The Human League Darkness

[Quintoification]

one of the best track of every all '80!!!

[1662015]

stupendi!

[paul196824]

love the human league great live just love em fantastic i think they where the best at syths but kraftwork also were great and i still love there music but the human league are tops phil oakey you are wonderfull when i was in care me and a m8 listened and danced and sang the songss and i still know the words it took are minds of where we were please come back what a gift

[nt004b9392]

absolute classic those synths....to die for!

[WildmanBorneo]

Tune !

[Carpentercola]

Lester Bangs died to this

[Carpentercola]

so incredibly gay

[TheKenfig]

@Carpentercola The album is a pop masterpiece

[wdharvey1]

the Dare album was EXCELLENT...but, there was a DJ mix called "Love and Dancing"...had some FABULOUS arrangements of the Dare album...

[Roybraham]

I was 16, clumsy and shy. Where did those happy times go?

[Gary190tube]

@Roybraham sounds like you were listening to "Half a Person" by The Smiths back then as well ;-)

[FredKruegerKrueger]

This is the song Lester Bangs died listening to. Creepy.

[wjec1970]

I fucking LOVE this song - the whole album, come to think of it. Period.

My first proper LP ( God am I old for saying that word! LOL)

Dare! changed me - simple as that. Sat in my bedroom, staring out of the window, feeling miserable, awkward and weird....and then this album comes along and gives me a voice. Mr Oakey and his crew have no idea how much this means to me x

PS thanks to Martin Rushent for producing this and setting me on the path of music......x

[banditbronable]

You've listened to this backsreet number... now listen to Unliimited Orchestra! thanks to Dekadude and JohnH108

[ventilatedzygote]

this is what patrick bateman listens to while doing ab crunches

[Fitzz1985]

fuckin great album.... so my life groeing up!! love it

[outsider497]

I remember buying this album back in 1981 and all my friends thought it was so weird. I thought it was one of the most innovative pieces of music I'd ever heard. Not only were the synthesizers making sounds I'd never heard before, but the songs were so catchy. It really was ahead of its time and many copy cats followed. I wish they would have kept the "Dare" sound but a fallout with producer, Martin Rushent ended that. Their future stuff wasn't quite as polished.

[djmusicjac]

awesome synth pop new wave, i love the sound very much

[hayabusabart]

keep rockin Phil!

[likearollingstone257]

Ugh no wonder Lester Bangs died while listening to this. It's awful.

[cerebralpalsy123]

Ugh, the more I search the more it's confirmed for me: everything, that's EVERYTHING, before and after "Dare" sucks big time, yet "Dare" is amazing! I recently got into Human League, and as much as I wanted everything to be as great as "Dare" if not better, I'm always disappointed. It's like a totally different band after "Dare", a shallow, boring, crappy, dime-a-dozen replica of every other 80's synth group, and through the 90's all the way up to now, they continue to suck, makes me sad.

[generalBlasto]

I have listened to the entire human league anthology and this album is the strongest.  The band came in just at the right time in the 80's. People were looking for something serious and got it from human league. I mean after dare where to go from their peak?

[Animateme3D]

I hear colors black and red. Their new song called "NIGHT PEOPLE" fill my head. I want to hear their songs again and agaaaaaaiiiinnnnnn!!!!

[MadsHutters]

There in 1987 where the Nigthmare about the Universes would Grow together in its Black holes and Time would Stop FOREVER good I remembered to Make an Ever Sun in 1989!!

[211bill]

Timeless !!!

[SmarticusRex]

Leaster Bangs died in New York on April 30, 1982, of an overdose of Darvon, Valium and Nyquil.[8] He is reported to have been listening to The Human League's album Dare at the time of his death.[8]

[MrSKINFLICK]

@SmarticusRex: He was really on a very bad trip, shortly before he had published a godawful sarcastic "satire" about a Tangerine Dream concert where he described his ultra-weird fantasies about crazy housewives appearing with plastic bags at a the concert and dancing to T.D. - German "Sounds" magazine published it after his death and wondered in a commentary what he had all been on......

[petrusaloisius]

great great song :)

[stevethickett]

Best track on the Dare album of 1981, stunning!!

[hatchetmac]

top tune fcukin legends

[18andreab]

Such a haunting tune. Love it. 

[Blokie123]

Best album ever IMO

[pfunk0]

What a cool song, never heard this one before. 80's rule.

[Hardliner1269]

AT AGE 12, I used 2 own the album DARE, til it got scratched, I played 2 death every week [in order of my favorites]--

1. Don't You Want Me----The Extended Play Version makes me cry from the SHEER GENIUS of the composition/synthesizer arrangement/male vocals

2. Love Action {I Believe In Love}--Extended Mix

3. Darkness

4. These Are The Things That Dreams Are Made Of

5. Do Or Die

6. I Am The Law

[fuckamericanidiot]

@Hardliner1269 what about get carter? that's the best track on there

[MrBaggy69]

@fuckamericanidiot

i had the casio keybord the human league played get carter on if i find my album ill tell ya what it was

[SolarTiger]

@MrBaggy69: From the "Dare" album notes:Roland System 700 modular, Jupiter 4, Korg 770, Korg Delta, Yamaha CS15, Casio VLT1...

Casio M10 and Linn LM1 for drums...Roland MC8 used as sequencer

[SegaMegadriveMic]

I've been watching a cartoon called Timothy Goes To School with the volume turned down and listening to this song and somehow, they go well together.

[AronRaHAHAHA]

Sheffield based group of the early 80's.

Thanks for posting, not heard this one for yrs..

[MsEmval]

Love it ! The bass line so simple and his haunting voice, wonderful! xxx

[pablogeebee1]

OMFG! THIS IS FUCKING FANTASTIC!!!!!

[LordRuehl]

I bought this (vinyl at that) album in a junk store cuz Don't You Want Me is one of my fav songs. Come to find out, this whole album rocks! It sucks I had to be born in 83 instead of earlier...I was just a baby when all the awesome 80's music was goin' down. Come back 80's music!

[MrBaggy69]

@LordRuehl

i was born in 1967 so grew up with the end of punk and the beginning of the 80's electronic music,new wave and new romantics

best time you would ever have for music unlike the cowell produced mass dross of today

[Videodeathtyl]

What books does he mean? ;)

[LordRuehl]

@Videodeathtyl Twilight

[gorzyga]

Brilliant song!

[Animateme3D]

The Human League was just signed to UK's recording label Wall of Sound! New material (songs, videos, album) expected in 2010!!!

[MrMichalsky]

Producent: Martin Rushent. Fantastic!

[VernianProcess]

This song like so much of their early work is so damn good. So catchy, and atmospheric.

[xXEastJesusNoWhereXx]

i think the best part is from 2:40 to 3:59

[nuged568]

Quite simply, my favourite album of all time. Just superb!

[userwl2850]

80,s sheffield music never to be beaten. saw them in the limit before they were famous, west street sheffield. the orig, drummer plays in a band every sunday in my village.

[ls268dj]

sad that you still live there, and have no future. you are a follower. i went to germany at that time, became a leader and still love leeds united. you are probably a nice person tho.

[userwl2850]

@ls268dj not sure what you mean by your first sentence. sad i still live there? if you mean sheffield i work here and live mostly in thailand. have no future and a follower? couldn,t be more wrong. we both fail though, we,ve got shit football teams. once great now shit. up the owls.

[ls268dj]

sheff was a big center of industry, now the steel has gone, no future. follower, we,leeds, were always, to my young years, the leading city in yorkshire. had a good mate at that time, sheffield tim, he was a season ticket holder at hillsboro. we used to have some good discussions, half pissed in the gascoigne in garforth. i used to live in swillington, almost an hours walk away. they were good days. we are leeds.

[SPIRALFINGERS]

@ls268dj leeds has and never will be the leading city in yorkshire, Up the owls.

[pablogeebee1]

@userwl2850 ha ha,yeah shit teams but Leeds and Sheffield are the dogs bollocks as is ALL England!!!!!!Shit you old dicks are sooo miserable!!!!!!!!!!

[MrPhiloakey]

fantastic song,very special and simply amazing. great for gothic parties and also 80s disco

[SammiieXD]

Watched these guys in Oz a few years ago. They did the Here & Now concert with a few other 80's bands. They where the best out of all the groups that night. Human League where the first live band I saw back in my home town of Sheffield.

[ajittffcure]

Nice to know that. I saw them last year in Newport, Wales (for the very first time) for the Steel City Tour with Heaven 17 and ABC. The Human League happened to the best out of the other three group (well, at least the most special band if not the best).

[VernianProcess]

I saw them about 5 years ago, and I was really happy to see them do a bunch of the pre-Dare material, (before starting in on the more familiar later tracks). I thought that was really cool of them, as I was mainly there in the hopes to hear some of the finest early electronic dance music ever recorded.

[grimster333]

wot a song i think itunes is calling me

[EdZimmerman]

One of their best songs!

[ReservedRealist]

great synth beats and bass

[DekaDude]

The bassline in this song is fucking incredible. Today's producers could learn a thing or two from whoever produced this track. This song sounds so sweet in your car if you have a system.

[chucke1963]

@DekaDude

True. The sound of analog synths from the day were fat and awesome. Everything is digital crap now.

[maxheadway]

@chucke1963 Ah, but digital technology enables us to listen to stuff like this on YouTube!

[petesapwell]

@chucke1963

Fat and awesome describes it all exactly....

[MrBaggy69]

@DekaDude you should ave tried it in the 80 with a brand new sony walkman and those god dam awrful headphones they gave you

THIS ALBUM WAS THE ONLY REASON TO KEEP THE HEADPHONES

[JohnH108]

@DekaDude Your absolutly righr about the bassline. It's Produced as was the whole album by Martin Rushent.

If you think this is good try Love and Dancing by The League Unlimited Orchestra also produced by Martin Rushent

[banditbronable]

@JohnH108 TO DEKA DUDE - AMEN TO THAT! Love and Dancing is actually someways better than the Dare album but missing out on "Darkness" and "I am the Law". Great stuff guys!

ps: Bassline and drums on Darkness does it for me....

[rovercats]

@DekaDude martin rushen produced this album

[jellyfarm]

@DekaDude agreed - love the bassline on this as well...songs these days are so tuneless it's not even funny.

[rjciccone]

@DekaDude The producer was Martin Rushent, and he passed away yesterday, age 63.

[TheKenfig]

@rjciccone Produced the best albums by The Stranglers as well

[katakisLives]

when you look at the track listing on dare its mind blowing how so many classics can be on one album

[oOoTISCARoOo]

Love this song!!!!

[13101988andoni]

me tooooooooooo!!!!!!!! hehe! ,i just don´t get tired of listening it over and over again...

[anstonian]

I love it also, what a great song. They come from my home Town of, Sheffield UK.. LOL.

[ajittffcure]

I have heard a lot of positive remarks about Sheffield. The way Human League makes music is incredible. This is my favourite track from 'Dare'.

[nickboyroy]

Hey check out my video responce to this, i love this album i really do but i wanted to try and use this song as a piss take. i think it doesn't work . leave your comments. tar love

[13101988andoni]

dark wave...this musical gender dosen´t exists no more...fucking world....

[FetidToecheese]

Carry it on!

I think Jungle was the spiritual successor, but that goes to a more primal place, and just doesn't have the melodies

[ajittffcure]

The bass lines on most of The Human League songs are simply catchy!

[kaolaz1]

FABULOUS SOUNDS

[dkraft1]

You can hear the Heaven 17 similarities in this song.

[cabbygolf]

a shining beacon of a song and album amongst all the shite nowadays

[techweenie1]

indeed

[writestuff8180]

Yeah - they don't write them like that anymore.

[okbass]

As the clock stops

As darkness closes in

I hesitate, but it's too late

I scream and scream again

I hear colors black and red

I see sounds that fill my head

I'll never read those books again

[EuroAlien]

I'll never read those books again :)

However, I will be listening to this album again - one of my favourites :)

[gjh1967]

Simply outstanding. There's not one single duffer on the album. Why don't we get great genuine Pop albums like this anymore?

[stevebasset]

My two favorite lines

"I hear colours black and red"

"I see sounds that fill my head"

[ajittffcure]

My favourite lines are "In darkness, when all my dreams are all too clear" and "I see shadows moving, changing shape".

[zubbley]

Man what a tune. Haunting yet brilliant. Love it. one of my faves.

[ajittffcure]

This is possibly the best track on 'Dare' album and one of my favourite tracks by The Human League.

[mikey1829]

ABSOLUTE CLASSIC<<

[NYNYRaider]

My favorite part of the song has always been the bridge where the little synthetic melody plays and then Phil says "Don't turn out the light...or I'll go over the edge!" 1981 yesssss!!!!!!!!!!

[Tazz77]

This song and 'Seconds' are my favorites off of Dare.

[imonlyhumantoo]

.....and 'Love Action'...!

[sharpsuitedmod]

sound of the crowd!!

[NYNYRaider]

All these mentioned are great! Same with Get Carter and I Am The Law. Honestly, the 1988 Greatest Hits album should have had Seconds and this too.

[EIGRGirl]

One of the best tracks off Dare. This album is still brilliant some 20yrs later.

[bladdyoath]

Re-living my youth.

[nunodematos]

Great music