Hysteria (Human League album)

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Hysteria

Studio album by The Human League
Released	1984
Genre	Synthpop
Label	Virgin Records
Producer(s)	Hugh Padgham Chris Thomas The Human League
All Music Guide: link Robert Christgau (C) link
The Human League chronology
Fascination! (1983)	Hysteria (1984)	Crash (1986)

Hysteria is an album recorded by English synthpop band The Human League. Following the worldwide success of the 1981 album Dare!, the Human League struggled to make a successful follow-up. The Hysteria sessions were filled with problems, including producers Martin Rushent and Chris Thomas walking away from the project. In the meantime, the Fascination! EP was released and the Human League had two successful singles, "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" and "Mirror Man".

By the time Hysteria was released, three years had passed since Dare! and the album met with negative reviews from critics and lacklustre sales. Three singles made it to the top-twenty of the UK singles chart but first single "The Lebanon" was the only song to chart in the U.S., stalling at number sixty-four on the Billboard Hot 100. The album peaked at number three in the UK but was off the charts quickly.

In 2005 Hysteria was remastered and re-issued with B-sides and extended mixes as bonus tracks.

[edit] Track listing

"I'm Coming Back" (Oakey, Wright)
"I Love You Too Much" (Burden, Callis, Wright)
"Rock Me Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again (Six Times)" (Austin, Brown)
"Louise" (Callis, Oakey, Wright)
"The Lebanon" (Callis, Oakey)
"Betrayed" (Oakey, Wright)
"The Sign" (Burden, Callis, Oakey)
"So Hurt" (Burden, Callis)
"Life on Your Own" (Callis, Oakey, Wright)
"Don't You Know I Want You" (Burden, Callis, Oakey)
"Thirteen" (from "The Lebanon" 12-inch single, and 7" B-side)
"The World Tonight" (from "Life on Your Own" 12-inch single, and 7" B-side)
"The Lebanon" (extended version)
"Life on Your Own" (extended version)
"The Sign" (extended version)