With almost 40 year of activity under their belt, this new collection seems well balanced with the first disc two discs containing largely original single versions of all their 45s, from 1978. Synth pops first international superstars, the human league were among the earliest and most innovative bands to break into the pop mainstream on a wave of synthesizers and electronic rhythms, their marriage of infectious melodies and stateoftheart technology proving enormously influential on countless acts following in their wake. Travelogue was released in 1980, and is the last record to feature the full original lineup before the heaven 17 schism. The human league s second album, travelogue, was their first to be released in the u. The human league travelogue virgin vip6956 japan lp obi. It managed to peak at the sixteenth line of the great britain chart and became the human league s first serious success. The band had yet to achieve any degree of commercial success. Description provided by wikipedia under creative commons attribution ccbysa 4.
Travelogue, an album by the human league on spotify. The only consistent band member is vocalist and songwriter phil oakey. Travelogue human league to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. It was also to be their last lp together in the same lineup that produced their seminal debut reproduction as martyn ware and ian craig marsh went on to form heaven 17, leaving phil oakey and philip wright to pursue pure pops with their next. When virgin signed the human league in april of 1979, they signed them with a sense of apprehension. Buy mp3 music online human league travelogue remastered 2003 human league travelogue remastered 2003.
A very british synthesizer group deluxe edition cd1 human league. The bands best known configuration was their 19801985 lineup of phillip oakey vocals, joanne catherall vocals, susanne. Considering the human league s first lineup history, here the group sound fragmented, everyone pulling in different direction, packing it in, and in that the album sadly suffered as a result. Love this era of human league sounds, reproduction was my favourite album with the first 3 songs then slowly it went down hill, likewise with travelogue, black hit of space is such a great start to a album, life kills what a song, just pure genius, this album is worth the dosh i. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. The human league travelogue full album album playlists. As the new band then began to make a commercial impact the following year, travelogue reentered the chart in august 1981 for a further 33 weeks, eventually being certified gold by the bpi in may 1982.
That also means that travelogue is the last chance to hear the slightly more industriallyedged version of the league s sound predare. Download the human league mp3 songs and albums music. The arms of someone new promise 1989 survivor eye of the tiger 1982 soundtrack mortal kombat 1995. Originally a minimal postpunk synthesiserbased group from sheffield, uk, they became one of the most successful new wave acts of the 80s. Travelogue is the human league s second studio album, released on may, 1980. The group agreed to release a single using more traditional i.
Not that you would have noticed at the time, given the limited distribution. Thus, the band had a loud start of their career and found faithful fans, who truly enjoyed the original. Their departure led to remaining members phil oakey and adrian wright moving the human league in a new musical direction with a new lineup. The album contained four hit singles, including the ukus number one hit dont you want me. A very british synthesizer group deluxe edition cd2 human league. Credit allows you to download with unlimited speed.
The human league 10 of the best music the guardian. For travelogue, the band worked with a new producer, richard mainwaring, who went on to produce omds platinum. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Synthpop, minimal synth, new wave, sophistipop, electropop, pop. Here you can buy and download music mp3 human league. Listen free to the human league travelogue the black hit of space, only after dark and more. Find the human league discography, albums and singles on allmusic. The human league are an english synthpop band formed in 1977. Travelogue by the human league on amazon music unlimited. They questioned the chart viability of a pop group that relied on synthesizers, and they wanted the sheffield group to rely less on them. Colleen murphy makes a convincing case for the human league album that cements the steel city sound of kitchen sink scifi priya elan thu 7 may 2015 12. The band at this point had yet to achieve any degree of commercial success.
Listen to your favorite songs from travelogue by the human league now. The anthology is a new fourdisc super deluxe overview of sheffields electronic pioneers the human league. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. The human league are an english electropopsynthpop band formed in sheffield in 1977. The second album from the human league, the sheffield synthpop heroes. We believe the item to be in stock, but that might not necessarily be the case. The human league started in 1977 and they had their greatest success during the 1980s. Recordings by the future and the human league archival 2002 the human league. The human league simple english wikipedia, the free. An awkward transitional phase, travelogue remains a mere curious but crucial footnote in the bands history. The other 2 members, joanne catherall and susan ann sulley, joined the human league in 1980. Dreams of leaving 2003 digital remaster by human league.
Download human league travelogue 2003 retail cd covers. The human league released in 1982 a remix album, love and dancing, under the band name the league unlimited orchestra as a nod to barry whites discoera love unlimited orchestra. Travelogue is the second fulllength studio album released in 1980 by british synthpop band the human league. However they decided not to give a way to despair and they issued the second studio attempt titled travelogue in 1980. The human league s classic 2nd album travelogue was first issued in 1980 and has been unavailable on official wax anywhere since the late 80s. The future 1977, the men 1979, the league unlimited orchestra 1982, the league.
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