Fascination! is an EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 released by British synthpop

Synthpop

Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...

 band The Human League

The Human League

The Human League are an English electronic New Wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.The only constant...

 in 1983. The EP was issued by Virgin Records

Virgin Records

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 as a stop-gap release in between the albums Dare!

Dare (album)

Dare is the third studio album from British synthpop band The Human League.The album was recorded between March and September 1981 and first released in the UK on 20 October 1981, then subsequently in the U.S...

and Hysteria

Hysteria (Human League album)

Hysteria is the fourth album by the British synthpop band The Human League, released in May 1984. Following the worldwide success of their 1981 album Dare, the band struggled to make a successful follow-up and the sessions for Hysteria were fraught with problems...

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Fascination! contains six tracks, including two versions of their single "(Keep Feeling) Fascination

(Keep Feeling) Fascination

" Fascination" is a dance song performed by British synthpop group The Human League. It was composed by Jo Callis and Philip Oakey....

" as well as "Mirror Man", both of which were hits in the UK and the U.S.

Also included is "Hard Times", which was originally the B-side of their 1981 hit "Love Action" and also appears on the band's 1982 remix

Remix

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 album Love and Dancing

Love and Dancing

Love and Dancing is a remix album released by the British synthpop band The Human League in 1982. It was released under the name "The League Unlimited Orchestra" as a nod to Barry White's disco-era Love Unlimited Orchestra...

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The featured version of "I Love You Too Much" is an earlier version of the song that would later be released on the band's Hysteria album in 1984.

The album has never been released on CD, but was released as a digital download in 2008 with a bonus track, a dub version of "I Love You Too Much".

Track listing

1. "(Keep Feeling) Fascination
   (Keep Feeling) Fascination
   " Fascination" is a dance song performed by British synthpop group The Human League. It was composed by Jo Callis and Philip Oakey....
   
   " (Extended version) (Callis, Oakey)
2. "Mirror Man
   Mirror Man (song)
   "Mirror Man" is a Motown-inspired song by the British synthpop group The Human League. It was released as a single in the UK on 27 November 1982 and peaked at number two in the UK Singles Chart. It was written jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey with keyboard players Jo Callis and Ian Burden...
   
   " (Burden, Callis, Oakey)
3. "Hard Times" (Callis, Oakey, Wright)
4. "I Love You Too Much" (Burden, Callis, Wright)
5. "You Remind Me of Gold" (Oakey)
6. "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" (Improvisation)
7. "I Love You Too Much" (Dub Version) (Burden, Callis, Wright) [Digital Download Bonus Track]