Human League - Greatest Hits Turkish Import Cassette LP

Greatest Hits by Human League.

Turkey Import cassette LP.

Excellent Condition.

1992

The Human League is a pioneering British synthpop band best known for blending electronic music with pop sensibilities, helping to define the sound and style of the 1980s. With their sharp visuals, catchy melodies, and dystopian lyrics, they became icons of the New Wave and synthpop movements.

🎹 Quick Facts:

• Formed: 1977 – Sheffield, England

• Genres: Synthpop, new wave, electronic, post-punk

• Core Member:

  • Philip Oakey – lead vocals, creative leader

• Other key members (classic era):

  • Susan Ann Sulley – vocals

  • Joanne Catherall – vocals

  • Martyn Ware & Ian Craig Marsh – original founders (left in 1980 to form Heaven 17)

🔊 Musical Style:

• Early work: dark, experimental, Kraftwerk-inspired electronic music

• Later sound: danceable synthpop, polished production, layered vocals

• Often juxtaposed emotionless delivery with emotional or futuristic themes

📀 Essential Albums:

1. Reproduction (1979)

• Stark, avant-garde synth music

• Includes: “Empire State Human”

2. Travelogue (1980)

• Still experimental but more melodic

• Includes: “The Black Hit of Space”

🔄 After this album, Ware and Marsh left to form Heaven 17; Oakey rebuilt the band with new members.

3. Dare (1981) ⭐

• Their breakthrough and synthpop classic

• Includes:

  • “Don’t You Want Me” – global #1 hit

  • “Love Action (I Believe in Love)”

  • “Open Your Heart”

  • “The Sound of the Crowd”

4. Hysteria (1984)

• Follow-up to Dare, more mixed reviews but some hits

• Includes: “The Lebanon”

5. Crash (1986)

• Produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis (of Janet Jackson fame)

• Includes: “Human” – U.S. #1 hit

🎶 Signature Songs:

• “Don’t You Want Me” – icy duet turned timeless synthpop anthem

• “Human” – emotional, soulful ballad with an electronic sheen

• “Love Action” – minimalist but catchy

• “Mirror Man” – Motown-meets-synthpop

• “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” – bright, bouncy synth anthem

• “Together in Electric Dreams” – (by Oakey & Giorgio Moroder; often linked to the band)

💡 Image & Impact:

• Visually iconic: futuristic fashion, bold haircuts, androgyny

• Among the first to blend pop music with synthesizers on a mass scale

• Influenced bands like Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, CHVRCHES, La Roux, and modern synthwave acts

• Pioneered the male-female vocal contrast in synthpop

🏆 Legacy:

• “Don’t You Want Me” is regularly cited as one of the greatest pop songs of the 1980s

• Part of the Second British Invasion in the U.S. during the early MTV era

• Continued performing into the 2020s with a strong live reputation

• Known for blending mainstream appeal with a still-evolving electronic edge

🧠 Fun Facts:

• Susan and Joanne were schoolgirls recruited by Oakey just before a tour

• Their look and sound helped define the MTV generation

• Philip Oakey once toured with Giorgio Moroder, creating the cult hit “Together in Electric Dreams”

• The band still tours today, particularly beloved on 80s revival circuits

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