The Human League - Studio Discography [Original]

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The Human League are an English electronic music band formed in Sheffield, England in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.

The only constant band member since 1977 is vocalist and songwriter Philip Oakey. Originally an avant-garde all-male synthesizer-based group, they evolved into a commercially successful synthpop outfit under Oakey's leadership. Since 1987, the band has essentially been a trio of Oakey and long-serving female vocalists Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley (who joined the band in 1980), with various sidemen. The Human League has influenced many electro-pop, other synthpop, and mainstream acts including Madonna, Moby, Pet Shop Boys and Little Boots. They have been sampled and covered by various artists including Utah Saints, Ministry of Sound, Craig David, George Michael, KMFDM, and Robbie Williams.



Reproduction is the debut album released by British synthpop band The Human League. The album was released in October 1979 through Virgin Records Ltd.

Track listing

"Almost Medieval"
"Circus of Death"
"The Path of Least Resistance"
"Blind Youth"
"The Word Before Last"
"Empire State Human"
"Morale...You've Lost That Loving Feeling"
"Austerity/Girl One (Medley)"
"Zero As A Limit"
Introducing
The Dignity of Labour, Part 1
The Dignity of Labour, Part 2
The Dignity of Labour, Part 3
The Dignity of Labour, Part 4
Flexidisc
Being Boiled (Fast Version)
The Circus of Death (Fast Version)



Travelogue is the second full-length studio album released by the British synthpop band The Human League.
Released in May 1980, the band had yet to achieve any degree of commercial success. For Travelogue, the band worked with a new producer, Richard Mainwaring, who went on to produce OMD's platinum selling Architecture & Morality the following year. Travelogue entered the UK album chart at #16, which was also its chart peak, and remained on the chart for 9 weeks in 1980.

Track listing

"The Black Hit of Space" (Ware, Marsh, Oakey, Wright) – 4:11
"Only After Dark" (Richardson, Mick Ronson) – 3:51
"Life Kills" (Ware, Marsh, Oakey, Wright) – 3:08
"Dreams of Leaving" (Ware, Marsh, Oakey, Wright) – 5:52
"Toyota City" (Ware, Marsh, Oakey, Wright) – 3:21
"Crow and a Baby" (Ware, Marsh, Oakey, Wright) – 3:43
"The Touchables" (Ware, Marsh, Oakey, Wright) – 3:21
"Gordon's Gin" (Wayne) – 2:59
"Being Boiled" (Marsh, Oakey, Ware) – 4:22
"WXJL Tonight" (Ware, Marsh, Oakey, Wright) – 4:46
"Marianne" (Marsh, Oakey, Ware) – 3:17
"Dancevision" (Marsh, Ware) – 2:22
"Rock 'n' Roll/Night Clubbing" (Gary Glitter, Mike Leander/David Bowie, James Osterberg) – 6:23
"Tom Baker" (Oakey, Wright) – 4:01
"Boys and Girls" (Oakey, Wright) – 3:14
"I Don't Depend on You" (Marsh, Oakey, Ware) – 4:36
"Cruel" (Marsh, Oakey, Ware) – 4:45



Dare (or Dare! in the U.S.) is the third studio album from British synthpop band The Human League.
The album was recorded between March and September 1981 and first released in the UK on 20 October 1981, then subsequently in the U.S. in mid-1982.

Track listing

The track list on the original album: [2]
"The Things That Dreams Are Made Of" (Oakey, Wright) – 4:14
"Open Your Heart" (Callis, Oakey) – 3: 53
"The Sound of the Crowd" (Burden, Oakey) – 3:56
"Darkness" (Callis, Wright) – 3:56
"Do or Die" (Burden, Oakey) – 5:25
"Get Carter" (Budd) – 1:02
"I Am the Law" (Oakey, Wright)
"Seconds” (Callis, Oakey, Wright)
"Love Action (I Believe in Love)” (Burden, Oakey) – 4:58
"Don't You Want Me” (Callis, Oakey, Wright) – 3:56



Love and Dancing is a remix album released by the British synthpop band The Human League in 1982. It was released under the name "The League Unlimited Orchestra" as a nod to Barry White's disco-era Love Unlimited Orchestra.

Track listing

"Hard Times" (Callis, Oakey, Wright)
"Love Action (I Believe in Love)" (Burden, Oakey)
"Don't You Want Me" (Callis, Oakey, Wright)
"Things That Dreams Are Made Of" (Oakey, Wright)
"Do or Die" (Burden, Oakey)
"Seconds" (Callis, Oakey, Wright)
"Open Your Heart" (Callis, Oakey)
"The Sound of the Crowd" (Burden, Oakey)



Hysteria is the fourth album by the British synthpop band The Human League. Following the worldwide success of their 1981 album Dare, the band struggled to make a successful follow-up and the sessions for Hysteria were fraught with problems. The album name itself is taken from the problematic recording period

Track listing

"I'm Coming Back" (Oakey, Wright)
"I Love You Too Much" (Burden, Callis, Wright)
"Rock Me Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again (Six Times)" (Austin, Brown)
"Louise" (Callis, Oakey, Wright)
"The Lebanon" (Callis, Oakey)
"Betrayed" (Oakey, Wright)
"The Sign" (Burden, Callis, Oakey)
"So Hurt" (Burden, Callis)
"Life On Your Own" (Callis, Oakey, Wright)
"Don't You Know I Want You" (Burden, Callis, Oakey)
"Thirteen" (from "The Lebanon" 12-inch single, and 7" B-side)
"The World Tonight" (from "Life on Your Own" 12-inch single, and 7" B-side)



Crash is the fifth full-length studio album released by the British synthpop band The Human League in 1986. Unlike the band’s previous and subsequent albums it is R&B influenced. Crash would provide the band with their second US No 1 single "Human" the same year.

Track listing

"Money" (Burden, Oakey, Russell) 3:54
"Swang" (Eiland) 4:36
"Human" (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) 4:25
"Jam" (Oakey, Russell) 4:20
"Are You Ever Coming Back?" (Oakey, Russell, Wright) 4:53
"I Need Your Loving" (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Davis, Eiland, Richey, Williams) 3:42
"Party" (Burden, Oakey, Russell) 4:29
"Love on the Run" (Burden, Oakey, Russell) 3:53
"The Real Thing" (Burden, Fellows, Oakey, Russell) 4:17
"Love Is All That Matters" (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) 6:05



Romantic? is an album recorded by English synthpop band The Human League. It was issued by Virgin Records in 1990 and was the band's first album of new material in four years.

Track listing

"Kiss the Future" (Oakey, Sutton)
"A Doorway" (Dennett, Oakey, Sutton)
"Heart Like a Wheel" (Callis, Reynolds)
"Men Are Dreamers" (Dennett, Oakey)
"Mister Moon and Mister Sun" (Oakey, Sutton)
"Soundtrack to a Generation" (Oakey, Sutton)
"Rebound" (Oakey, Sutton)
"The Stars Are Going Out" (Oakey, Sutton)
"Let's Get Together Again" (Shephard, Rossall)
"Get It Right This Time" (Callis, Rae)



Octopus is the seventh full-length studio album recorded by British synthpop band The Human League. It was produced by former Tears for Fears keyboardist Ian Stanley and released by EastWest Records in 1995.

Track listing

"Tell Me When" (Beckett, Oakey)
"These Are the Days" (Oakey, Stanley)
"One Man in My Heart" (Oakey, Sutton)
"Words" (Dennett, Oakey)
"Filling up with Heaven" (Oakey, Stanley)
"Houseful of Nothing" (Beckett, Oakey, Stanley)
"John Cleese: Is He Funny?" (Oakey)
"Never Again" (Callis, Oakey)
"Cruel Young Lover" (Beckett, Dennett, Oakey)



Secrets is an album recorded by British synthpop band The Human League. It was issued in 2001 by Papillon Records and was the Human League's first studio album in six years.

Track listing

"All I Ever Wanted" (Oakey, Sutton)
"Nervous" (Oakey, Sutton, Toy) +
"Love Me Madly?" (Oakey, Sutton)
"Shameless" (Oakey, Sutton)
"122.3 BPM" (Oakey, Sutton) +
"Never Give Your Heart" (Oakey, Sutton)
"Ran" (Oakey, Sutton) +
"The Snake" (Oakey, Sutton)
"Ringinglow" (Oakey, Sutton, Toy) +
"Liar" (Oakey, Sutton)
"Lament" (Sutton) +
"Reflections" (Fellowes, Oakey)
"Brute" (Oakey) +
"Sin City" (Oakey)
"Release" (Sutton) +
"You'll Be Sorry" (Oakey, Sutton)