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The Human League are an English synth-pop [1] band formed in Sheffield in 1977. Initially an experimental electronic outfit, the group signed to Virgin Records in 1979 and later attained widespread commercial success with their third album Dare in 1981 after restructuring their lineup.
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 Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (album) Cover (Tom Verlaine album) Cover Up (UB40 album) The Crack; Cracker (album) Crash (The Human League album) Crashes (album) A Creature I Don't Know; Creeping Up on Jesus; Criminal Tango; Crises (album) The Cross of Changes; Cruel Inventions; Crush (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark album ...
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It was chosen by Virgin Records executive Simon Draper to be Dare's taster single, deliberately issued just three weeks in advance of the album. It quickly reached number six on the UK singles chart and raised the band's profile to the highest it had been to that point, and acted as a powerful promotional vehicle for the album. The cover ...
In 1985, recording for the Human League's fifth album was not going well. The band did not like the results, which caused internal conflict. Virgin Records executives, worried by the lack of progress from their at-the-time most profitable signing, suggested the band accept an offer to work with producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who had material to work with and had expressed an interest in ...
The album was a massive commercial success, reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart in its second week of release. The album's release was expected to be the climax of an enormously successful year for the band, but Virgin Records' Simon Draper decided he wanted an additional single from the album before the end of the year. [13]
The album's initial release in October 1979 was a commercial failure, but it was re-issued and entered the charts almost two years later in August 1981, earning a Silver disc by the end of the year and peaking at #34 in early 1982. [citation needed] The album spent a total of 23 weeks in the album chart and was certified Gold by the BPI in 1988.