Crash (album)
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Publication |
September 8, 1986 |
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CD, LP |
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Title (number) |
10 |
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Studio (s) |
Flyte Tyme, Minneapolis |
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Crash is the fifth studio album by the British synth-pop band The Human League .
History of origin
The band retired to Philip Oakey's 24-track home studio with music producer Colin Thurston in August 1985 to write and record new songs. Thurston had already produced for the bands Magazine and Duran Duran . However, the collaboration with Thurston turned out to be difficult and was canceled in late summer. Jo Callis left the band and Jim Russell, who had already worked with Hysteria , became a new member. The album was initially postponed indefinitely. In the spring of 1986 the band went to Minneapolis for four months to work with the production team Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis , who had already produced the commercially successful album Control for Janet Jackson . Jam and Lewis also worked on the compositions, which meant a musical reorientation from New Wave to Contemporary R&B for the band . The number one hit Human released as a single was written by Jam (James Harris III.) And Lewis. The other two titles released as single are not written by band members either. Dave Thompson reports that at the end of the recording sessions a heated argument broke out over how much outside musical help should be brought into the recordings. Philip Adrian Wright left the band after the recordings and Ian Burden followed him a year later.
Publication and chart success
A month after Human was released in August and turned out to be a chart hit, the album was released by Virgin Records in Europe and A&M Records in the United States. It entered the British album charts at number 7 on September 20, 1986 and lasted 6 weeks. The British Phonographic Industry Association (BPI) certified a gold record in October 1986. In Germany, the album placed 14th in September and lasted 11 weeks. The album reached number 35 on the Billboard 200 .
reception
William Ruhlmann of the Allmusic music database sees Crash as an improvement over its “lackluster” predecessor, Hysteria . However, the album is not "on par with Dare ", the band's most commercially successful 1981 album.
Track list
| # | title | Author (s) | length |
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| 1. | Money | Burden, Oakey, Jim Russell | 3:54 |
| 2. | Swang | David Eiland | 4:36 |
| 3. | Human | James Harris III, Terry Lewis | 4:25 |
| 4th | Jam | Oakey, Russell | 4:20 |
| 5. | Are You Ever Coming Back? | Oakey, Russell, Wright | 4:53 |
| 6th | I need your loving | James Harris III, Terry Lewis, Herman Davis, Eiland, Langston Richey, Danny Williams | 3:42 |
| 7th | party | Burden, Oakey, Russell | 4:29 |
| 8th. | Love on the run | Burden, Oakey, Russell | 3:53 |
| 9. | The real thing | Burden, Steve Fellows, Oakey, Russell | 4:19 |
| 10. | Love Is All That Matters | James Harris III, Terry Lewis | 6:07 |
swell
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- ↑ Dave Thompson: Alternative Rock . Miller Freeman, San Francisco 2000, ISBN 0-87930-607-6 . , P. 421
- ↑ ChartArchive - The Human League - Crash. In: chartarchive.org. Retrieved November 21, 2012 .
- ↑ CertifiedAwardsSearch. In: bpi.co.uk. Retrieved on November 21, 2012 (English, search term: Human League).
- ^ Crash of The Human League. In: chartsurfer.de. Retrieved November 21, 2012 .
- ^ Crash - The Human League: Awards: AllMusic. In: allmusic.com. Rovi Corp., accessed November 21, 2012 .
- ^ William Ruhlmann: Crash - The Human League: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards: AllMusic. In: allmusic.com. Rovi Corp., accessed November 20, 2012 .