New Wave Outpost Forum

Posted: **Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:27 am**

I recently got Human League Reproduction & Travelouge. OMG they are brilliant. This is the very first time i heard HL early cds.

My question to u guys is...is Human League better pre-Dare or post-Dare?

Posted: **Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:59 am**

I like all periods, but probably prefer [i]Dare[/i] and beyond.

"Words like conviction can turn into a sentence"

Posted: **Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:03 am**

[i]Dare[/i] was the zenith....leading up to and leading out of Dare was Ok too...

Posted: **Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:09 am**

I also love these CDs. You're right, they [i]are[/i] brilliant! As a teen, I had [i]Dare[/i], which I loved....but it wasn't until recently that I listened to [i]Reproduction[/i] and [i]Travelogue[/i]. Gah, these are even better ! I love the stark synth sound; it's a great contrast with Phil Oakey's deep baritone. I think they're underrated NW gems. So--I prefer these earlier albums, although I also love [i]Dare[/i].

Posted: **Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:14 am**

<p align="justify">I love all of it. From the times of The Future to the most recent stuff they've put out as The Human League. These kids really hit on something big from the first time I heard "Don't You Want Me?"[8D]

Posted: **Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:28 am**

I prefer the original incarnation to the Dare and after period.

Latebar - you have to track down a disc called The Golden Age Of The Future. It's all demos and outtakes from the first 2 albums and earlier.

Also, if you haven't seen it yet you should check out blindyouth.co.uk It's a very well done site pertaining to the early Human League.

Posted: **Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:38 pm**

Dare and after for me, but I like just about all their work. Their recent stuff is pretty cool too. In my eyes they can do little wrong.

Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:18 am**

just wondering, did any NW nerds here go see them on Jimmy Kimmel a few months ago [:D]

Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:07 pm**

Great early stuff IMO. I have their best of compilation. Dont You Want Me and Lebanon stands out

Posted: **Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:25 am**

I feel like I respond to the same Human League posts every month,

anyway, post-Dare for sure!

Posted: **Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:21 am**

[quote][i]Originally posted by InvisibleMan[/i]
<br>just wondering, did any NW nerds here go see them on Jimmy Kimmel a few months ago [:D]
[/quote]

I didn't go, nor even watch, but, thanks to YouTube:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=m5aIvgo0qy4

Posted: **Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:16 am**

I love every note of music they ever recorded, in every incarnation--in particular, I think [i]Romantic?[/i] is an underappreciated album...

Posted: **Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:30 am**

I like the early stuff, but I prefer the direction both parties took after the breakup (the Dare album, B.E.F. & early Heaven 17).

Posted: **Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:04 pm**

Personally, I don't compare both periods. Before "Dare!" they were a more experimental, research and original band. With "Dare!" and after, they became a perfect pop machine... What they still are.