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This
is simply the title under which Being Boiled
was released on the Canadian edition of the second League LP.
Presumably the Canadian record company thought this would be
a more memorable title for the song? |
| Lyrics
(see Holiday '80 / Travelogue version) |
| Released
on the Canadian Travelogue
LP |
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League recorded three versions of this song, each offering only
minimal variations in lyrical or musical content, but all of
them having different titles. |
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came the demo version, Again The Eye Again,
which was retitled No Time
shortly afterwards and recorded a second time for John Peel's
BBC Radio One show. The final recording appeared on the group's
debut album as The Word Before Last, which featured an
excerpt from a TV interview with former British Prime Minister
James Callaghan. The song became a favourite among many of their
early fans, even though Philip had once remarked that it "could
be construed as pretentious garbage"... |
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Ian and
Martyn produced yet another version in 1981 as producers for
dance troupe Hot Gossip, released on the Geisha Boys And
Temple Girls album - see Miscellaneous
releases (part one). This might have worked if it had
not been spoiled by some unappetising sub-Toyah vocals...
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| Lyrics |
| Again
The Eye Again
released on the 'Human
League cassette' and unofficially on In
Darkness, and also included on the 'Taverner
tape' |
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Time released unofficially on In
Darkness |
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Word Before Last
released on Reproduction |
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of the more sophisticated, warmer-sounding tracks on the League's
second album, and effectively the last song released by the
original line-up, being the last track on their final collection
of new music. |
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marvellously evocative lyrics describe the plight of a fictitious
radio station named WXJL, which is having difficulty in attracting
or retaining listeners. Set to a pleasingly original musical
arrangement featuring juddering morse code-style synthesizers,
this was in retrospect a fine (perhaps even apt) way to close
the first chapter of the Human League's career. |
| Lyrics |
| Released
on Travelogue
and the German single release of Only
After Dark |
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