Dare

Dare (also issued as Dare!) is the third studio album recorded and released by The Human League and the first to be released after the group split in 1980.

The album was produced by Martin Rushent and The Human League, and recorded at Rushent's Genetic Sound studios near Reading, Berkshire between March and September 1981. It was released in the UK on 16 October 1981.

Dare remains the group's most successful and best known album and has been re-issued several times since 1981 in various formats. The album contains four hit singles and also spawned the remix album Love and Dancing, released in 1982, one of the first of its kind.

Tracklisting
Side One
 * original album release Virgin V2192 (timings taken from original LP release)

 Side Two
 * 1) The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
 * 2) Open Your Heart
 * 3) The Sound of the Crowd
 * 4) Darkness
 * 5) Do or Die


 * 1) Get Carter
 * 2) I Am the Law
 * 3) Seconds
 * 4) Love Action (I Believe in Love)
 * 5) Don't You Want Me

Re-releases

 * 2001 - Remastered SACD / 2003 - remastered CD (same 10 tracks)
 * 2002 - Dare / Love and Dancing, 21st Anniversary Edition single CD in hardback book style packaging
 * 2012 - Dare/Fascination! - 2xCD, digital. 15+10 tracks
 * 2013 - Virgin 40, 12" vinyl picture disc
 * 2023 - Dare: Singles & Remixes (digital only)

Charts

 * UK Album charts: 1 (1+3 weeks, 191-82)
 * UK End of year chart: 3 (1981), 8 (1982)
 * US Billboard 200: 3 (1982)