Greatest Hits (Human League album)

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Greatest Hits
Compilation album by The Human League
Released	1988, 1996
Recorded	1979-1996
Genre	Pop, Synthpop, Electronic
Label	Virgin Records
Producer(s)	The Human League Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Giorgio Moroder Hugh Padgham Martin Rushent Ian Stanley Chris Thomas
Professional reviews
All Music Guide: 1988 Robert Christgau (B+) 1988 All Music Guide: 1996
The Human League chronology
Crash (1986)	Greatest Hits (1988)	Romantic? (1990)
Octopus (1995)	Greatest Hits (1996)	The Very Best of the Human League (1996)
1996 Greatest Hits cover

Greatest Hits is a compilation album released by English synthpop band The Human League. It was issued by Virgin Records in 1988 and contained twelve singles released from the band, spanning from their debut (1979's "Being Boiled") to their most recent album at the time (Crash, 1986).

In 1996 Virgin repackaged the hits collection and added four additional tracks: "Stay with Me Tonight" (exclusive to the 1996 compilation and released as a single to promote it), Phil Oakey's collaboration with Giorgio Moroder ("Together in Electric Dreams"), "Tell Me When" (from the Octopus album) and a new remix of the chart-topping "Don't You Want Me". The 1996 version also featured new cover art.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 1988 version - album 1.2 1988 version - video (1991) 1.3 1995 version - album 1.4 1995 version - video

[edit] Track listing

[edit] 1988 version - album

1. "Mirror Man" (Burden, Callis, Oakey) – 3:49
2. "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" (Callis, Oakey) – 3:43
3. "The Sound of the Crowd" (Burden, Oakey) – 3:56
4. "The Lebanon" (Callis, Oakey) – 3:43
5. "Human" (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) – 3:46
6. "Together in Electric Dreams" (Moroder, Oakey) – 3:53
7. "Don't You Want Me" (Callis, Oakey, Wright) – 3:57
8. "Being Boiled" (Marsh, Oakey, Ware) – 3:38
9. "Love Action (I Believe in Love)" (Burden, Oakey) – 3:50
10. "Louise" (Callis, Oakey, Wright) – 4:55
11. "Open Your Heart" (Callis, Oakey) – 3:55
12. "Love Is All That Matters" (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) – 4:06
13. "Life on Your Own" (Callis, Oakey, Wright) – 4:05

[edit] 1988 version - video (1991)

1. "Circus of Death" (directed by Russell Mulcahy)
2. "The Sound of the Crowd" (directed by Steve Barron)
3. "Love Action (I Believe in Love)" (BBC/Top of the Pops)
4. "Open Your Heart" (directed by Brian Grant)
5. "Don't You Want Me" (directed by Steve Barron)
6. "Mirror Man" (directed by Duffy)
7. "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" (directed by Steve Barron)
8. "The Lebanon" (directed by Simon Milne)
9. "Life on Your Own" (directed by Simon Milne)
10. "Together in Electric Dreams" (directed by Steve Barron)
11. "Louise" (directed by Steve Barron)
12. "Human" (directed by Andy Morahan)

[edit] 1995 version - album

1. "Don't You Want Me" (Callis, Oakey, Wright) – 3:57
2. "Love Action (I Believe in Love)" (Burden, Oakey) – 3:50
3. "Mirror Man" (Burden, Callis, Oakey) – 3:49
4. "Tell Me When" (Beckett, Oakey) – 4:43
5. "Stay with Me Tonight" (Oakey, Stanley) – 4:00
6. "Open Your Heart" (Callis, Oakey) – 3:55
7. "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" (Callis, Oakey) – 3:43
8. "The Sound of the Crowd" (Burden, Oakey) – 3:56
9. "Being Boiled" (Marsh, Oakey, Ware) – 3:38
10. "The Lebanon" (Callis, Oakey) – 3:43
11. "Love Is All That Matters" (Harris, Lewis) – 4:06
12. "Louise" (Callis, Oakey, Wright) – 4:55
13. "Life on Your Own" (Callis, Oakey, Wright) – 4:05
14. "Together in Electric Dreams" (Moroder, Oakey) – 3:53
15. "Human" (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) – 3:46
16. "Don't You Want Me" (Snap 7 Remix) – 3:58

[edit] 1995 version - video

1. "Circus of Death"
2. "Empire State Human"
3. "The Sound of the Crowd"
4. "Love Action (I Believe in Love)"
5. "Open Your Heart"
6. "Don't You Want Me"
7. "Mirror Man"
8. "(Keep Feeling) Fascination"
9. "The Lebanon"
10. "Life on Your Own"
11. "Louise"
12. "Human"
13. "I Need Your Loving"
14. "Heart Like a Wheel" (packaging erroneously states "Love is All That Matters")
15. "Soundtrack to a Generation"
16. "Tell Me When"