Hysteria (Human League Album)

Hysteria
The Human League's studio album
Publication (s)	May 7, 1984
Label (s)	Virgin Records
Format (s)	CD, LP
Genre (s)	Synth pop , new wave
Title (number)	10
occupation	Philip Oakey : vocals, keyboards, programming Ian C. Burden: bass, guitar, keyboards Jo Callis: vocals, guitar, keyboards Philip Adrian Wright: Keyboards Susanne Sulley: vocals Joanne Catherall: vocals
production	Hugh Padgham , Chris Thomas and The Human League
Studio (s)	Air Studios , London and The Townhouse , London
chronology Dare! (1981) Hysteria Crash (1986)
Single releases May 1984 The Lebanon June 1984 Life on Your Own November 1984 Louise

Hysteria is the fourth studio album by the British synth pop band The Human League .

History of origin

After the global commercial success of Dare! the band initially went back to the studio with Martin Rushent . When recording the rhythm tracks for the titles So Hurt , Love you too Much and Don't you Know , the producer and the band quarreled. Rushent left production and Chris Thomas was hired to complete the album. With The Sign , another rhythm was programmed by Jim Russell, which was more closely involved in the compositions on the follow-up album Crash . Russell was previously the drummer for the British pub rock band The Inmates . He had already worked with Rushent as a drummer while recording Pete Shelley's solo album XL-1 . But even Thomas left the project unfinished, so that the album was finally completed with Hugh Padgham as producer. Overall, production dragged on for two and a half years. The label Virgin Records bridged the long waiting time with the EP Fascination! .

Publication and chart success

The album debuted at number three on the British album charts on May 19, 1984 and lasted a total of 18 weeks. The British Record Association (BPI) certified a gold record in May 1984. The three decoupled singles could only place in the UK Top 40 . The album reached number 44 in the MediaControl charts and lasted 8 weeks. The album reached number 62 on the Billboard 200 .

reception

In his review for the Allmusic music database, Andy Kellmann alludes to the long time the album was made and says that it sounds exactly as one might expect under the pressure of its platinum record certified predecessor: the melodies are occasionally dull and the arrangements are often bloodless.

Track list

#	title	Author (s)	length
1.	I'm coming back	Oakey, Wright	4:08
2.	I love you too much	Burden, Callis, Wright	3:22
3.	Rock Me Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again (Six Times)	Austin, Brown	3:25
4th	Louise	Callis, Oakey, Wright	4:54
5.	The Lebanon	Callis, Oakey	5:01
6th	Betrayed	Oakey, Wright	4:01
7th	The Sign	Burden, Callis, Oakey	3:45
8th.	So hurt	Burden, Callis	3:47
9.	Life on Your Own	Callis, Oakey, Wright	4:04
10.	Don't you know, I want you	Burden, Callis, Oakey	3:06

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tom Flint: Martin Rushent: from Punk to Electro. In: soundonsound.com. February 1, 2007, accessed November 18, 2012 . 
2. ^ ^{A b} Andy Kellmann: Hysteria - The Human League: Songs, Rewiews, Credits, Awards: AllMusic. In: allmusic.com. Rovi Corp., accessed November 18, 2012 . 
3. ↑ ChartArchive - The Human League - Hysteria. In: chartarchive.org. Retrieved November 18, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Certified Awards Search. British Phonographic Industry , accessed September 15, 2014 (English, search term: Human League). 
5. ↑ Hysteria in the media control charts. In: charts.de. Retrieved November 18, 2012 . 
6. ^ Hysteria - The Human League: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards: AllMusic. In: allmusic.com. Retrieved November 18, 2012 .