The Human League are an English synthpop band formed in 1977. Originally a minimal post-punk synthesiser-based group from Sheffield, UK, they became one of the most successful new wave acts of the 80s ...
In 1980, The Human League, a band admired, respected and very much on the cutting edge of electronic music, were pretty much washed up. Unable to score a hit for their Virgin Records taskmasters, the ...
To Americans first encountering the Human League in 1982, the band's name must've come off as a high-concept joke. Everything about the Human League ran against every possible notion of ...
Halifax Piece Hall hosted a big 1980s disco headlined by The Human League on Friday evening. Thousands crammed into the historic venue for the party. Blancmange opening proceedings on a beautiful ...
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the high-art synth-pop of the Human League’s Dare, ...
In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Ware was ...