Original Remixes & Rarities is a compilation album by English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 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...

. It consists most of extended mixes and B Sides that did not appear on rereleases of the band's albums or on compilations. It was released in the UK and US in November 2005 by EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

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The cover art is a minimalist and horizontally flipped version of the cover for the group's 2001 album, Secrets

Secrets (Human League album)

Secrets is an album recorded by British synthpop band The Human League. It was issued in 2001 by Papillon Records and was the Human League's first studio album in six years...

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Track listing

1. "Being Boiled
   Being Boiled
   "Being Boiled" is a song composed by Sheffield musicians Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh, with lyrics by Philip Oakey, and recorded by them as The Human League...
   
   " (Album Version) - 4:16
2. "The Sound of the Crowd
   The Sound of the Crowd
   "The Sound Of The Crowd" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League. It became the band's commercial breakthrough, reaching #12 on the UK singles chart in May 1981....
   
   " (12" Version) (Complete) - 6:31
3. "Hard Times" (Love Action
   Love Action (I Believe in Love)
   "Love Action " is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League, released as a single in the UK in July 1981. It peaked at number three in the UK Singles Chart, the band's first Top 10 success....
   
    b-side) - 4:55
4. "Non-stop" (Open Your Heart
   Open Your Heart (Human League song)
   "Open Your Heart" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League. It was released as a single in the UK in October 1981 and peaked at number six in the UK Singles Chart. It was written jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey and keyboard player Jo Callis...
   
    b-side) - 4:19
5. "Don't You Want Me
   Don't You Want Me
   "Don't You Want Me" is a single by British synthpop group Human League, released from their album: Dare on 27 November 1981.It is the band's best known and most commercially successful recording to date, and was the Christmas number one in the UK, in 1981, where it sold over 1,400,000 copies,...
   
   " (Special Extended Dance Mix) - 7:29
6. "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...
   
   " (Extended Version) - 4:22
7. "You Remind Me Of Gold" (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...
   
    b-side) - 3:38
8. "(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....
   
   " (Improvisation) - 6:10
9. "Total Panic" (Fascination b-side) - 3:30
10. "The Lebanon
    The Lebanon (song)
    "The Lebanon" is a song by the British Synthpop group The Human League. Written jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey and keyboard player Jo Callis, it was recorded at Air studios between 1983-1984. Originally an album track on Hysteria, it was released as a single in the UK and the U.S...
    
    " (12" Extended) - 5:54
11. "Life on Your Own
    Life on Your Own
    "Life on Your Own" is a song by the British Synthpop group The Human League. Written jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey, Keyboard players Jo Callis and Adrian Wright, it was recorded at Air studios between 1983-1984...
    
    " (Extended) - 5:48
12. "Together in Electric Dreams
    Together in Electric Dreams
    "Together in Electric Dreams" is a song by the British singer and composer Philip Oakey and producer Giorgio Moroder. It was written by Oakey and Moroder and recorded for the original soundtrack of the 1984 film Electric Dreams....
    
    " (Extended) - 6:23
13. "Human" (Extended Version) - 5:05
14. "Heart Like a Wheel
    Heart Like a Wheel (song)
    "Heart Like a Wheel" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League. It is taken from the Romantic? album of 1990.-Background:"Heart Like a Wheel" was the first single to be taken from the Human League's Romantic? album of 1990...
    
    " (Extended Mix) - 6:50

External links

• http://www.the-black-hit-of-space.dk/original_remixes.htm
• Reviews