Human League - Octopus (CD)
RARE ORIGINAL 1995
Elektra/Wea
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LIKE NEW ORIGINAL #075596178822
Catalog #: 61788-2
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No Scratches, No Scuff Marks!!!
CD and all artwork included.
CD in Excellent Like New condition.
Jewel Case has normal wear.
Octopus, released in 1995, is a good and energetic disc from the Human
League. Altogether, there are nine tracks--one being an enjoyable
instrumental ("John Cleese; Is He Funny?"). All of the material is in a
synth-pop musical direction.
Octopus has great songs like "Tell Me When" (obvious dance and "chart" song with really invigorating rythm and
chorus), "These Are The Days",
"One Man In My Heart", "Filling Up With Heaven", "House Full Of
Nothing" and "Cruel Young Lover." Human League can make Madonna's Ray
of Light excursion look like child's play. The single "Stay With Me Tonight" was issued solely in the U.K. While Human League aren't
noted for their depth in lyric, their music makes up for it. Octopus
has great, catchy melodies. Great synth pop never sounded better. A
must have for any rock collector.
Track
listing
1. Tell Me When
2. These
Are the Days
3. One Man in My Heart
4. Words
5. Filling Up with Heaven
6. House Full of
Nothing
7. John Cleese; Is He Funny?
8. Never
Again
9. Cruel Young Lover
Product Details
- Audio CD (1995)
- Original Release Date: January 27, 1995
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Elektra / Wea
The Human League Biography
The Human League is a British synthpop group whose main rise to fame
was in the 1980s with the triple platinum success of Dare (1981
UK 1982 US).
In 1977 Phil Oakey was asked to join a duo called
The Future. The band was never signed although they produced a series of
demos. By 1978 The Future had changed its name to The Human League and
signed to Fast Records. The Human League released its first single to a
Britain dominated by punk, but the music press appreciated the fresh
sound. The first EP, The Dignity of Labour (1979), started a
bidding war which was won by Virgin. The relationship with Virgin was
turbulent, but despite this, the relationship resulted in the albums Reproduction
and Travelogue. However, the friction caused the band to
fracture with two of the members, Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware, going
on to form Heaven 17.
With Oakey the sole owner of the Human
League name and debts, he had to work quickly to pull together a band in
order to fulfil prior commitments. Joanne Cathrell and Susan Ann Sulley
were schoolgirls recruited from a Sheffield nightclub dancefloor and
Ian Burden brought on board for his synth skills. The resultant band was
not instantly successful but went on to become huge with the release of
Dare. The stellar performance of the track “Don't You Want Me”
resulted in sales of over two million for the single alone.
The
follow-up album Hysteria (1984) did not perform as well as had
been hoped and for the third album, Virgin again tried to massage the
creative process and the recording sessions were acrimonious. The
resulting album, Crash (1986) had a different sound, having had
much intervention from production team, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
Though it performed well in America, it failed to make the impact of
Dare. The failure of Romantic? (1990) marked the end of the
contract with Virgin, leaving the band without a label and with mounting
debts and growing critical rejection. The band, by now a three piece,
didn't approach record labels for another two years.
The signing
with EastWest Records in 1994 promised a less fraught relationship, and
the band released Octopus (1995) with the blessing and backing
of the label. Unfortunately, the contract with EastWest was cancelled in
1998 as a result of changes within the company, but a fresh interest in
all things 80s brought the band to public attention again early in the
new millennium, helping Secrets (2001) to make a minor impact.
The
band continues to perform today, though is currently without a record
deal.
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