Romantic?

Human League

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 31, 1990)
• Original Release Date: September 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: A&M
• ASIN: B000008GQK
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #113,409 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth Getting? Yes!, October 4, 2004

By	Steve Juhase (NYC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm a Human League fanatic. When this album was released in 1990, I was one of the first to own it. And one of the first to love it and play it over and over. Unlike it's predecessor "Crash", which sent the League on a musical departure to the left (due to the Terry Lewis/Jimmy Jam Production), "Romantic?" gets back to the Human League style and sound(s). Although at times, the album sounds a bit under produced, it's a keeper. My favorite tracks include: "A Doorway?", "Rebound", and "The Stars are Going Out". There is a CD single out there somewhere with an amazing remix of "Soundtrack to a Generation". If you should see it, buy it. It's worth getting, as is "Romantic?".

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Romantic a classic?, January 12, 2004

By	"acne_records" (Harrisburg, PA United States) - See all my reviews

After seeing Human League live in Harrisburg,PA in the summer of 2003, I became more interested in their catalog after Crash. I ended up buying a used copy of Romantic? at a cheap price. Even if I had paid the full price, I still wouldn't regret it. Romantic? is an overlooked gem. It has the songwriting flair of Dare, combined with the dance/pop sensibility of Crash. The previous reviewer recommended more male/female duets, but the vocals are fairly interactive on several tracks, such as "Heart Like a Wheel" and "Men Are Dreamers". Romantic? does get a little spaced out in the middle of the second half of the album, but all the songs work and provide continuity. "Get It Right This Time" provides the perfect upbeat closing track. Overall, Romantic? is a very solid album that showcases The Human League's trademark sound in an early 90's context.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but a little too monotonous and formulaic, October 6, 2004

By	Preston (nc) - See all my reviews

This is a good album that the Human League put out in 1990. I got to hear it in early 1992. Heart Like A Wheel sounded good with its adventurous rhythms. Rebound is another good song--which brings me up to this. Most of this album is a little too repetitive, monotonous and formulaic, as the male and female lead singers repeat the choruses over and over as if in a rote manner. Such as On the Rebound sung some 50 to 60 times or so in Rebound. They're not feeling the songs as they sing them. It's a pattern and formula that continues in 8 of the 10 songs. Given that they went against some very heavy music competition in 1990, they did what they could on this album. But Dare from '81, the '83 album and the '95 album are far better albums to hear than this one.