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Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the English synth-pop band The Human League, released on 31 October 1988 by Virgin Records. It contains 13 singles released by the band, spanning from their debut single (1978's "Being Boiled") to their most recent album at the time (1986's Crash), as well as lead singer Philip Oakey's collaboration with Giorgio Moroder, "Together in Electric Dreams". The album reached No. 3 in the UK.

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
The Human League
Released31 October 1988
Recorded1978–1995
Genre
  • Synth-pop
  • electronic
  • new wave
LabelVirgin
ProducerVarious
The Human League chronology
Crash
(1986)		 Greatest Hits
(1988)		 Romantic?
(1990)
The Human League chronology
Octopus
(1995)		 Greatest Hits
(1995)		 Secrets
(2001)
Alternative cover
1995 reissue cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic (1988)[1]
AllMusic (1996)[2]
Robert ChristgauB+[3]
Music Week4/5[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Select2/5[6]

On 6 November 1995, to cash in on the band's renewed success at that time, Virgin repackaged the album with a new cover and added newer tracks: "Tell Me When" (from the Octopus album) and a new remix of "Don't You Want Me" by German group Snap!. Additionally, 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


(Virgin HLCD1 - 259 355-222)

  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

1995 reissue


(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



Certifications


Certifications for Greatest Hits
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] 2× Platinum 600,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


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. "Reviews: Albums" (PDF). Music Week. London. 21 October 1995. p. 30. ISSN 0265-1548 – via World Radio History.
  5. Considine, J. D. (2004). "The Human League". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 397–98. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  6. Harrison, Ian (January 1996). "New old albums". Select. No. 67. p. 98. ISSN 0959-8367.
  7. "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 5, no. 47. 19 November 1988. p. 26. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  8. "Charts.nz – The Human League – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  9. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  10. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  11. "Top 100 Albums – Year-End Chart 1988" (PDF). Music Week Awards. Music Week. 4 March 1989. p. 8. ISSN 0265-1548 – via World Radio History.
  12. "Top 100 Albums 1995" (PDF). Music Week. 13 January 1996. p. 11. ISSN 0265-1548 – via World Radio History.
  13. "British album certifications – Human League – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. 1 March 1992. Retrieved 30 June 2021.



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Greatest Hits — сборник британской синтипоп-группы The Human League, изданный в 1988 году лейблом Virgin Records.


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