 30
Title:  Dare / Love and Dancing
Released:  2002-10-21
Tracks:  18
Duration:  1:14:06

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1   The Things That Dreams Are Made Of  (04:15)
2   Open Your Heart  (03:56)
3   The Sound of the Crowd  (04:05)
4   Darkness  (03:59)
5   Do or Die  (05:25)
6   Get Carter  (01:02)
7   I Am the Law  (04:08)
8   Seconds  (02:26)
9   Love Action (I Believe in Love)  (05:00)
10  Don’t You Want Me  (03:57)
11  Hard Times  (05:42)
12  Love Action (I Believe in Love) (12" instrumental mix)  (05:12)
13  Don’t You Want Me  (07:11)
14  Things That Dreams Are Made Of  (05:09)
15  Do or Die  (04:36)
16  Seconds  (02:25)
17  Open Your Heart  (02:50)
18  The Sound of the Crowd  (02:42)
the_very_best_of_the_human_league Album: 20 of 30
Title:  The Very Best of The Human League
Released:  2003-09-15
Tracks:  28
Duration:  2:19:03

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1   Don’t You Want Me  (03:57)
2   Love Action (I Believe in Love)  (05:00)
3   Open Your Heart  (03:56)
4   The Sound of the Crowd  (04:05)
5   Mirror Man  (03:50)
6   (Keep Feeling) Fascination  (03:44)
7   The Lebanon  (03:44)
8   Life on Your Own  (04:06)
9   Together in Electric Dreams  (03:51)
10  Louise  (04:56)
11  Human  (03:47)
12  Heart Like a Wheel  (04:30)
13  Tell Me When  (04:43)
14  One Man in My Heart  (04:03)
15  All I Ever Wanted  (03:54)
16  Being Boiled (Fast version)  (03:50)
17  Empire State Human  (03:12)
1   Don’t You Want Me (Majik J Original Booty vocal mix)  (07:47)
2   Open Your Heart (Laid remix)  (06:48)
3   The Sound of the Crowd (Trisco’s PopClash mix)  (07:20)
4   Love Action (Brooks Red Line vocal mix)  (07:09)
5   (Keep Feeling) Fascination (Groove Collision TMC mix)  (06:48)
6   Empire State Human (Chambers Reproduced mix)  (05:31)
7   The Things That Dreams Are Made Of (Jimmy 19 the A509 PWC remix)  (05:04)
8   The Sound of the Crowd (Freaksblamredo)  (06:11)
9   Open Your Heart (The Strand remix)  (05:24)
10  The Sound of the Crowd (Riton Re-Rub)  (04:27)
11  Love Action (Fluke’s Dub Action remix)  (07:13)
The Very Best of The Human League : Allmusic album Review : Putting together an adequate compilation of the Human Leagues best moments has proved to be a thankless task. What to include? (How about all of Dare!?) Do you pay attention to the pre-coed version of the band? Do you pay any attention to anything that came after Crash? At any rate, The Very Best Of Virgin retrospective, originally released in the U.K. in 2003 with remastered sound (and a bonus disc of remixes that Americans wont miss), does a respectable job of paying mind to the groups best work through 2001s Secrets (the groups best album since Dare!). All of the expected major hits -- "Dont You Want Me," "Love Action," "(Keep Feeling) Fascination," "Human" -- are provided, as are crucial early moments ("Being Boiled," "Empire State Human") and later singles that history, for the most part, has tried to forget ("One Man in My Heart," "Heart Like a Wheel"). Once again, 1980s Travelogue goes completely ignored; while that album didnt impact the charts all that much -- even in the groups home country -- the atypically abrasive "The Black Hit of Space" or even the non-album single "Marianne" would have made a significant addition.
original_remixes_rarities Album: 21 of 30
Title:  Original Remixes & Rarities
Released:  2005-11-07
Tracks:  14
Duration:  1:15:06

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1   Being Boiled  (04:21)
2   The Sound of the Crowd (complete)  (06:28)
3   Hard Times  (04:54)
4   Non-Stop  (04:18)
5   Dont You Want Me (Special extended dance mix)  (07:29)
6   Mirror Man (extended version)  (04:22)
7   You Remind Me of Gold  (03:36)
8   (Keep Feeling) Fascination (Improvisation)  (06:12)
9   Total Panic  (03:29)
10  The Lebanon (12" extended)  (05:52)
11  Life on Your Own (extended)  (05:47)
12  Together in Electric Dreams (extended)  (06:22)
13  Human (extended version)  (05:04)
14  Heart Like a Wheel (extended mix)  (06:49)
Original Remixes & Rarities : Allmusic album Review : A grab bag of extended mixes and otherwise neglected moments from the Human Leagues catalog, focusing on Dare! through Romantic?, Original Remixes & Rarities is a useful accessory for fans but -- unsurprisingly -- its not the least bit essential for anyone else. Highlights include the extended versions of "Sound of the Crowd," "Dont You Want Me" (which is also instrumental), "Life on Your Own," and "The Lebanon," as well as a dub of "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" and the relatively irascible version of "Being Boiled" that appeared on Travelogue (the only inclusion that dates from the Leagues pre-coed lineup).
live_at_the_dome Album: 22 of 30
Title:  Live at the Dome
Released:  2006-10-09
Tracks:  13
Duration:  59:30

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1   Medley: Hard Times / Love Action  (08:21)
2   Mirror Man  (04:27)
3   Louise  (05:04)
4   The Snake  (04:22)
5   Darkness  (03:53)
6   All I Ever Wanted  (04:03)
7   Open Your Heart  (04:02)
8   The Lebanon  (04:16)
9   Human  (04:21)
10  Things That Dreams Are Made Of  (03:48)
11  (Keep Feeling) Fascination  (04:01)
12  Dont You Want Me  (03:59)
13  (Together in) Electric Dreams  (04:48)
Live at the Dome : Allmusic album Review : The consensus is that the Human League have continued to thrive as a live act throughout the years. Live at the Dome, unfortunately, doesnt back this up. Recorded at a late 2003 appearance at Brighton, Englands Dome, this set -- heavy on Dare!, along with stray favorites that span the groups existence -- is full of energy, and the group remains excited to play its material to its fans, but Philip Oakeys voice isnt near top form. Occasionally hoarse-sounding, he often strains as well, and Susan Anne Sullys and Joanne Catheralls responses tend to be a little nasal. The arrangements are rarely changed, though "The Lebanon" is actually improved with a different drum sound. Insatiable fanatics will see past the faults, but theres no doubting that the DVD version of the performance is far more preferable.
credo Album: 23 of 30
Title:  Credo
Released:  2011-03-21
Tracks:  11
Duration:  46:56

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1   Never Let Me Go  (04:55)
2   Night People  (05:30)
3   Sky  (04:54)
4   Into the Night  (03:43)
5   Egomaniac  (03:58)
6   Single Minded  (03:50)
7   Electric Shock  (04:49)
8   Get Together  (03:48)
9   Privilege  (03:36)
10  Breaking the Chains  (04:00)
11  When the Stars Start to Shine  (03:48)
Credo : Allmusic album Review : Thirty years may have passed since their landmark album Dare! helped to define the early-80s electro scene, but the Human Leagues signature sound remains just as relevant today thanks to synth pop starlets like La Roux, Ladyhawke, and in particular, Little Boots, who collaborated with lead vocalist Phil Oakey on her 2009 debut, Hands. For Credo, their their first studio album since 2001s Secrets, the Sheffield trio dont require much of a makeover in order to compete with their younger upstarts. Produced by lounge-pop revivalists I Monster (whose Dean Honer also worked with Oakey on the All Seeing Is Top 30 single "First Man in Space"), there are admittedly a few modern concessions, such as the heavy use of Auto-Tune on the robotic disco of opening track "Never Let Me Go," the nods to acid house on "Electric Shock," and the drumnbass leanings of the industrial closer "When the Stars Start to Shine." But otherwise its business as usual, with Catherall and Sulleys half-hearted detached tones combining with Oakeys trademark booming baritone on the likes of "Sky," a melancholic fusion of brooding basslines, kaleidoscopic bleeps, and lost love lyrics; the new wave call and response of "Breaking the Chains," and the stuttering synths and avant-garde theatrics of "Privilege," the latter of which Oakey admitted is a deliberate attempt to recapture the spirit of their 1979 debut, Reproduction. However, apart from "Night People," a pulsating slice of bubbling electro featuring a Dalek-inspired chorus and bizarre lyrics which rhymes "houses" with "mouses", Credo never really comes close to matching the infectious joy of "Dont You Want Me," "Love Action," or even their last major hit, "Tell Me When," its sparse arrangements and lack of memorable melodies, making it difficult to distinguish the majority of its 11 tracks from one another. With their influential sound currently back in vogue, Credo could have been the perfect opportunity to prove to their devotees that they havent lost their touch, but although there are a few flashes of their heydays magic, its a strangely low-key affair which is unlikely to inspire any future synth pop maestros.
essential Album: 24 of 30
Title:  Essential
Released:  2011-09-09
Tracks:  15
Duration:  58:57

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1   Don’t You Want Me  (03:57)
2   Love Action (I Believe in Love)  (03:51)
3   Open Your Heart  (03:56)
4   The Sound of the Crowd  (03:57)
5   Mirror Man  (03:50)
6   (Keep Feeling) Fascination  (03:44)
7   The Lebanon (7‘‘ version)  (03:43)
8   Life on Your Own  (04:06)
9   Together in Electric Dreams  (03:52)
10  Louise  (04:56)
11  Human  (03:47)
12  Heart Like a Wheel  (04:30)
13  Being Boiled  (04:21)
14  Empire State Human  (03:12)
15  Don’t You Know I Want You  (03:09)
Essential : Allmusic album Review : Essential is a no-frills anthology covering the Human Leagues first four albums: Reproduction, Travelogue, Dare!, Hysteria, and Crash, as well as the non-album single “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” and the Philip Oakey/Giorgio Moroder soundtrack collaboration “Together in Electric Dreams.” It could just as easily be titled Singles 1979-1986, thought it’s neither complete nor sequenced chronologically. Most casual fans won’t need to dig any deeper, as this features the biggest hits, including “Don’t You Want Me,” “The Lebanon,” and “Human.” That said, the group was as album-oriented as it was singles-oriented -- through Dare!, at least -- and this disc isn’t quite comprehensive.
greatest_hits_on_cd_dvd Album: 25 of 30
Title:  Greatest Hits on CD&DVD
Released:  2012
Tracks:  16
Duration:  1:12:55

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1   Love Action (I Believe in Love)  (03:51)
2   Mirror Man (extended version)  (04:22)
3   Open Your Heart  (03:56)
4   The Sound of the Crowd (complete)  (06:28)
5   Don’t You Know I Want You  (03:09)
6   Life on Your Own  (04:06)
7   Seconds  (04:59)
8   Hard Times  (04:54)
9   Do or Die  (05:25)
10  Heart Like a Wheel  (04:30)
11  The Lebanon  (03:44)
12  Get It Right This Time  (04:12)
13  Louise  (04:56)
14  Kiss the Future  (04:14)
15  Human (extended version)  (05:04)
16  Let’s Get Together Again  (05:00)
dare_fascination Album: 26 of 30
Title:  Dare / Fascination!
Released:  2012-06-04
Tracks:  25
Duration:  2:02:20

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1   The Things That Dreams Are Made Of  (04:15)
2   Open Your Heart  (03:56)
3   The Sound of the Crowd  (04:05)
4   Darkness  (03:59)
5   Do or Die  (05:25)
6   Get Carter  (01:02)
7   I Am the Law  (04:08)
8   Seconds  (04:59)
9   Love Action (I Believe in Love)  (05:00)
10  Don’t You Want Me  (03:57)
11  The Sound of the Crowd (complete)  (06:28)
12  Don’t You Want Me (extended dance mix)  (07:31)
13  The Sound of the Crowd (instrumental)  (04:10)
14  Open Your Heart (instrumental) / Non‐Stop (instrumental)  (08:41)
15  Don’t You Want Me (alternative version)  (03:59)
1   Hard Times (instrumental) / Love Action (I Believe in Love) (instrumental)  (11:07)
2   Mirror Man  (03:50)
3   You Remind Me of Gold  (03:36)
4   (Keep Feeling) Fascination (extended version)  (04:58)
5   I Love You Too Much  (03:18)
6   Mirror Man (extended version)  (04:22)
7   You Remind Me of Gold (instrumental)  (03:54)
8   (Keep Feeling) Fascination (Improvisation)  (06:12)
9   I Love You Too Much (dub version)  (05:53)
10  Total Panic  (03:29)
all_the_best Album: 27 of 30
Title:  All the Best
Released:  2012-11
Tracks:  40
Duration:  2:35:11

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1   Don’t You Want Me  (03:57)
2   Love Action (I Believe in Love)  (03:51)
3   Mirror Man  (03:50)
4   I’m Coming Back  (04:11)
5   Life Kills  (03:07)
6   Louise  (04:56)
7   Kiss the Future  (04:14)
8   The Things That Dreams Are Made Of  (04:15)
9   Darkness  (03:59)
10  Open Your Heart  (03:56)
11  Money  (03:54)
12  The Sign  (03:49)
13  (Keep Feeling) Fascination  (03:44)
14  Marianne  (03:18)
15  The Sound of the Crowd  (03:57)
16  Human  (03:47)
17  Rock Me Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again (Six Times)  (03:35)
18  The Touchables  (03:21)
19  You Remind Me of Gold  (03:36)
20  The Real Thing  (04:17)
1   The Lebanon  (03:44)
2   Get It Right This Time  (04:12)
3   I Love You Too Much  (03:27)
4   Life on Your Own  (04:06)
5   Being Boiled  (03:52)
6   I Don’t Depend on You  (04:34)
7   Seconds  (02:25)
8   Empire State Human  (03:10)
9   Don’t You Know I Want You  (03:09)
10  Together in Electric Dreams  (03:51)
11  Love Is All That Matters  (04:06)
12  So Hurt  (03:54)
13  Soundtrack to a Generation (edit)  (04:01)
14  Heart Like a Wheel  (04:30)
15  Human  (03:47)
16  I Am the Law  (04:08)
17  Love on the Run  (03:53)
18  Do or Die  (05:25)
19  Blind Youth  (03:18)
20  Only After Dark  (03:47)
All the Best : Allmusic album Review : All the Best covers the first six Human League albums, from Reproduction (1979) through Romantic? (1990). It contains almost all of the groups singles from these years, as well as a healthy supply of significant album cuts. Few groups who lasted from the post-punk era through the early 90s made such radical transformations; the Human Leagues sci-fi post-punk ("Being Boiled," "Empire State Human"), gleaming new wave ("Dont You Want Me," "[Keep Feeling] Fascination"), mainstream ballads ("Human"), and MOR pop ("Heart Like a Wheel") phases are thoroughly covered here. Fanatics can pinpoint some unfortunate omissions -- such as "The Black Hit of Space" and their single under the alias the Men, "I Dont Depend on You" -- but this 40-track anthology provides more than a casual fan needs.
gold Album: 28 of 30
Title:  Gold
Released:  2014-01-17
Tracks:  40
Duration:  2:35:06

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1   Don’t You Want Me  (03:57)
2   Love Action (I Believe in Love)  (03:51)
3   Mirror Man  (03:50)
4   I’m Coming Back  (04:11)
5   Life Kills  (03:07)
6   Louise  (04:56)
7   Kiss the Future  (04:14)
8   The Things That Dreams Are Made Of  (04:15)
9   Darkness  (03:59)
10  Open Your Heart  (03:56)
11  Money  (03:54)
12  The Sign  (03:49)
13  (Keep Feeling) Fascination  (03:44)
14  Marianne  (03:18)
15  The Sound of the Crowd  (03:57)
16  Human  (03:47)
17  Rock Me Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again (Six Times)  (03:35)
18  The Touchables  (03:21)
19  You Remind Me of Gold  (03:36)
20  The Real Thing  (04:17)
1   The Lebanon  (03:44)
2   Get It Right This Time  (04:12)
3   I Love You Too Much  (03:27)
4   Life on Your Own  (04:06)
5   Being Boiled  (03:52)
6   I Don’t Depend on You  (04:34)
7   Seconds  (02:25)
8   Empire State Human  (03:10)
9   Don’t You Know I Want You  (03:09)
10  Together in Electric Dreams  (03:51)
11  Love Is All That Matters  (04:06)
12  So Hurt  (03:54)
13  Soundtrack to a Generation (edit)  (04:01)
14  Heart Like a Wheel  (04:30)
15  I Need Your Loving  (03:42)
16  I Am the Law  (04:08)
17  Love on the Run  (03:53)
18  Do or Die  (05:25)
19  Blind Youth  (03:18)
20  Only After Dark  (03:47)
dont_you_want_me_the_collection Album: 29 of 30
Title:  Don’t You Want Me: The Collection
Released:  2014-07-28
Tracks:  19
Duration:  1:16:18

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1   Love Action (I Believe in Love)  (05:00)
2   Mirror Man  (03:50)
3   Don’t You Want Me  (03:57)
4   Human  (03:47)
5   (Keep Feeling) Fascination  (03:44)
6   The Lebanon  (03:44)
7   Heart Like a Wheel  (04:30)
8   Hard Times  (04:54)
9   I Don’t Depend on You  (04:34)
10  Boys and Girls  (03:12)
11  Being Boiled (Fast version)  (03:50)
12  Blind Youth  (03:18)
13  Rock ’n’ Roll / Nightclubbing  (06:20)
14  Marianne  (03:14)
15  I Love You Too Much  (03:27)
16  Only After Dark  (03:47)
17  You Remind Me of Gold  (03:36)
18  The Path of Least Resistance  (03:27)
19  Soundtrack to a Generation (edit)  (04:01)
Don’t You Want Me: The Collection : Allmusic album Review : A very generous 2014 U.K. collection that runs 19 full tracks and contains all of the Human Leagues singles of note. This includes not only the expected hits -- "Mirror Man," "Dont You Want Me," "Human," "(Keep Feeling Fascination)" -- but earlier 45s like "The Lebanon" and "Being Boiled," which dont often show up in collections like this, plus a smattering of latter-day singles as well. All in all, this makes for a strong overview of Human Leagues career, even if it hopscotches through their past at will.
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Title:  A Very British Synthesizer Group
Released:  2016-11-18
Tracks:  47
Duration:  3:09:47

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1   Being Boiled (Fast version)  (03:50)
2   The Dignity of Labour, Part 3  (03:51)
3   Empire State Human  (03:10)
4   Only After Dark (single edit)  (03:45)
5   Nightclubbing  (03:00)
6   Boys and Girls  (03:12)
7   The Sound of the Crowd (instrumental)  (04:10)
8   Hard Times  (05:01)
9   Love Action (I Believe in Love)  (03:51)
10  Open Your Heart  (03:56)
11  Don’t You Want Me  (03:57)
12  Mirror Man  (03:50)
13  You Remind Me of Gold  (03:36)
14  (Keep Feeling) Fascination (extended version)  (04:58)
15  The Lebanon (7‘‘ version)  (03:43)
16  Louise (DJ edit)  (04:10)
1   Life on Your Own  (04:08)
2   Human (extended version)  (05:04)
3   I Need Your Loving (DJ edit)  (02:51)
4   Love Is All That Matters (edit)  (02:59)
5   Heart Like a Wheel (William Orbit remix)  (04:51)
6   Soundtrack to a Generation (edit)  (04:01)
7   Tell Me When (radio edit)  (04:09)
8   One Man in My Heart  (04:03)
9   Filling Up With Heaven  (04:20)
10  Stay With Me Tonight  (04:00)
11  All I Ever Wanted (radio edit)  (03:31)
12  Night People (radio edit)  (03:03)
13  Never Let Me Go  (04:55)
14  Sky (radio edit)  (03:10)
1   The Path of Least Resistance (early version)  (03:20)
2   No Time (The Word Before Last – early version )  (03:51)
3   Being Boiled (State of the Art mix)  (04:11)
4   Stylopops You Broke My Heart (Marianne – early version)  (03:43)
5   I Am the Law (early version)  (04:14)
6   Darkness (early version)  (04:17)
7   Louise (early version)  (04:56)
8   The Real Thing (early version)  (03:59)
9   Love on the Run (early version)  (03:51)
10  A Doorway (early version)  (04:25)
11  F.M. (Sountrack to a Generation – early version)  (04:22)
12  Happening Woman (Filling Up with Heaven – early version)  (03:22)
13  Give It Back (Houseful of Nothing – early version)  (04:37)
14  New Start (All I Ever Wanted – early version)  (04:04)
15  SH5 (Liar – early version)  (05:42)
16  Biller 10 (Single Minded – early version)  (03:49)
17  Jupiter 4c (Sky – early version)  (05:56)

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