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The Human League - Credo, a review

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In over ten years since their last studio album, the music scene has changed considerably in the Human League's favour. With acts such as Pet Shop Boys and New Order rightly seen as the legends that they are, the time is right for The Human League to capitalise on an electronically-motivated industry with the same gusto they managed to innovate 30 years ago. The second single and first track from the project, 'Never Let Me Go', is an autotuned taster of what's to come - liberally poured synths and trickery that amply picks up where they left off. I personally find the track a little too robotic and soulless to evoke any real pleasant emotions or make me want to dance, but the following 'Night People' more than makes up for it. A moody series of repeated hooks and polished tunes create a kind of ritualistic hymnal quality; a call to arms for the clubbing scene. There's then wall-to-wall catchy segments and pulsating beeps across 'Sky', 'Into the N...