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Dare
Studio albumby
the Human League
Released16 October 1981[1]
RecordedMarch–September 1981
StudioGenetic Sound(Streatley, Berkshire)
Genre
Length40:46
LabelVirgin
Producer
The Human Leaguechronology
Travelogue
(1980) 		Dare
(1981) 		Love and Dancing
(1982)
SinglesfromDare
  1. "The Sound of the Crowd"
    Released: 24 April 1981
  2. "Love Action (I Believe in Love)"
    Released: 31 July 1981
  3. "Open Your Heart"
    Released: 2 October 1981
  4. "Don't You Want Me"
    Released: 27 November 1981
  5. "The Things That Dreams Are Made Of"
    Released: 21 January 2008

Dare(also released asDare!in certain countries) is the third studio album by Englishsynth-popbandThe Human League,first released in the United Kingdom in October 1981 and then subsequently in the US in mid-1982.[7]The album was produced byMartin Rushentand recorded between March and September 1981, following the departure of founding membersMartyn WareandIan Craig Marsh,and saw the band shift direction from their previousavant-gardeelectronic style toward a more pop-friendly, commercial sound led by frontmanPhilip Oakey.[8]

Darebecame critically acclaimed and proved to be a genre-defining album, whose influence can be felt in many areas of pop music.[9]The album and its four singles were large successes, particularly "Don't You Want Me",which bothRolling StoneandThe Village Voicecredited with kickstarting theSecond British Invasion.[10][11]The album reached number one on theUK Albums Chartand has been certified triple platinum by theBritish Phonographic Industry(BPI).

A remix album based onDare,namedLove and Dancing,again produced byMartin Rushentwas released in 1982. This included remixes of tracks from theDarealbum in a continuous mega mix style which was groundbreaking at the time and according toMartin Rushentwas very time-consuming to make.

History

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In January 1981, the Human League consisted of Oakey andPhilip Adrian Wrightwith newly recruited teenage dancers/backing vocalistsJoanne CatherallandSusan Ann Sulley.After the acrimonious split of the original band in October 1980 and the subsequent recruitment of Sulley and Catherall, the new band had only just survived a European tour by bringing in session keyboardistIan Burdento assist temporarily. As a result, the band was in substantive debt and only barely commercially viable. Under pressure to produce results fromVirgin Records,original members Oakey and Wright returned to Monumental Studios inSheffieldto start recording demo tracks. They recorded the track "Boys and Girls"from the 1980 tour, which Virgin then released as a single. The" Boys and Girls "style was more reminiscent of the band's earlier work. Sulley and Catherall, who were busy studying for their A-levels, appeared on the cover of the single but did not perform on the track itself." Boys and Girls "peaked at number 47 on theUK Singles Chart.Afterwards, Oakey would bring in outside personnel to take the band in a more pop and commercial-sounding direction.

Oakey's first move was to invite guitarist and keyboard player Ian Burden from their 1980 tour back to join the band full-time. Virgin had suggested that Oakey needed professional production and paired him with veteran producerMartin Rushent.He would move the band to hisGenetic Sound Studiosin ruralBerkshireboth due to the "unhealthy" atmosphere at Monumental Studios in Sheffield caused by the Human League sharing it withHeaven 17,and that Rushent's studios were better equipped for the type of music the band was making. A downside would be that the distance would cause problems for Sulley and Catherall who were taking their final school exams at the time and had to be bussed down from Sheffield regularly.[12]In the studio, the songs were built up from a simpleLinn LM-1drum pattern, with the arrangements written out on a chart as they went along: each note was considered carefully at some point for the best emotional effect, as per Rushent. Each song took a week, with the final drum parts recorded last to tape with all the drum fills in place.[13]

The first result of their recording sessions was released in April 1981 entitled "The Sound of the Crowd". The final addition to the band would beJo Callis,the former guitarist and songwriter of thepunk rockbandthe Rezillos.

The first release from the now complete new team came in July 1981, "Love Action (I Believe in Love)", which peaked at number three in the UK. By September 1981, the album was finished and provisionally entitledDare,after aVoguemagazine cover (U.K., April 1979,Gia Carangi). Oakey explained the story behind the album name at the time:

I like it becausethe Mekonsused to have a song called "Dan Dare". In fact, it was ripped off from a cover ofVogueabout two and a half years ago. They had a whole series of covers which featured just one word like "Success", "Red" and "Dare". I shouldn't say that, should I?[14]

To prepare for the album's release (set for the end of October 1981), "Open Your Heart" was released - it went to number six in the UK. It was accompanied by a high-end promotional video. When the album was released, it was condemned by theMusicians' Union,who believed the new technology employed by the Human League was making traditional musicians redundant among other concerns; they would begin a "Keep It Live" campaign believing that bands like the Human League would be able to perform concerts at the touch of a button.[12]

Virgin executive Simon Draper's next choice would be the track "Don't You Want Me", the duet that Oakey had recorded with teenage backing singer Susanne Sulley. Oakey was unhappy with the decision and originally fought it, believing it to be the weakest track onDare;for that reason, it had been relegated to the last track on the B-side of the vinyl album. Oakey was eventually overruled by Virgin.[12]It would go on to become the band's most successful hit, selling millions of copies worldwide and becoming the 25th highest-selling single in the UK (as of 2007).[15]It was also theChristmas number onefor 1981.

Release

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The album was a massive commercial success, reaching number one on theUK Albums Chartin its second week of release. The album's release was expected to be the climax of an enormously successful year for the band, but Virgin Record's Simon Draper decided he wanted an additional single from the album before the end of the year.[12]By Christmas 1981,Darehad gone platinum in the UK, and the Human League had a number-one album and number-one single concurrently on the UK charts.Darewould eventually remain on the UK Albums Chart for 71 weeks.[15]A remix album, calledLove and Dancing,was released in July 1982.

International releases

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The single "Don't You Want Me" was released with an expensive and elaborate promotional video created by film makerSteve Barron.Music videos were a relatively new phenomenon, and cable TV stationMTVhad only just started up to capitalise on this new media but had very little material to work with. Virgin Records syndicated the video to MTV which was played around the clock. Because of the interest the video generated in "Don't You Want Me", Virgin licensed the release in the US of the single and the album. The licensee for the US wasA&M Recordswho renamed the albumDare!The addition of the exclamation mark was because A&M wanted to differentiate their (US) release from Virgin's original release in the UK. The release ofDare!immediately mirrored the success of the UK; and in mid 1982 it reached number three on the USBillboard200and the single "Don't You Want Me" was at number one on theBillboardHot 100.Although critics were not as universally applauding as in the UK, the commercial success ofDare!would set the scene for the band's return to the US charts several times in later years.

Dareearned considerable income for record labels Virgin and A&M; in Virgin's case, it gave the label the first chart-topping album sinceMike Oldfield'sTubular Bellsin 1973. "Don't You Want Me" was the label's first-ever chart-topping single. The success ofDarewas responsible for saving the label from impending bankruptcy. A very gratefulRichard Bransonsent Philip Oakey a motorcycle as a thank-you present, but Oakey had to return it as he couldn't ride it.[12]

As well as the commercial success in the US under A&M, in 1982Darewas also highly successful in Australia, Japan, France and Germany.Darehas been re-released several times since its original creation. The 1997 U.S. CD release onCaroline Recordsincluded the additional B-side tracks "Hard Times" and "Non-Stop". In 2002 (UK)/2003 (U.S.), another re-release combinedDareandLove and Dancingon one CD. In 2012, a 2-CD box set compiledDare,several bonus remixes and an expanded version of theFascination!EP, which was released separately in Japan in 2015.[16]

Packaging

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Dareinternal gatefold artwork 1981 – Sulley and Catherall

Thecover artand other album artwork are based on a concept that Oakey wanted, that the album should look like an issue ofVogue.The final design is a joint effort between Philip Adrian Wright (also the band's director of visuals) and graphic designer Ken Ansell. Its typography and design closely resemble the cover of GermanVogue'sMay 1981 issue, featuringPaulina Porizkova.Oakey is solo on the front cover with Sulley and Catherall on the internal gatefold, Wright on the back cover, and Callis and Burden on the inner sleeve. The artwork has been reproduced in numerous forms for various re-releases and sold as posters.[17]

Explaining why the band's portraits are close-cropped and the girls had their hair tied back for their photographs, Susan Ann Sulley explains, "We wanted people to still be able to buy the album in five years, we thought that hair styles would be the first thing to date. We had no idea people would still be buying it 25 years later."

Critical reception

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Darewas almost universally critically acclaimed in the UK. InMelody MakerSteve Sutherland celebrated the fact the album would irritate guitar-rock traditionalists, saying, "All let's-pretend-pompous it's cornily consistent, cultured, crude, elegant, cheap... anything you want it to be. Me? I think it's a masterpiece. Sure to upset some, sell to millions more and so it should the way it tramps all over rock traditions. A trite sound, a retarded glam image and a mock respect. All the appeal in the world...Dareshould show up the pathetic farce of pop mythology once and for all. "[18]Smash HitscriticDavid Hepworthcalled it "chock-full of precise, memorable melodies delivered with style and humour".[19]Noted music criticPaul Morleywrote in theNME,"Dareis the second intoxicating intervention to be produced out of the great split [referring to Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware leaving the first incarnation of the Human League, and their albumPenthouse and Pavementreleased with their new bandHeaven 17], and already it's the first Human League greatest hits collection... Much more thanABBAor whoever you like, the Human League signify that deliciously serious, sincerely disposableMOR musiccan possess style, quality and sophistication... I think thatDareis one of the GREAT popular music LPs. "[20]

In the US,Rolling StoneratedDarefour out of five stars, with reviewerDavid Frickecommending the Human League for finding "an appealing balance between modern technique and tuneful charm" on an album of "artfully grabby" songs.[21]Robert ChristgauofThe Village Voicewas less impressed, giving it a "B−" grade and remarking that "Philip Oakey comes on like three kinds of pompous jerk."[22]

According to the bookLet It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs,renowned music criticLester Bangsdied of an accidental drug overdose while listening toDare.[23]

Awards

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Darefeatured in multiple year-end polls for 1981. It was ranked the sixth best album of 1981 by theNME,[24]and was voted Album of the Year in the 1981Smash Hitsreaders' poll.[25]Martin Rushent received theBrit AwardforBest British Producerat the1982 ceremonyfor his production onDare,while the band won the award forBest British Newcomer.[26]

Legacy

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Retrospective professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[27]
BBC Online5/5[28]
Mojo[29]
Muzik[30]
Pitchfork9.1/10[2]
Q[31]
Record Collector[32]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[33]
Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10[34]
Uncut10/10[35]

Darehas appeared on several lists of the greatest albums of all time.Soundsmagazine ranked it the 81st-best album of all time in 1986 and the 44th-best album of the 1980s three years later.[36][37]In 1990,Darewas listed byRolling Stoneas the 78th-best album of the previous decade.[38]Qplaced the record at number 69 on its 2000 list of the "100 Greatest British Albums Ever";[citation needed]the same magazine, in 2006, rankedDarethe 19th-best album of the 1980s.[39]In 2006,British Hit Singles & AlbumsandNMEorganised a poll in which 40,000 people worldwide voted for the 100 best albums ever, withDareplacing at number 77.[40]Slant Magazinelisted it in 2012 as the 86th-best album of the 1980s.[41]In 2013,NMEranked the record 111th on its list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[42]Meanwhile,UncutrankedDare132nd on its list of the 200 greatest albums of all time in 2015.[43]PasteplacedDareat number 34 on its 2016 list of the bestnew wavealbums.[6]

The album was also included in the 2018 edition of Robert Dimery's book1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[44]

25th anniversary

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Dare Tour 2007 artwork – Sulley, Oakey, Catherall

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release ofDare(and the 30th anniversary of the formation of the band), the modern-day Human League (Oakey, Sulley and Catherall from the original 1981 band lineup) 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.[45]

Martin Rushent, interviewed in the July 2010 issue ofSound on Soundmagazine, said he was working on a remastered 30th anniversary edition of the album which would include new mixes of its tracks using real instruments rather than synthesisers.[46]However, Rushent died in June 2011 with the project unreleased.

Virgin40

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Darewas one of the Virgin Records albums selected for specialpicture discrelease to mark the 40th anniversary of the group's erstwhile record label.[47]

Track listing

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Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Things That Dreams Are Made Of"Oakey, Wright4:14
2."Open Your Heart"Callis, Oakey3:53
3."The Sound of the Crowd"Burden, Oakey3:56
4."Darkness"Callis, Wright3:56
5."Do or Die"Burden, Oakey5:25
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Get Carter"(instrumental)Roy Budd1:02
7."I Am the Law"Oakey, Wright4:09
8."Seconds"Callis, Oakey, Wright4:58
9."Love Action (I Believe in Love)"Burden, Oakey4:58
10."Don't You Want Me"Callis, Oakey, Wright3:56
CD bonus tracks (Caroline Records,CAROL 1114-2, US, released 1997)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Hard Times"Oakey, Wright, Callis5:42
12."Non-Stop"Callis, Wright4:15
  • Track 11 was the B-side of the "Love Action (I Believe in Love)" single. Track 12 was the B-side of the "Open Your Heart" single.
Dare/Fascination!2CD box set bonus tracks (Virgin Records,CDVD 2192, UK, released 2012)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."The Sound of the Crowd" (12 "version)Burden, Oakey6:28
12."Don't You Want Me" (extended mix)Callis, Oakey, Wright7:31
13."The Sound of the Crowd" (instrumental)Burden, Oakey4:12
14."Open Your Heart/Non-Stop" (instrumentals)Callis, Oakey/Callis, Wright8:41
15."Don't You Want Me" (alternative version)Callis, Oakey, Wright3:57

Personnel

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Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[48]

The Human League

Additional personnel

Studio equipment used

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The following studio equipment was used in the recording of the album:[49]

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications forDare
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[70] Platinum 50,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[71] Platinum 100,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[72] Gold 50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[73] Platinum 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[74] 3× Platinum 900,000^
United States (RIAA)[75] Gold 500,000^

^Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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