GET YOUR NEW WAVE ON IT'S THE HUMAN LEAGUE - DARE POLL 1981

But man, that loooove action...[Barry White voice]

not enough love here for Open Your Heart!

poor sound of the crowd!

"i am the law" wuz robbed

and "sound of the crowd" too!

To read this thread, you'd think "Seconds" was the clear winner. I guess everyone who voted for it posted about it. Oh well.

"love action" is great but SO not the best song on dare.

I played Seconds last night and I still stand behind that one.

If I'd voted in this poll, 'Seconds' would have been my immediate pick. I just love those sustained synth chords.

"Sound of the Crowd" and "Open Your Heart" scored crazy low in this poll!

The synth jam on "Do or Die" is fabulous. I wonder to what degree Rushent arranged it.

"Sound of the Crowd" is the key banger on this one but man "I Am the Law" is such a bizarre track, think it sorta got underrated in here

"Sound of the Crowd" and "Open Your Heart" scored crazy low in this poll!

― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Monday, September 17, 2012 9:05 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

'Open Your Heart' is my second place pick after 'Seconds'. Gorgeous song!

Marcello gives Dare and the genesis of New Pop its due: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/the-human-league-dare.html

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Dare, one of my favorite albums, deserves the praise it still gets. Heaven 17 too. My list of their best.

not enough love for "darkness" itt

'Darkness' rules. I love the way that Dare sounds, every synthesiser sound and part is so well thought out and the overall sound/mix is so crystal clear. It's an absolute pleasure to listen to.

'Play To Win' undoubtedly my least favourite song Heaven 17 put out on their first three LP's.

The absence of 'Five Minutes To Midnight' and 'And That's No Lie' completely inexcusable.

This fucking album.

Ha i know and like the top three in poll, never have listened to the album. I just checked “seconds” and while i would immed know who it is, I don’t know it.

spose this is where I look at my lifetime musical heuristics and vote myself off the island. maybe i can listen and swim back.

I only came to love this album truly madly deeply this year

The second half is just astonishing

I Am The Law stops me in my tracks

Sound of the Crowd" is the key banger on this one

Was at an old-school new-wave club and this came on around 2 a.m. and it was the best thing.

Marcello gives Dare and the genesis of New Pop its due: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/the-human-league-dare.html

Bloggers just don't write novellas loosely associated with albums they like anymore do they. Interesting elegy for Lester Bangs but that's as far as I made it.

Aside from Don't You Want Me the only song I know here is The Things That Dreams Are Made Of, which I've had in heavy rotation for a while, seeking out all the different versions and remixes because it was featured in one (electroclash?) DJ mix I found recently, which highlighted its unique appeal very effectively. I think it may have actually been the album version but the way it fits into the mix is exceptional.

the intro to “darkness” always gives me chills

viborg, what mix was that?

‘The Things Dreams Are Made of’ is phenomenal…fantastic lyric too…”Everyone needs two or three friends’ is peak England