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Even in its standard two-disc/30-track edition, A Very British Synthesizer Group is the Human League compilation with the widest scope. It starts with the group's earliest, late-'70s output as the boundary-pushing trio of Philip Oakey, Martyn Ware, and Ian Craig Marsh -- the latter two of whom bailed in 1980 to start B.E.F. and Heaven 17 -- and chronologically summarizes the longer-lasting Oakey/Joanne Catherall/Susan Sulley version through the early 2010s. The selection favors the singles, such as the post-punk classic "Being Boiled," the global hits "Don't You Want Me" and "Human," and later works from the group's occasionally fine '90s and 2000s releases. The anthology isn't truly straightforward. It bounces from extended mixes to edits, while "The Sound of the Crowd" is present in instrumental form, and the William Orbit remix of "Heart Like a Wheel" appears instead of the original version. That said, it is a representative introduction to the work of a top-tier synth pop group.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Martyn Ware, ComposerLyricist - The Human League, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, ComposerLyricist - Colin Thurston, Producer, Co-Producer - Ian Craig Marsh, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 Holdings Ecosse Ltd
Martyn Ware, Composer - The Human League, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist - Colin Thurston, Producer, Co-Producer - Ian Craig Marsh, Composer
℗ 2003 Virgin Records Limited
Martyn Ware, Composer - Fred Maher, Producer - The Human League, Producer, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer - Colin Thurston, Producer - Ian Craig Marsh, Composer
℗ 1979 Virgin Records Limited
Mick Ronson, ComposerLyricist - The Human League, Producer, MainArtist - Richard Manwaring, Producer - Scott Richardson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2003 Virgin Records Limited
James Osterberg, ComposerLyricist - The Human League, Producer, MainArtist - David Bowie, ComposerLyricist - Richard Mainwaring, Producer
℗ 2016 Virgin Records Limited
JOHN LECKIE, Producer - The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, ComposerLyricist - Adrian Wright, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2003 Virgin Records Limited
Ian Burden, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Rushent, Producer - The Human League, Producer, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dave Allen, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Wright, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Jo Callis, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 Virgin Records Limited
Ian Burden, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Oakey, ComposerLyricist - Martin Rushent, Producer - John Callis, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - The Human League, Producer, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joanne Catherall, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Wright, ComposerLyricist - John William Callis, ComposerLyricist - Susan Ann Sulley, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 Virgin Records Limited
Ian Burden, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Rushent, Producer - The Human League, Producer, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Vocals, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dave Allen, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Wright, PhotographyDirector - Joanne Catherall, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Susanne Sulley, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jo Callis, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Charles Burden, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 Virgin Records Limited
Ian Burden, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Rushent, Producer - The Human League, Producer, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Vocals, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dave Allen, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Wright, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Joanne Catherall, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Susanne Sulley, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jo Callis, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 Virgin Records Limited
Ian Burden, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Oakey, Synthesizer Programming, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - The Human League, Producer, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, ComposerLyricist - Joanne Catherall, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Susanne Sulley, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Wright, ComposerLyricist - Jo Callis, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - John William Callis, ComposerLyricist - Philip Adrian Wright, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 Virgin Records Limited
Ian Burden, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Rushent, Producer - John Callis, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - The Human League, Producer, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joanne Catherall, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - John William Callis, ComposerLyricist - Ian Charles Burden, ComposerLyricist - Susan Ann Sulley, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1982 Virgin Records Limited
Ian Burden, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Rushent, Producer - John Callis, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - The Human League, Producer, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joanne Catherall, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Susan Ann Sulley, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1982 Virgin Records Limited
Martin Rushent, Producer - The Human League, Producer, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, ComposerLyricist - John William Callis, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 Virgin Records Limited
Bill Price, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Hugh Padgham, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Callis, Composer - The Human League, Producer, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer - Gavin McKillop, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Renate Blauel, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1984 Virgin Records Limited
Ian Burden, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - David Motion, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Price, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Hugh Padgham, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Human League, Producer, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Cook, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Wright, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Joanne Catherall, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Susanne Sulley, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Wright, ComposerLyricist - Jo Callis, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeremy Allom, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin McKillop, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Jackson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Renate Blauel, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Virgin Records Limited
DISC 2
Ian Burden, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - David Motion, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Price, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Hugh Padgham, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Callis, Composer - The Human League, Producer, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Cook, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Wright, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Joanne Catherall, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Susanne Sulley, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Wright, Composer - Jo Callis, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Allom, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin McKillop, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Jackson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Renate Blauel, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Virgin Records Limited
Ian Burden, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Hodge, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JIMMY JAM, Producer - TERRY LEWIS, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES HARRIS, ComposerLyricist - Philip Wright, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Joanne Catherall, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Susanne Sulley, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Russell, Performer, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Virgin Records Limited
Ian Burden, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Hodge, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JIMMY JAM, Producer - TERRY LEWIS, Producer - Davis, Composer - The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Wright, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Joanne Catherall, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Susanne Sulley, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Anna-Lynne Williams, Composer - Jim Russell, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Ruichey, Composer - James Lewis III, Composer - Eiland, Composer - Terry Harris, Composer
℗ 2016 Virgin Records Limited
Ian Burden, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Hodge, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JIMMY JAM, Producer - TERRY LEWIS, Composer, Producer - The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES HARRIS, Composer - Philip Wright, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Joanne Catherall, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Susanne Sulley, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Russell, Performer, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Virgin Records Limited
Philip Oakey, Percussion, Vocals, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Rushent, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - WILLIAM ORBIT, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - The Human League, MainArtist - Joanne Catherall, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Susanne Sulley, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jo Callis, ComposerLyricist - Eugene Reynolds, ComposerLyricist - Russell Dennett, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Neil Sutton, Keyboards, Percussion, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Virgin Records Limited
Philip Oakey, Percussion, Vocals, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Kraushaar, Producer - The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer - Joanne Catherall, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Susanne Sulley, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Russell Dennett, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Neil Sutton, Composer, Keyboards, Percussion, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 Virgin Records Limited
Album review
Even in its standard two-disc/30-track edition, A Very British Synthesizer Group is the Human League compilation with the widest scope. It starts with the group's earliest, late-'70s output as the boundary-pushing trio of Philip Oakey, Martyn Ware, and Ian Craig Marsh -- the latter two of whom bailed in 1980 to start B.E.F. and Heaven 17 -- and chronologically summarizes the longer-lasting Oakey/Joanne Catherall/Susan Sulley version through the early 2010s. The selection favors the singles, such as the post-punk classic "Being Boiled," the global hits "Don't You Want Me" and "Human," and later works from the group's occasionally fine '90s and 2000s releases. The anthology isn't truly straightforward. It bounces from extended mixes to edits, while "The Sound of the Crowd" is present in instrumental form, and the William Orbit remix of "Heart Like a Wheel" appears instead of the original version. That said, it is a representative introduction to the work of a top-tier synth pop group.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 30 track(s)
- Total length: 01:57:18
- Main artists: Human League
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2016 Artist Choice Ltd This Compilation ℗ 2016 Virgin Records Limited
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