Rushent was inspired by hip hop turntablist Grandmaster Flash and created Love and Dancing on a mixing board. He created vocal effects by cutting up portions of the Dare tape and manually gluing them together. In total, over 2,600 edits feature on the album.
Upon release, Love and Dancing was able to take advantage of the huge success of Dare and also work as a stopgap while the Human League worked on new material.
The album received both mixed and positive reviews from music critics and was a commercial success, reached number three in the UK Albums Chart and later being certified Platinum by the BPI.
Love and Dancing is sometimes viewed as a stopgap in the Human League's discography, released to keep the band in the public profile while the band recorded new material. Band member Jo Callis has disputed this, saying: "I think that was going to happen anyway. Soft Cell had done something similar around that time releasing a remixed album.
Martin Rushent had this concept about remixing, taking a track apart and putting it back together. It was a new idea and concept and it seemed a good idea to everybody to try it out. So the concept of the Love and Dancing would have happened regardless."
Side one
1. Hard Times - 5:40
2. Love Action (I Believe In You) - 5:12
3. Don’t You Want Me - 7:18
Side two
1. Things That Dreams Are Made Of - 5:10
2. Do Or Die - 4:36
3. Seconds - 2:25
4. Open Your Heart - 2:35
5. The Sound Of The Crowd - 2:55
Personnel
- Martin Rushent – producer, mixer
- Simon Fowler – photography
Notes
Release: 1982
Format: LP
Genre: Synth-pop
Label: Virgin Records
Catalog# 2 04696
Vinyl: VG
Cover: VG
Prijs: €15.00
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