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1988 greatest hits album by The Human League
Greatest Hits
Released 31 October 1988 (original version) 30 October 1995 (updated version) Recorded 1978–1995
Genre
Label
Virgin
Producer Various
Cover of 1995 version
Greatest Hits is a
compilation album by the English
synth-pop band
The Human League , released on 31 October 1988 by
Virgin Records . It contains 13 singles released by the band, spanning from their debut single (1978's "
Being Boiled ") to their most recent album at the time (1986's
Crash ), as well as lead singer
Philip Oakey 's collaboration with
Giorgio Moroder , "
Together in Electric Dreams " (1984). The album reached No. 3 in the UK.
On 30 October 1995, to cash in on the band's renewed success at that time, Virgin released an updated Greatest Hits with a new cover and three post-1988 tracks added: "
Tell Me When " (from the 1995
Octopus album), "
Stay with Me Tonight " (a brand new track, later released as a single) and a new remix of "
Don't You Want Me " by German group
Snap! .
Original 1988 track listing
(Virgin HLCD1 - 259 355-222)
"
Mirror Man " (Burden, Callis, Oakey) – 3:49 from
Fascination!
"
(Keep Feeling) Fascination " (Callis, Oakey) – 3:43 from Fascination!
"
The Sound of the Crowd " (Burden, Oakey) – 3:56 from
Dare
"
The Lebanon " (Callis, Oakey) – 3:43 from
Hysteria
"
Human " (
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis ) – 3:46 from
Crash
"
Together in Electric Dreams " (Moroder, Oakey) – 3:53 from
Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder and
Electric Dreams
"
Don't You Want Me " (Callis, Oakey, Wright) – 3:57 from Dare
"
Being Boiled " (Marsh, Oakey, Ware) – 3:38 Non-album single
"
Love Action (I Believe in Love) " (Burden, Oakey) – 3:50 from Dare
"
Louise " (Callis, Oakey, Wright) – 4:55 from Hysteria
"
Open Your Heart " (Callis, Oakey) – 3:55 from Dare
"
Love Is All That Matters " (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) – 4:06 from Crash
"
Life on Your Own " (Callis, Oakey, Wright) – 4:05 from Hysteria
Note: Track 8 is the original version of "Being Boiled" and was released on the Fast Product Label.
Note: The Chilean cassette release (EMI Odeón Chilena - Virgin 105575), and the North American CD release (A&M Records - 7502152272) dropped the track "
Together in Electric Dreams ".
Updated 1995 track listing
(Virgin CDV 2792 - 724384094621)
"
Don't You Want Me " (Callis, Oakey, Wright) (1981) – 3:59 from
Dare
"
Love Action (I Believe in Love) " (Burden, Oakey) (1981) – 3:52 from Dare
"
Mirror Man " (Burden, Callis, Oakey) (1982) – 3:52 from
Fascination!
"
Tell Me When " (Beckett, Oakey) (1994) - 4:43 from
Octopus
"
Stay with Me Tonight " (Oakey, Stanley) (1995) - 4:01 Previously unreleased
"
Open Your Heart " (Callis, Oakey) (1981) – 3:56 from Dare
"
(Keep Feeling) Fascination " (Callis, Oakey) (1983) – 3:45 from Fascination!
"
The Sound of the Crowd " (Burden, Oakey) (1981) – 3:57 from Dare
"
Being Boiled " (Marsh, Oakey, Ware) (1978) – 3:39 Non-album single
"
The Lebanon " (Callis, Oakey) (1984) – 3:43 from
Hysteria
"
Love Is All That Matters " (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) (1987) – 4:06 from
Crash
"
Louise " (Callis, Oakey, Wright) (1984) – 4:57 from Hysteria
"
Life on Your Own " (Callis, Oakey, Wright) (1984) – 4:05 from Hysteria
"
Together In Electric Dreams " (Moroder, Oakey) (1984) – 3:53 from
Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder and
Electric Dreams
"
Human " (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) (1986) – 3:49 from Crash
"
Don't You Want Me " (Snap 7″ Remix) (1995) - 3:58 Previously unreleased
To accompany both the 1988 and 1995 versions of the album Virgin also released
VHS video tape compilations.
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