The Human League gehören zu den herausragenden Protagonisten der elektronischer Musik. David Bowie sagte einst über die Band „I’ve seen the future of pop music“.
Im kommenden Jahr feiern The Human League ihr 40. Bandjubiläum. Zeit also für eine Werkschau mit allen wichtigen Veröffentlichungen der Briten. Natürlich sind auch die vielleicht bekanntesten Songs „Beeing Boiled“ und „Don’t You Want Me“ dabei.
Die „Anthology“ erscheint als Doppel-CD, 3xLP sowie limitierte 3CD/DVD Super Deluxe Box (Amazon). Die Box enthält insgesamt 30 Songs, unveröffentlichte DJ-Edits sowie exklusive und bisher unveröffentlichte Remixes. Auf der DVD befinden sich 21 Promovideos und 25 BBC-Auftritte.
Trackliste
Disk 1
01. Being Boiled (A-Side single)
02. The Dignity of Labour (Part 3)
03. Empire State Human (A-Side single)
04. Only After Dark (single edit)
05. Nightclubbing (from “Holiday ’80 EP”)
06. Boys and Girls (A-Side single)
07. The Sound of The Crowd (instrumental version)
08. Hard Times (B-Side single)
09. Love Action (I Believe In Love) (A-Side single)
10. Open Your Heart (A-Side single)
11. Don’t You Want Me (A-Side single)
12. Mirror Man (A-Side single)
13. You Remind Me Of Gold
14. (Keep Feeling) Fascination (extended version)
15. The Lebanon (single version)
16. Louise (DJ Edit)
Disk 2
01. Life On Your Own (A-Side single)
02. Human (extended version)
03. I Need Your Loving (DJ Edit)
04. Love Is All That Matters (DJ Edit)
05. Heart Like a Wheel (William Orbit remix)
06. Soundtrack to a Generation (edit)
07. Tell Me When (radio edit)
08. One Man In My Heart (A-Side single)
09. Filling Up With Heaven (A-Side single)
10. Stay With Me Tonight (single version)
11. All I Ever Wanted (radio edit)
12. Night People (radio edit)
13. Never Let Me Go
14. Sky (radio edit)
Disk 3 (nur Super-Deluxe-Box)
01. The Path Of Least Resistance (early version)
02. No Time (The Word Before Last, early version)
03. Being Boiled (State Of The Art Mix 1)
04. Stylopops You Broke My Heart (Marianne, early version)
05. I Am The Law (early version)
06. Darkness (early version)
07. Louise (early version)
08. The Real Thing (early version)
09. Love On The Run (early version)
10. A Doorway (early version)
11. F.M. (Soundtrack to a Generation, early version)
12. Happening Woman (Filling Up With Heaven, early version)
13. Give It Back (Houseful of Nothing, early version)
14. New Start (All I Ever Wanted, early version)
15. SH5 (Liar, early version)
16. Biller 10 (Single Minded, early version)
17. Jupiter 4c (Sky, early version)
DVD (nur Super-Deluxe-Box)
01. The Circus of Death 1978
02. Empire State Human 1979
03. Love Action
04. Open Your Heart
05. Don’t You Want Me
06. Mirror Man
07. Keep Feeling (Fascination)
08. The Lebanon
09. Life On Your Own
10. Louise
11. Human
12. I Need Your Loving
13. Love Is All That Matters
14. Heart Like A Wheel
15. Soundtrack To A Generation
16. Tell Me When
17. One Man In My Heart
18. All I Ever Wanted
19. Filling Up With Heaven
20. Night People
21. Never Let Me Go
22. The Path of Least Resistance (Mainstream 6/11/79)
23. Empire State Human (Mainstream 6/11/79)
24. Rock ‘n’ Roll – Part 2 (TOTP 8/5/80)
25. The Sound of The Crowd (TOTP 30/4/81)
26. The Sound of The Crowd (TOTP 21/5/81)
27. Love Action (TOTP 6/8/81)
28. Open Your Heart (TOTP 8/10/81)
29. Don’t You Want Me (TOTP 24/12/81)
30. Love Action (Christmas TOTP 25/12/81)
31. Love Action (Multi Coloured Swap Shop 30/5/82)
32. Mirror Man (TOTP 18/11/82)
33. Keep Feeling (Fascination) (TOTP 5/5/83)
34. The Lebanon (TOTP 3/5/84)
35. Life On Your Own (TOTP 28/6/84)
36. I’m Coming Back (On The Road 25/8/84)
37. Rock Me Again and Again… (On The Road 25/8/84)
38. Human (Wogan 13/8/86)
39. Human (TOTP 28/8/86)
40. Heart Like A Wheel (Wogan 13/8/90)
41. Heart Like A Wheel (TOTP 23/8/90)
42. Tell Me When (TOTP 22/12/94)
43. Tell Me When (TOTP 5/1/95)
44. One Man In My Heart (TOTP 16/3/95)
45. The Stars Are Going Out (Later with Jools Holland 25/11/95)
46. The Sound Of The Crowd (Later with Jools Holland 25/11/95)
