Greatest Hits (The Human League album)

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 lead singer Philip Oakey's collaboration with Giorgio Moroder, "Together in Electric Dreams". The album reached No. 3 in the UK.

The Human League Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
The Human League
Released31 October 1988 (1st release)
6 November 1995 (2nd release)
Recorded1978–1995
Genre
LabelVirgin
ProducerVarious
The Human League chronology
Crash
(1986)		 The Human League Greatest Hits
(1988)		 Romantic?
(1990)
The Human League chronology
Octopus
(1995)		 Greatest Hits
(1995)		 Secrets
(2001)
Greatest Hits 1995 cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic (1988)[1]
AllMusic (1996)[2]
Robert ChristgauB+[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Select2/5[5]

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.
  • 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 Hysteria
  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

Charts and certifications

Video release
Main article: The Human League Greatest Hits (video)

To accompany both the original and repackaged versions of the album Virgin also released a VHS video tape compilation featuring the music videos of the tracks on each album.

References
  1. Greatest Hits at AllMusic
  2. Greatest Hits at AllMusic
  3. "CG: Human League". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  4. Considine, J. D. (2004). "The Human League". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 397–98. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. Harrison, Ian (January 1996). "New old albums". Select (67): 98.
  6. "Charts.nz – The Human League – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  7. "The Human League | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  8. "British album certifications – Human League – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 9 July 2020. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Greatest Hits in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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