Dutch album certifications – The Human League – Dare" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers . Retrieved 16 July 2022. Enter Dare in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1982 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen". a b Nelson, Brad (17 May 2020). "The Human League: Dare". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020 . Retrieved 24 May 2020. After a break in 1988 for a multi-platinum selling greatest hits album, the group returned with Romantic? which was yet another move forward with their sound, the hit single “Heart Like A Wheel” saw the band reunite with Dare producer Martin Rushent. However, after a dozen years with the label, it was to be their last album for Virgin. The band continue to record, have hits and tour the world to this day……but that’s a story for another boxset. Scaping, Peter, ed. (1982). "The Top 200 LPs: January–December 1981". BPI Year Book 1982 (5thed.). London: The British Phonographic Industry Ltd. pp.50–53. ISBN 0-906154-03-0. Rees, Dafydd; Lazell, Barry; Jones, Alan (1983). "The Top 100 UK Albums". Chart File Volume 2. London: Virgin Books. pp.82–83. ISBN 0-907080-73-1.

The Human League Live". susanne-sulley.net. Archived from the original on 26 August 2007 . Retrieved 4 November 2020. The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s". Slant Magazine. 5 March 2012. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012 . Retrieved 4 November 2020. Dare (also released as Dare! in certain countries) is the third studio album by English synth-pop band the Human League, first released in the United Kingdom in October 1981 then subsequently in the US in mid-1982. [6] The album was recorded between March and September 1981 following the departure of founding members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh, and saw the band shift direction from their previous avant-garde electronic style toward a more pop-friendly, commercial sound led by frontman Philip Oakey. [7] a b Roberts, David, ed. (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 978-1-904994-10-7. Offiziellecharts.de – The Human League – Dare" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 16 April 2020.According to the book Let It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, renowned music critic Lester Bangs died of an accidental drug overdose while listening to Dare. [19] Awards [ edit ] Dare has appeared on several lists of the greatest albums of all time. Sounds magazine ranked it the 81st best album of all time in 1986, and the 44th best album of the 1980s three years later. [33] [34] In 1990, Dare was listed by Rolling Stone as the 78th best album of the previous decade. [35] Q placed the record at number 69 on its 2000 list of the "100 Greatest British Albums Ever"; [20] the same magazine, in 2006, ranked Dare the 19th best album of the 1980s. [36] In 2006, British Hit Singles & Albums and NME organised a poll in which 40,000 people worldwide voted for the 100 best albums ever, with Dare placing at number 77. [37] Slant Magazine listed it in 2012 as the 86th best album of the 1980s. [38] In 2013, NME ranked the record 111th on its list of " The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". [39] Meanwhile, Uncut ranked Dare 132nd on its list of the 200 greatest albums of all time in 2015. [40] Paste placed Dare at number 34 on its 2016 list of the best new wave albums. [5] Buskin, Richard (July 2010). "Human League 'Don't You Want Me' ". Sound on Sound. Cambridge. Archived from the original on 19 May 2016 . Retrieved 4 November 2020. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dare! – The Human League". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021 . Retrieved 26 January 2005.

Best Album: 'Dare' The Human League". Smash Hits. Vol.3, no.26. London. 24 December 1981 – 6 January 1982. p.23. Davis, Michael (December 1982). "Taking the all-synthesizer sound to the Top Ten". Keyboard. San Bruno.

Human League". virgin40.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2014 . Retrieved 15 December 2016. Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian) . Retrieved 29 May 2022. Select "Album" in the "Tipo" field, type "Human League" in the "Artista" field and press "cerca". This section's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions. ( June 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Top 100 Albums 82". RPM. Vol.37, no.19. 25 December 1982. p.19. ISSN 0315-5994. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021 – via Library and Archives Canada.

Christgau, Robert (13 April 1982). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Archived from the original on 7 March 2015 . Retrieved 3 June 2016. Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1982". Billboard. Archived from the original on 15 April 2020 . Retrieved 6 April 2020.

Oasis album voted greatest of all time". The Times. London. 1 June 2006. Archived from the original on 8 April 2007 . Retrieved 4 November 2020. a b c d e Windle, Robert (2010) [2001]. "The Human League Biography Part 2: 'Our music beats the best...' ". Electronically Yours. Opium Visuals. Archived from the original on 9 August 2007 . Retrieved 8 August 2007. Platinum and Gold Singles 1982". Kent Music Report. No.453. 28 February 1983 . Retrieved 10 November 2021– via Imgur.

Barker, Emily (25 October 2013). "The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time: 200–101". NME. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017 . Retrieved 22 October 2021. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of Dare (and the 30th anniversary of the formation of the band), the modern-day Human League (Oakey, Sulley and Catherall from the original 1981 band line up) conducted a special Dare 2007 tour of the UK and Europe playing the original album live in full during November and December 2007. An updated version of the album's cover artwork, now with recent photographs of Sulley, Oakey and Catherall in the style of the original artwork, accompanied the advertising for the tour. [42]

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Matrix / Runout (B Side runout - variant 10): V-219(# scratched out)2 B-3 [unknown stamp could be Q :] C TOWN HOUSE Jones, Alan; Lazell, Barry; Rees, Dafydd (1982). "The Top 200 Albums (UK)". Chart File 1982. London: Virgin Books. pp.78–81. ISBN 0-907080-49-9. Two years later, the band would experiment even further by mostly recording the album Crash with the production team of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. The gamble paid off, and it returned The Human League to the top of the US charts with the song “Human”. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge.