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If your knowledge of the Human League begins and ends with smoothly commercial hits like "Don't You Want Me" and "Human," get ready for a shock. In the late '70s, the Human League were a much different proposition, an arty synth combo more in line with early Cabaret Voltaire, The Normal or even Throbbing Gristle. Furthermore, singers Susanne Sulley and Joanne Catherall weren't in the band yet, and most of the music was written by Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh, who later left the group to form British Electric Foundation and Heaven 17.
The band's second album, 1980's TRAVELOGUE, opens with a less primitive re-recording of their 1978 debut single, "Being Boiled," and continues in that frequently gloomy vein through oddities like "Black Hit of Space," "Gordon's Gin" and "Toyota City." The results are occasionally ponderous, but surprisingly, this album sounds less dated than many of the Human League's later hits.
With their second album, Travelogue from 1980, The Human League began to incorporate more traditional rock elements to their signature synth-led sound and in doing so featured songs with more pop and dance music leanings creating a sound that would become the template for the current electronic music movement. This album has been remastered and expanded to include 8 non-LP singles tracks released during this period including, 'Marianne', 'Dancevision', 'Rock 'N' Roll/Night Clubbing' (Gary Glitter/Iggy Pop), 'Tom Baker', 'Boys & Girls', 'I Don't Depend On You' and 'Cruel'. Virgin. 2003.
Originally released in 1980.
Human League: Ian Craig Marsh, Martyn Ware, Philip Oakey.
Producers: Richard Manwaring; Human League.Mojo (Publisher) (3/03, p.121) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...This is super-odd sci-fi pop....[With] more than a few moments of remarkable prescience..." Human League Travelogue Songs Travelogue Music Review Average Rating: (3.5 out of 5 stars)   Travelling
Sometimes this has been described as the first ever purely electronic album written, and it's easy to see why. The alien sounds are so different to the 'normal' 70s music, as every noise made on this album is from electricity. The songs are astonishingly well written too, starting with 'A Black Hit Of Space' describing a record taking over the world. 'A Crow And A Baby' tells an idiotic story that manages to be chilling, as the 'A crow and a baby/had and affair/the result was a landslide/the result was a dare...' We're introduced to early Human League instrumentals with 'Toyota City' and chillingly facinating lyrics in 'Marianne.' At the time this was written, the band members were Philip Oakey (Lead Singer) Martyn Ware (Synthesisers) and Ian Craig Marsh (Also Synthesisers.)
Submitted by rosemarydann (Uckfield, UK)
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 4 stars, if you like the style
I loved this album when it came out. I dressed the part and played a cassette of this loud in my car. I've moved on from those days, but if you like those 80s electro-dance sounds then this CD is worth buying. For my money, it is clearly better than the later Human League stuff with the girls in the band. Worth a listen.
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