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Recorded
  
1978-1995

Greatest Hits (1988)
  
Romantic? (1990)

Artist
  
The Human League

Label
  
A&M Records

Producer
  
Various

Greatest Hits (1995)
  
Secrets (2001)

Release date
  
7 November 1988

Genres
  
Synth-pop, New wave

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Released
  
31 October 1988 (1st release) 6 November 1995 (2nd release)

Similar
  
The Human League albums, New wave albums

Human League Greatest Hits is a compilation album released by British synthpop band The Human League. It was released by Virgin Records on 31 October 1988 and contained 13 singles released by the band, spanning from their debut single (1978's "Being Boiled") to their most recent album at the time (Crash, 1986) plus Philip Oakey's collaboration with Giorgio Moroder "Together In Electric Dreams". The album reached no.3 in the UK.

Contents

On 6 November 1995, to cash in on the band's renewed success at that time, Virgin repackaged the hits collection with a new cover and added newer tracks: "Tell Me When" (from the Octopus album) and a new remix of the band's biggest hit "Don't You Want Me" by German-American electronic music group Snap!. In addition to this, a brand new track, "Stay with Me Tonight", was included which the band had recorded under their new recording contract with EastWest Records. This would later be released as a single.

Track listing 1988 album

(Virgin HLCD1 - 2593555-222)

  1. "Mirror Man" (Burden, Callis, Oakey) – 3:49 from Fascination!
  2. "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" (Callis, Oakey) – 3:43 from Fascination!
  3. "The Sound of the Crowd" (Burden, Oakey) – 3:56 from Dare
  4. "The Lebanon" (Callis, Oakey) – 3:43 from Hysteria
  5. "Human" (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) – 3:46 from Crash
  6. "Together In Electric Dreams" (Moroder, Oakey) – 3:53 from Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder and Electric Dreams
  7. "Don't You Want Me" (Callis, Oakey, Wright) – 3:57 from Dare
  8. "Being Boiled" (Marsh, Oakey, Ware) – 3:38 Non-album single
  9. "Love Action (I Believe in Love)" (Burden, Oakey) – 3:50 from Dare
  10. "Louise" (Callis, Oakey, Wright) – 4:55 from Hysteria
  11. "Open Your Heart" (Callis, Oakey) – 3:55 from Dare
  12. "Love Is All That Matters" (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) – 4:06 from Crash
  13. "Life on Your Own" (Callis, Oakey, Wright) – 4:05 from Hysteria
  • Note: Track 8 is the original version of Being Boiled and was released on the Fast Product Label and is a Non-Album Track.
  • Note: The Chilean cassette release (EMI Odeón Chilena - Virgin 105575), and the North American CD release (A & M Records - 7502152272) dropped the track "Together in Electric Dreams".

    • Track listing 1995 album

    (Virgin CDV 2792 - 724384094621)

    1. "Don't You Want Me" (Callis, Oakey, Wright) (1981) – 3:59 from Dare
    2. "Love Action (I Believe in Love)" (Burden, Oakey) (1981) – 3:52 from Dare
    3. "Mirror Man" (Burden, Callis, Oakey) (1982) – 3:52 from Fascination!
    4. "Tell Me When" (Beckett, Oakey) (1994) - 4:43 from Octopus
    5. "Stay with Me Tonight" (Oakey, Stanley) (1995) - 4:01 Previously unreleased
    6. "Open Your Heart" (Callis, Oakey) (1981) – 3:56 from Dare
    7. "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" (Callis, Oakey) (1983) – 3:45 from Fascination!
    8. "The Sound of the Crowd" (Burden, Oakey) (1981) – 3:57 from Dare
    9. "Being Boiled" (Marsh, Oakey, Ware) (1978) – 3:39 Non-album single
    10. "The Lebanon" (Callis, Oakey) (1984) – 3:43 from Hystria
    11. "Love Is All That Matters" (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) (1987) – 4:06 from Crash
    12. "Louise" (Callis, Oakey, Wright) (1984) – 4:57 from Hysteria
    13. "Life on Your Own" (Callis, Oakey, Wright) (1984) – 4:05 from Hysteria
    14. "Together In Electric Dreams" (Moroder, Oakey) (1984) – 3:53 from Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder and Electric Dreams
    15. "Human" (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) (1986) – 3:49 from Crash
    16. "Don't You Want Me" (Snap 7" Remix) (1995) - 3:58 Previously unreleased

    Video release

    To accompany each album Virgin also released a VHS video tape compilation of the music videos of the tracks on each album.

    Songs

    1Mirror Man3:50
    2(Keep Feeling) Fascination3:45
    3The Sound of the Crowd3:58

    References

    Greatest Hits (The Human League album) Wikipedia
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