Human League

The Human League was a band of the late 1970s and 1980s who made a limited comeback in the mid-1990s. Originally a post-punk synthesiser based group from Sheffield, England, they released their first single, "Being Boiled" c/w "Circus Of Death" on Bob Last's Fast Product record label in 1978.

Human League's catalogue

• Early singles:
• "Being Boiled" (single, Fast Product, 1979)
• "The Dignity Of Labour Pts 1-4" (Fast Product, 12" only, instrumental)
• "I Don't Depend On You" (single, released under the name of The Men)
• Reproduction (1979. Later re-released with 'The Dignity Of Labour Pts 1-4' Ep, the B-side of the 'Empire State Human' single (called 'Introducing'), the Fast Product label 'Being Boiled' single and an in-studio conversation titled 'Flexi Disc')
• "Empire State Human"
• "Holiday '80' " (Double EP, later reissued as two single EPs, includes new version of "Being Boiled")
• Travelogue (1980. later reissued with the "Only After Dark" single, "Holiday '80" EP, "I Don't Depend On You" and other tracks including "Tom Baker" and "Boys and Girls")
• "Only After Dark" (single)
• "Boys And Girls" (non-album single)
• Dare (1981)
• "The Sound of the Crowd"
• "Love Action (I Believe in Love)"
• "Open Your Heart"
• "Don't You Want Me?"
• "Being Boiled (Re-boiled)" (cash-in reissue released by EMI, not Virgin. Same version as the 1978 single, but runs for an extra 35 seconds and fades out rather than cutting out abruptly as on the original release)
• Love And Dancing (dub mixes of tracks from Dare, credited to League Unlimited Orchestra)
• Fascination (six-song EP with two mixes of "Fascination", "Mirror Man", and three other songs)
• "Mirror Man"
• "(Keep Feeling) Fascination"
• Hysteria (1984. Reissued on CD in 2005 with extended versions of singles)
• "The Lebanon"
• "Life On Your Own"
• "Louise"
• "The Sign"
• Crash (1986. Reissued on CD in 2005 with extended versions of singles)
• "Human"
• "I Need Your Loving"
• "Love Is All That Matters" (released to promote Greatest Hits LP)
• Greatest Hits
• Romantic? (1990)
• "Heart Like a Wheel"
• "Soundtrack For A Generation"
• Octopus (1995)
• "Tell Me When"
• "One Man In My Heart" (Lead vocal by Susan Sulley)
• "Filling Up With Heaven"
• Greatest Hits (Reissue with three extra tracks)
• "Don't You Want Me" (Remixes)
• "Stay With Me Tonight"
• The Very Best Of (By Ark 21, not EMI. Compilation from 1981-5 tracks)
• Secrets (2001. The Japanese version has three bonus tracks)
• "All I Ever Wanted"
• "Love Me Madly?" (Nukove Records. Released on CD and vinyl)
• The Very Best Of (2003. EMI, 2 CDs, CD2 is all remixes, also on DVD)
• Live at the Dome (2005. DVD)
• Live at the Dome (CD containing tracks from same concert as DVD; contains three video clips. Released July 2005)
• Original Remixes & Rarities (CD with extended versions from 12" singles and CD singles, and some B-sides. To be released November 2005)

Unofficial releases

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• 'Human League Cassette' (1978)
• 'Taverner Tape' (1978)
• 'In Darkness' (a bootleg demo album)
• 'The Future Tapes' (unreleased)
• 'Dance Like A Star' (EP)
• 'The Golden Hour Of The Future'
• 'The Human League Promo Mix CD' (not available)
• 'The Human League Interview'
• "Together In Electric Dreams" was a solo single for Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder rather than the whole League, but has been included on Human League albums as if it were by the whole band.
• "L.A. Today" (2003) was a single from Alex Gold featuring Oakey on vocals.
• "Rock And Roll Is Dead" (2003) was a single from fellow Sheffield band, Kings have long arms, that paid tribute to Oakey and eventually was re-released with Oakey doing some guest vocals.