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Dare (album)

Dare
Studio album by
the Human League
Released16 October 1981[1]
RecordedMarch–September 1981
StudioGenetic Sound (Streatley, Berkshire)
Genre
Length40:46
LabelVirgin
Producer
The Human League chronology
Travelogue
(1980) 		Dare
(1981) 		Love and Dancing
(1982)
Singles from Dare
  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 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 and then subsequently in the US in mid-1982.[8] The album was produced by Martin Rushent and 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.[9]

Dare became critically acclaimed and proved to be a genre-defining album, whose influence can be felt in many areas of pop music.[10] The album and its four singles were large successes, particularly "Don't You Want Me", which both Rolling Stone and The Village Voice credited with kickstarting the Second British Invasion.[11][12] The album reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and has been certified triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

A remix album based on Dare, named Love and Dancing, again produced by Martin Rushent was released in 1982. This included remixes of tracks from the Dare album in a continuous mega mix style which was groundbreaking at the time and according to Martin Rushent was very time-consuming to make.

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  12. ^ "Anglomania: The Second British Invasion". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
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