Album · 1982
Love and Dancing
Love and Dancing is an album by The Human League, released in 1982, with 8 tracks.
- 8
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- 36 min
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Album · 1982
Love and Dancing is an album by The Human League, released in 1982, with 8 tracks.
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8 tracks · 36 min
Love and Dancing is a remix album released by British synthpop band The Human League in 1982 by Virgin Records. It was released under the band name "The League Unlimited Orchestra" as a nod to Barry White's disco-era Love Unlimited Orchestra. The album was principally the idea and work of producer Martin Rushent and contains dub-style, largely instrumental remixes of songs from the band's multi-platinum selling album Dare (1981), along with a version of the track "Hard Times", which had originally been the B-side of the single "Love Action (I Believe in Love)". Rushent was inspired by hip hop artist and turntablist Grandmaster Flash and created Love and Dancing on a mixing board. He created vocal effects by cutting up portions of the Dare tape and manually gluing them together. In total, over 2,600 edits feature on the album. Upon release, Love and Dancing was able to take advantage of the unexpected huge success of Dare and also work as a stopgap while the Human League worked on new material. The album received both mixed and positive reviews from music critics and, a surprise commercial success, reached number three in the UK Albums Chart and was later certified Platinum by the …