Travelogue

by The Human League

Travelogue cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 May 1980
  • Label: Virgin
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 38:47
  • Community rating: 3.42/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Martyn Ware, John Leckie, other, Ian Craig Marsh, Philip Oakey, Richard Manwaring

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Human League's 'Travelogue' captures the Sheffield group before its commercial pop breakthrough, when its sound was still rooted in austere synthesizer arrangements and post-industrial electronic minimalism. The album develops the ideas of 'Reproduction' with sharper rhythms, more defined song structures, and a colder urban atmosphere.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, atmospheric, synth, Synth-heavy, minimal

Tracklist

  1. The Black Hit Of Space (4:05)
  2. Only After Dark (3:45)
  3. Life Kills (3:02)
  4. Dreams Of Leaving (5:46)
  5. Toyota City (3:15)
  6. Crow And A Baby (3:40)
  7. The Touchables (3:20)
  8. Gordon's Gin (2:56)
  9. Being Boiled (4:20)
  10. WXJL Tonight (4:38)

Credits

  • Quicksilver - artwork [colour]
  • BilBo - lacquer cut by
  • Ian Craig Marsh - synthesizer, vocals
  • Martyn Ware - synthesizer, vocals
  • Philip Oakey - synthesizer, vocals
  • Mick Ronson - written-by
  • Scott Richardson - written-by
  • Jeff Wayne - written-by

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