“This is a song for all you big-heads out there who think disco music is lower than the irrelevant musical gibberish and tired platitudes that you try to impress your parents with. We’re The Human League, we’re much cleverer than you and this is called ‘Dance Like A Star’…”
‘Dance Like a Star’, The Human League

Some people call this music Kraftwerk without the cycling…and they may be right. Certainly, the electronic music comprising this album is far less rigorous than that spawned by its German parents. In fact, the first phase of The Human League/The Future achieved the wonderful feat of making drum machines sound sloppy. This lends the music a naivety which makes everything sound, well, very…human. The synths blow hot and cold. But whether rich and sonorous or liquid crystal, these electronic generations sound, at all times, amazing.

A la the above quote, this album of previously unreleased material is shot through with an absurd and condescending humour. The humour of a brat…

Human League stood in the corner of the playground. It hunched, petulant and snooty, behind its fringe and sneered at those teens asking it to play football or guitars. Finally, it flounced through the playground loudly misquoting Eastern religions.

Ah, Sheffield pop stars have always been great!

The Human League – As Always, Electronically Yours. Miss this fabulous album at your peril.