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Romantic? is the sixth studio album by English synth-pop band the Human League. It was issued by Virgin Records in 1990 and was the band's first album of new material in four years. Also producing several tracks is Mark Brydon , who would be one half of musical duo Moloko several years later.
"Heart Like a Wheel" is a song by English synth-pop band The Human League. It was the first single to be taken from the Romantic? album (1990), and was written by former band member Jo Callis with Eugene Reynolds (of the Rezillos) and features vocals by Philip Oakey, Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley; with synthesizer by Neil Sutton.
It contains cover versions of 16 of the Human League's songs, including performances by Ladytron, Lali Puna, Momus, Future Bible Heroes, Stephin Merritt and The Aluminum Group. [49] Nightshift identified the Human League, and fellow late 1970s debutants Gary Numan and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), as "the holy trinity of synth-pop". [50]
The Human League had previously supported Iggy Pop live. Oakey borrows from another of his influences and the title "Love Action (I Believe in Love)" is named after the Lou Reed song "I Believe in Love" from his album Rock and Roll Heart (1976). The song contains another cryptic reference to Lou Reed in the lyric, "I believe what the old man said".
The Human League Video Single: VHS, Beta: Contains videos for "Mirror Man", "Love Action" and "Don't You Want Me". 1988 Human League Greatest Hits: VHS, LD: Tie-in with 1988 Greatest Hits, containing videos for all tracks on that album except "Being Boiled" and "Love Is All That Matters", plus "Circus of Death". 1995 The Human League Greatest ...
The lyrics make much of human mistakes and the need for human forgiveness in a thoroughly romantic context." [8] Erstwhile Human League producer Martin Rushent – who helmed the platinum-selling Dare (1981) and Love and Dancing (1982) albums – disapproved of the track, lamenting that it "just wasn't what [he] imagined the future for the ...
It was to be the worst performance of a Human League single for ten years. After losing money on the single's promotion and its music video, it would be the point that Virgin ran out of patience with the Human League. There would be no further releases from Romantic? and within a year the band would be dropped by the label. [2]
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