Very Best of

Human League | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 7, 2000)
• Original Release Date: July 14, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ark 21
• ASIN: B000007TF9
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,614 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Don't You Want Me

2. Love Action (I Believe in Love)

3. Mirror Man

4. (Keep Feeling) Fascination

5. Tell Me When

6. Stay With Me Tonight

7. Human

8. Together in Electric Dreams

9. Heart Like a Wheel

10. One Man in My Heart

11. Being Boiled

12. The Lebanon

13. Don't You Want Me [Snap 7" Remix]

14. [Audio Liner Notes]

Editorial Reviews

This CD can be considered somewhat rare now.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A new wave classic, March 20, 2003

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Eddie "Alexxus" (Romania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

That's what you get for your money if you decide to own this album. I'm not quite sure if it is the most representative selection, but most of it is really good. Personally I'm not really keen on songs 2, 3 and 4, and I think it's a shame they're three of the five that are sampled here since they're nowhere near the rest, in quality or style.

As to the others, it is a bit difficult to compare them as they do differ from each other. Together in Electric Dreams stands out as different and you can tell straight away it's Giorgio Moroder. Nothing wrong with it though, I think it's quite a sweet song, maybe a bit on the naive side. Human is one of my favorites, although it may sound a bit less electronic than the rest, but it does have an impressive musical quality. Being Boiled is also remarkable, although the situation is reversed here, I'd say it's the most electronica orientated piece of the album. It might sound a bit simple, but that's not bad and then you have to consider it was released about twenty five years ago and believe me, it stands the test of time.

Don't You Want Me, Tell Me When and One Man in My Heart are too well known to comment, though I'll say that I always thought they're great songs. Heart Like a Wheel and Lebanon are somewhere in between these three and the ones above, but they are not just filling the disc, they make a very pleasant listen, they really do.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is truly the best CD I have bought in 5 years!!!, July 9, 1999

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[e-mail] (South Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

This is truly the best CD I have bought in 5 years!!! The synth sound used in every song sounds amazing and just makes me feel ALIVE! The sound and feel of the music is very 80s, and both the lyrics and the synthesized instrumentation are very well done, and combine to make an incredible album. This band is now my favorite band after listening to this CD. I have been listening to it repeatedly over a course of 7 months and still am not tired of it! If you like 80s music, you should LOVE this.

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most thorough " Greatest Hits " by an 80's band ., July 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

This fantastic CD serves as a career historical for one of the most gifted technology - based pop bands ever . Except for the omission of " Seconds" which was a cult favorite anyway , this has ALL the hits of the League . Unlike most ' Best of.. ' collections , there are no ' filler tracks ' here! Standout tracks like " Love Action " , " Lebanon " and the forgotten " Electric Dreams " perfectly augment their U.S. successes of " Don't You Want Me " , " Fascination " , " Tell Me When " , and " Mirror Man " . Ask yourself if the most recent tracks " Stay With Me Tonight " & " Tell Me When " don't prove that with the exception of the Goo Goo Dolls , Orgy , and Tori Amos , many of the best artists around are actually leftover acts from the 80's . God knows the music scene needs this kind of optimistic , ' feel - good ' sound . MUST BUY !