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The Human League - Dare
Me and the Human League had history. My sister had owned the Being Boiled 7" and The Dignity Of Labour 12" and I had acquired the Holiday '80 EP and I'd loved them. When this came out in 1982, I'd have dismissed it as sell-out pop crap.
Years later, during the free download days, I'd nabbed their discography and really got into some of their later stuff via my ipod shuffle (some of their later stuff.)
It really took me picking this LP up on Discogs a few years to realise what a stroke of absolute genius it was. Pop genius...but genius nonetheless.
I like how it contains call-backs to their earlier, gloomier, work, but still has great big smash fucking hit pop songs.
I recently watched some youtuber re-create Don't You Want Me on his vintage synth collection, and that made me appreciate it even more.
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