The Human League discography

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The Human League discography
Studio albums9
Live albums1
Compilation albums13
Video albums6
Music videos21
EPs6
Singles29
Remix albums1

The Human League has released 9 studio albums, a live album, a remix album, 13 compilations, 6 extended plays and 29 singles.

Albums[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2][3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
ITA
[6]
NLD
[7]
NOR
[8]
NZL
[9]
SWE
[10]
US
[11]
Reproduction
  • Released: October 1979
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: LP, MC
34
Travelogue
  • Released: 16 May 1980
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: LP, MC
16
Dare
  • Released: 16 October 1981
  • Label: Virgin, A&M
  • Format: LP, MC, 8-track
1 3 1 19 15 11 6 1 1 3
Hysteria
  • Released: 7 May 1984
  • Label: Virgin, A&M
  • Format: CD, LP, MC
3 18 43 44 16 9 6 62
Crash
  • Released: 8 September 1986
  • Label: Virgin, A&M
  • Format: CD, LP, MC
7 32 25 14 40 33 32 24
Romantic?
  • Released: 17 September 1990
  • Label: Virgin, A&M
  • Format: CD, LP, MC
24 115
Octopus
  • Released: 23 January 1995
  • Label: East West
  • Format: CD, LP, MC
6 76
Secrets 44 64
Credo 44 57
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums[edit]

Title Album details
Live at the Dome
  • Released: 18 July 2005
  • Label: Secrets
  • Format: CD+DVD

Compilation albums[edit]

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
NZL
[9]
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 31 October 1988
  • Label: Virgin, A&M
  • Format: CD, LP, MC
3 48
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[23]
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 30 October 1995
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: CD, MC
28
Soundtrack to a Generation
  • Released: 30 July 1996
  • Label: Disky
  • Format: CD
The Best of the Human League [A]
  • Released: 16 December 1997
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: CD, MC
The Very Best of The Human League
  • Released: 14 July 1998
  • Label: Ark 21
  • Format: CD
The Golden Hour of the Future
  • Released: 20 October 2002
  • Label: Black Melody
  • Format: CD
The Very Best of The Human League
  • Released: 15 September 2003
  • Label: Virgin, Caroline
  • Format: CD+DVD
24
Original Remixes & Rarities
  • Released: 7 November 2005
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: CD
Dare / Fascination!
  • Released: 6 April 2012
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: 2×CD, digital download
Greatest Hits on CD&DVD
  • Released: 24 August 2012
  • Label: EMI Gold
  • Format: CD+DVD
Gold / All The Best (UK)
  • Released: 28 November 2013
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: CD
A Very British Synthesizer Group[27]
  • Released: 18 November 2016
  • Label: Virgin, UMe
  • Format: 2×CD, 3×LP, digital download
90
Essential
  • Released: 5 June 2020
  • Label: UMC, Spectrum
  • Format: 3×CD
13
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Box set[edit]

Title Album details
The Virgin Years
  • Released: 11 November 2022[28]
  • Label: UMC / EMI
  • Format: 5×LP

Remix albums[edit]

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[29]
AUS
[2]
NZL
[9]
SWE
[10]
US
[11]
Love and Dancing[B]
  • Released: 2 July 1982
  • Label: Virgin, A&M
  • Format: LP, MC
3 42 20 35 135

Extended plays[edit]

Title EP details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
CAN
[4]
JPN
[31]
US
[11]
The Dignity of Labour
  • Released: April 1979
  • Label: Fast Product, Virgin
  • Format: 12"
Holiday '80 [C]
  • Released: 18 April 1980
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: 7", 2x7", 12"
46
The Sound of the Crowd
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: 12", MC
Fascination!
  • Released: 24 May 1983
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: LP, MC, 8-track
38 22
YMO Versus The Human League [D]
  • Released: 21 April 1993
  • Label: Spin, Alfa
  • Format: CD
84
Dance Like a Star
  • Released: September 2002
  • Label: Black Melody
  • Format: 12"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles[edit]

Commercial singles[edit]

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[32]
CAN
[33]
GER
[34]
IRE
[35]
NLD
[7]
NZL
[9]
SA
[36]
SWE
[10]
US
[11]
"Being Boiled" [E] 1978 6 6 10 Non-album singles
"I Don't Depend on You"
(as "The Men")
1979
"Empire State Human" [F] 62 Reproduction
"Only After Dark" 1980 Travelogue
"Rock 'n' Roll" (Australia-only release) Holiday '80 (EP)
"Boys and Girls" 1981 48 Non-album single
"The Sound of the Crowd" 12 22 Dare
"Love Action (I Believe in Love)" 3 12 11 21
"Open Your Heart" 6 33 8 20 43
"Don't You Want Me" 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 2 3 1
"The Things That Dreams Are Made Of" (South Africa-only release) 1982
"Mirror Man" 2 4 7 49 1 31 23 19 19 30 Fascination! (EP)
"(Keep Feeling) Fascination" 1983 2 8 13 2 3 16 18 8
"The Lebanon" 1984 11 23 78 4 18 13 64 Hysteria
"Life on Your Own" 16 15 45
"Louise" 13 7
"Human" 1986 8 26 1 5 5 16 4 9 1 Crash
"I Need Your Loving" 72 67 44
"Are You Ever Coming Back?" (US and Canada-only release) 1987
"Love Is All That Matters" 1988 41 113 27
"Heart Like a Wheel" 1990 29 64 43 36 32 Romantic?
"Soundtrack to a Generation" 77 168
"Tell Me When" 1994 6 110 17 53 9 47 31 Octopus
"One Man in My Heart" 1995 13 90 29
"Filling Up with Heaven" 36
"Don't You Want Me" (remixes) 16 Greatest Hits
"Stay with Me Tonight" 1996 40
"All I Ever Wanted" 2001 47 Secrets
"Love Me Madly?" 2003
"The Things That Dreams Are Made Of" (remix) 2008 Dare
"Night People" 2010 Credo
"Never Let Me Go" 2011
"Egomaniac"
"Sky"
"Don't You Want Me" (re-entry) 2014 19 Dare
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional singles[edit]

Year Title Album
1984 "I'm Coming Back" (Canada-only release) Hysteria
1994 "These Are the Days" Octopus
2002 "You'll Be Sorry" (Canada-only release) Secrets

Videography[edit]

Video and DVD releases[edit]

Year Title Format/s Additional information
1983 The Human League Video Single VHS, Beta Contains videos for "Mirror Man", "Love Action" and "Don't You Want Me".
1988 Human League Greatest Hits VHS, LD Tie-in with 1988 Greatest Hits, containing videos for all tracks on that album except "Being Boiled" and "Love Is All That Matters", plus "Circus of Death".
1995 The Human League Greatest Video Hits VHS Tie-in with 1995 Greatest Hits, containing videos for all tracks on that album except "Stay with Me Tonight", "Being Boiled", "Together in Electric Dreams" and the Snap 7" Remix of "Don't You Want Me". Track listing includes "Love Is All That Matters", but video actually used is "Heart Like a Wheel".
2003 The Very Best of The Human League DVD Tie-in with 2003 The Very Best of compilation album. 19 music videos, TV performances on Top of the Pops and Later... with Jools Holland. Bonus interview with Oakey/Gayle/Catherall.
2004 The Human League Live at the Dome DVD Tie-in with album of the same name.
2016 A Very British Synthesiser Group DVD Updated video collection as part of the boxset.

Music videos[edit]

Year Title Director[42]
1979 "Circus of Death" Russell Mulcahy
"Empire State Human"
1981 "Open Your Heart" Brian Grant
"Don't You Want Me" Steve Barron
1982 "Love Action (I Believe in Love)"
"Mirror Man" Brian Duffy
1983 "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" Steve Barron
1984 "The Lebanon" Simon Milne
"Life on Your Own"
"Louise" Steve Barron
1986 "Human" Andy Morahan
"I Need Your Loving"
1988 "Love Is All That Matters"
1990 "Heart Like a Wheel" Andy Morahan
"Soundtrack to a Generation" Pete Cornish
1995 "Tell Me When" Andy Morahan
"One Man in My Heart"
"Filling Up with Heaven" Turi Meyer
2001 "All I Ever Wanted"
2010 "Night People"
2011 "Never Let Me Go"

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Re-released in 1999 and 2004. UK certification refers to 2004 re-release.
  2. ^ Credited to The League Unlimited Orchestra.
  3. ^ Charted on the UK Singles Chart. Reached number 56 on its initial release in 1980, then number 46 after 1982 re-issue.
  4. ^ An EP which is a collaboration between The Human League and veteran Japanese electropop band Yellow Magic Orchestra in English and Japanese, released principally in Japan and Asia. Co-written by Philip Oakey.
  5. ^ Failed to chart upon original release as well as after the reissue in 1980. It became a hit after being reissued for a second time in 1982.
  6. ^ Failed to chart upon original release, but entered the charts after being reissued in 1980.

References[edit]

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  2. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 175. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 17 December 1990". bubblingdownunder.com. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Chartverfolgung / HUMAN LEAGUE / Longplay". www.musicline.de (in German). Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  6. ^ "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 17 June 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, with "Human League" in the "Artista" field, click "cerca".
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  11. ^ a b c d "US Charts > The Human League". Billboard. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
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  13. ^ "The Human League: Travelogue". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  14. ^ "The Human League: Dare". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Platinum and Gold Singles 1982". Kent Music Report. 28 February 1983. Retrieved 10 November 2021 – via Imgur.
  16. ^ a b c d e f "Canadian certifications – Human League". Music Canada. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Goud/Platina – NVPI Audio" (To access, enter the search parameter "The Human League" and select "Search") (in Dutch). NVPI. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
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  19. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – The Human League – Dare". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  20. ^ "The Human League: Hysteria". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  21. ^ "The Human League: Crash". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  22. ^ "The Human League: Octopus". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  23. ^ "The Human League: Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  24. ^ "The Human League: The Best of the Human League". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  25. ^ "The Human League: The Very Best of the Human League". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  26. ^ "British certifications – Human League – All The Best". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  27. ^ "The Human League / A Very British Synthesizer Group: four-disc anthology". superdeluxeedition.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  28. ^ "The Human League's 'The Virgin Years' Celebrated With New Colored Vinyl Boxset". U Discover Music. September 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  29. ^ "Official Charts Company - Human League". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  30. ^ "The Human League: Love and Dancing". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  31. ^ "YMO,ザ・ヒューマン・リーグのCDアルバムランキング、YMO,ザ・ヒューマン・リーグのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". www.oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  32. ^ Australian peak chart positions:
  33. ^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  34. ^ "Chartverfolgung / HUMAN LEAGUE / Single". www.musicline.de (in German). Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  35. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  36. ^ "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (H)". www.rock.co.za. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  37. ^ "The Human League: Love Action (I Believe in Love)". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  38. ^ "The Human League: Open Your Heart". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  39. ^ "British certifications – Human League – Don't You Want Me". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  40. ^ "The Human League: Mirror Man". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  41. ^ "The Human League: (Keep Feeling) Fascination". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  42. ^ "mvdbase.com - the Human League". www.mvdbase.com. Retrieved 21 June 2011.

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