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The Human League

Fascination!

  • AMG Review of Fascination!

    Amg
    William Ruhlmann
    All Music Guide

    Instead of following Dare!, their internationally successful third album, with another full-length effort, the Human League re-emerged with this under-27-minute, six-track EP, which consists of the one new track on the group's Love and Dancing remix album, plus the A- and B-sides of their post-Dare! singles "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" (in two versions) and "Mirror Man." Both those songs were hits in the pop-synthesizer style of Dare!, but the Human League's failure to produce a new album after 19 months was an indication of the instability they would suffer for the rest of their career.

New Wave Wars #4
over 2 years ago

This is a song I remember hearing on the radio all the time in the early 80s while me and my family would be driving to Cape Cod for summer vacation. I think one of the reasons I have a certain fondness for New Wave is because I heard these songs when I had no worries, no responsibilities etc. So now when I hear them, they always make me feel good and remind me of a different time. Riding my BM...

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New Wave Wars #4
over 2 years ago

This is a song I remember hearing on the radio all the time in the early 80s while me and my family would be driving to Cape Cod for summer vacation. I think one of the reasons I have a certain fondness for New Wave is because I heard these songs when I had no worries, no responsibilities etc. So now when I hear them, they always make me feel good and remind me of a different time. Riding my BM...

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