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Oh god - that album CRUSHED me! I almost wept after hearing - that wasn't The Human League, that was 5 Star! JAM! WTF!? 'Are You Ever Coming Back' was a good track though, and Oakey gave the vocal performances of his life on that album.

'Romantic?' is oft-overlooked and I still have a soft spot for that - some brilliant songs, just iffy, fragmented production.

I kinda like 'Here We Go' on Retro Future' - it feels right on there...would sound silly anywhere else though!

No CRUSH was OMD, THL was CRASH
However I agree to differ . .Crash has some top tunes on it and of course the production is, for me, a very likeable slick mid 80s USA (cf. the dreadful The Pacific Age); Romantic? on the other hand is lacking all round although the dull production being its biggest downfall. The last vinyl LP I ever bought perhaps .. .oh no that was Violator.

Heh! Oh The Pacific Age was SOOOOOOO BAD; two words for that one; 'Wang' and 'Chung' - because that's what it sounded like to me!

I confess it's probably been a decade since I played 'Romantic?' but the standout tracks for me were; 'A Doorway', 'All Men Are Dreamers',
'Rebound' and 'The Stars Are Going Out'

Never heard Crash or Romantic. I daren't!! I always liked Heart Like A Wheel" though.

Oh give 'em both a spin Alex...then make your own mind up as always.
yeah well Ok Romantic? had some good tunes but it's just so shoddy somehow, from the dreadful cover to the production.
never quite got the 'hang' of that Glitter Band cover .. Phil .."what were you thinking of, when you dreamt that up?"..

I might investigate them next time I'm in the mood for THL.

Currently playing Translucence/Drift Music. The office is almost empty this mornig and the rays of sun are glaring in through the windows. Goes well with the music.

That's what I meant about the iffy, fragmented production. Yeah that sleeve was rubbish and while the world was going Techno and back to 'Travelogue' - they knock out another Glitter-based cover version! D'oh! And for some reason, I have a soft-spot for it. I think it's Joanne's solo vocals on 'Rebound' - she should of sung solo more.

Was the world going back to Travelogue already?

... William Orbit was def on an off day..they should've got SAW in .

I think so. At the time 'Romantic?' came out, I was listening to a lot of that Detroit/Chicago stuff: Metroplex artists like Model 500/Juan Atkins, Inner City/Kevin Saunderson and Derrick May etc - clearly influenced by early League, Kraftwerk and Numan.

The League sounded so out of tune with the times - which was odd as they had invented it.

SAW!? You serious!? I'd rather Jack than Fleetwood Mac!

Interpol: The Black EP