Dare

Dare
LP front cover
Artist	The Human League
Released	16 October 1981
Recorded	Spring and summer 1981
Length	40 mins.
Label	Virgin
Producer	Martin Rushent
Engineer	Dave Allen
Recorded at	Genetic Studios
Formats	LP, MC; CD (1983); CD remaster (2001); LP pic disc (2013); Special ed. CD with Love and Dancing (2002).
Singles	The Sound of the Crowd, Love Action (I Believe in Love), Open Your Heart, Don't You Want Me.
Previous album	Travelogue
Next album	Hysteria

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

• original album release Virgin V2192 (timings taken from original LP release)

Side One

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

Side Two

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)

See also

• Love and Dancing
• Fascination!

Singles

The Sound of the Crowd see page for more details UK rel. date 20 April 1981, UK chart peak 12 7" single Virgin VS 416 A. The Sound of the Crowd B. The Sound of the Crowd (Add Your Voice) 12" single Virgin VS 416-12 A. The Sound Of The Crowd (Complete) B. The Sound Of The Crowd (Instrumental)
Love Action (I Believe In Love) UK rel. date 27 July 1981, UK chart peak 03 7" single - see page for details Hard Times/Love Action 12" single - see page for details
Open Your Heart UK rel. date 28 September 1981, UK chart peak 06 7" single VS453 A. Open Your Heart (3:53) B. Non-Stop (4:15) Open Your Heart / Non-Stop 12" single VS453-12 A. Open Your Heart / Non-Stop (8:15) B. Open Your Heart / Non-Stop (Instrumentals) (8:41)
Don't You Want Me UK rel. date 27 November 1981, UK chart peak 01 7"/12" single see page for details

Scrapbook

Melody Maker review, issue dtd 17 October 1981 (reproduced in The History of Rock - 1981)

album ad, Oct. 1981

Smash Hits 1981 Poll - Best album

External links

• discogs.com Discogs.com
• The Dare Special on black hit of space.dk
• The Genetic Tape - David M Allen on Anglo Centric recordings