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Human League|Octopus  (Special Edition)

Octopus (Special Edition)

The Human League

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The Human League hadn't learned any new tricks in the four-plus years it took to craft another one of their synth-pop collections. The best track was the most unusual, when Philip Oakey took a backseat and let one of his fellow vocalists -- probably Joanne Catherall, though her singing is interchangeable with Susanne Sulley's -- handle a delicately arranged love song, "One Man in My Heart." But more typical was the song that followed it, "Words," in which Oakey whined at considerable length about undetailed wrongs done to him in childhood. Even with a good dance beat, such stuff was hard to stomach, and most of the blips and blats that filled up the tracks had been used to better purpose on earlier recordings.

© William Ruhlmann /TiVo

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Human League

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1
Tell Me When
00:04:51

The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer - Paul Beckett, Composer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd

2
These Are the Days
00:05:46

Ian Stanley, Composer - The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd

3
One Man in My Heart
00:04:05

Ian Stanley, Producer - Chris Hughes, Drum Programmer, AssistantProducer - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer - The Human League, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer - Sutton, Composer - Ian Roberson, Assistant Mix Engineer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd

4
Words
00:05:54

The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer - Russell Dennett, Composer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd

5
Filling up with Heaven
00:04:20

Ian Stanley, Composer - The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer - Paul C. Beckett, Composer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd

6
Housefull of Nothing
00:04:31

Ian Stanley, Composer - The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer - Paul Beckett, Composer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd

7
John Cleese, Is He Funny?
00:03:59

Ian Stanley, Composer - The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer - Paul Beckett, Composer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd

8
Never Again
00:04:42

The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd

9
Cruel Young Lover
00:06:57

The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer - Russell Dennett, Composer - Paul Beckett, Composer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd

10
Tell Me When (Demo)
00:06:23

Ian Stanley, Producer - Dave Bascombe, Mixer - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer - The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer - Paul Beckett, Composer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Ltd

11
These Are the Days (Demo)
00:03:53

Ian Stanley, Composer - The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Ltd

12
One Man in My Heart (Demo)
00:04:23

Ian Stanley, Producer - Chris Hughes, Drum Programmer, AssistantProducer - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer - The Human League, Vocals, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer - Sutton, Composer - Ian Roberson, Assistant Mix Engineer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Ltd

13
Words (Demo)
00:04:46

The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer - Russell Dennett, Composer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Ltd

14
Filling up with Heaven (Demo)
00:03:57

Ian Stanley, Composer - The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer - Paul C. Beckett, Composer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Ltd

15
Housefull of Nothing (Demo)
00:04:38

Ian Stanley, Composer - The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer - Paul Beckett, Composer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd

16
John Cleese, Is He Funny? (Demo)
00:03:51

Ian Stanley, Composer - The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer - Paul Beckett, Composer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Ltd

17
Never Again (Demo)
00:05:09

The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Ltd

18
Cruel Young Lover (Demo)
00:05:11

The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer - Russell Dennett, Composer - Paul Beckett, Composer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Ltd

19
Tell Me When (7'' Edit)
00:04:45

Ian Stanley, Producer - Dave Bascombe, Mixer - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer - The Human League, Vocals, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer - Paul Beckett, Composer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1994 Warner Music UK Ltd

20
The Bus to Crookes
00:04:49

Philip Oakey, Composer - The Human League, MainArtist - Russell Andrew Dennett, Composer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1994 Warner Music UK Ltd

21
Stay With Me Tonight (Single Version)
00:04:00

Ian Stanley, Composer, Producer - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer - The Human League, MainArtist - Phil Oakey, Composer

© 2020 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd

Albumbeschreibung

The Human League hadn't learned any new tricks in the four-plus years it took to craft another one of their synth-pop collections. The best track was the most unusual, when Philip Oakey took a backseat and let one of his fellow vocalists -- probably Joanne Catherall, though her singing is interchangeable with Susanne Sulley's -- handle a delicately arranged love song, "One Man in My Heart." But more typical was the song that followed it, "Words," in which Oakey whined at considerable length about undetailed wrongs done to him in childhood. Even with a good dance beat, such stuff was hard to stomach, and most of the blips and blats that filled up the tracks had been used to better purpose on earlier recordings.

© William Ruhlmann /TiVo

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