The Human League

[DLaurent]

I've never listened to much by this group but occasionally hear something I like. I like the darker stuff like below, where's best to start?

 

[john eden]

The Reproduction and Travelogue albums are the pre-pop ones essentially. Before the Heaven 17 guys left and Joanne and Susanne joined.

 

[subvert47]

where's best to start?

With this...

 

[john eden]

Oh yeah, that too.

 

[catalog]

Used to love being Boiled and never thought much else about that EP but then polystyle posted Marianne and I love that too

 

[DLaurent]

Ah yeah. Marianne is one of the tracks I've heard before thanks to someone posting it in a top 100 or similar. Great track. Lots of listening to do, thanks.

 

[catalog]

Here it is, maybe get that album

Post in thread 'The Mighty 100 of Polystyle Desu!!' https://www.dissensus.com/index.php?threads/16270/post-556325

I did a mix of some of polystyles top 100, including that one

Poly's two and three

www.mfetzcalatto.com

 

[martin]

I had a mad crush on the brunette after I saw her doing Sound of the Crowd on TOTP. Think I preferred them as glossy pop stars to when they were mithering on about Buddha and doing Tomorrow's World-style slide shows. "Seconds" is a great tune. Also that 12" they did as The Men.

But maybe "Path of Least Resistance" off Reproduction was as dark/coldwave-y as they got?

 

[version]

Used to love being Boiled and never thought much else about that EP but then polystyle posted Marianne and I love that too

The TLC mash-up's good too.

 

[Leo]

The darker stuff is great but they also evolved into a pretty great pop band, Dare is a solid pop album. Productions by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, etc.

 

[william_kent]

The League Unlimited Orchestra _ Love and Dancing ( 1982 )

Hard Times
Love Action (I Believe In Love)
Yon't You Want Me
Things That Dreams Are Made Of
Do Or Die
Seconds
Open Your Heart
hTe Sound Of The Crowd


everything has eluded me at this point, and what I meant to post has been lost because of stupid edits ( and incompetence on my part )

but what I meant to say was;

ROOTS OF TECHNO = the DARE remix album

no way Kevin Saunderson never heard this


I had cherrypicked certain tracks, but rum and fat fingers interfered BUT just listen to the whole album and then tell me that the Detroit guys hadn't heard this....


1982 - so far ahead of their time.....