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by **bpdp3** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 8:03 pm

I've had this lp forever but just pulled it out for the 1st time in YEARS...when's the last time you listened to it??

The sound of the keyboards (listen to how great those bassnotes sound) and that Lynn Drum... MAN!!!!

That funny 'cat meowing' sound that starts "Love Action"...one of my favorite sound bites of the 80s.

And 'Seconds', one of the best songs of the whole shebang. If you don't remember it, go back and listen RIGHT NOW!!!!

Come on, I know you had this one. Does it still hold up for you?

by **DevoManiac101** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 9:04 pm

Hello,

Dare is indeed a fantastic album, containing many great songs such as Open Your Heart, Sound Of The Crowd, Do Or Die, Love Action, and the list goes on. Though "Dare" is one of my favorites by the band I have to go with "Hysteria" being their be

by **cubby** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 9:21 pm

The best synth-pop album of the 80's. They also released a really nice 21st anniv edition about a year or so ago. It contains the "Love and Dancing" cd as well.

by **Spoilt Victorian Child** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 10:07 pm

I love Dare... , I've got the original vinyl, then bought the CD when it first came out... then bought the 21st anniversary edition... all very lovely.
But to be honest I prefer Reproduction.

SVC
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by **Sean** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 4:30 am

As close as you can come to a perfect album. "Seconds" is amazing, especially the part with the canons. Love the synths in "Love Action" and "Sound of the Crowd". TOTALLY NEW WAVE!!!

by **oneno** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 4:32 am

One of the best examples of glam esque" techno pop. I agree SVC reproduction is probaly the best but don't forget about "The Men"

by **KYYX4ever** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:03 am

yes, yes, YES! LOVE this album. i, too, dug this out recently, after not hearing it for many years, and i thought it sounded FANTASTIC. it's really stood up to the test of time, and sounds even more futuristic than ever before, if that is possible. "Soun

by **Kingofpain** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 11:32 am

Found it on LP a few months ago. great stuff. I'm only 25 so I' discovering a lot of new wave for the first time.. KISS 108 in Boston used to be a huge bastion of new wave when I was kid so it's kind of stuck with me.. now I'm finding all more obscure stu

by **neworder** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 12:28 am

Dare is not only the best electronic lp of all time, its also one the best lp's of any genre.

by **Glen** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 2:28 am

Dare is definitely one of the greatest albums of all time. I got to see Human League live in Nashville in 1998 during the "Big Rewind" tour with Howard Jones and Culture Club and they blew everyone away. The opened with an incredible version of "Sound of

by **ebbhead** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 3:50 am

I love it for many of the reasons above. And because "Seconds" can immediately transport me away into a world where I'm 15 again (well, I was about 11 when it came out, but still). And "The Things that Dreams Are Made Of" and "The Sound of the Crowd" ar

by **Marilyn** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 3:46 pm

A band/album that certainly put the POP in synthpop in the 80s.

by **Frank_Chickens** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 9:38 am

My fave track off it is "I am the Law". To me, this is how synths should be played, cold, bleak, harsh and emotionless, it makes me feel so good.

My favourite LP of theirs is "Travelogue". "The Black Hit of Space" is a superb opener and on the CD it in

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