Dare
Album by The Human League
Released	1981
Genre	Electronic
Length	40 min 30 sec
Record label	Virgin Records (UK) A&M Records (USA)
Producer	Martin Rushent
Professional reviews
All Music Guide	5 stars out of 5	link
Human League Chronology
Travelogue (1980)	Dare (1981)	Hysteria (1983)

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The singles "The Sound Of The Crowd", "Love Action (I Believe In Love)" and "Open Your Heart" were released in advance of the album. "Don't You Want Me" was released after the album and became the UK's biggest-selling single of the year. The latter single was also reissued in 1994 with new remixes by Red Jerry and Snap! to promote the group's Greatest Hits CD. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

The instrumental track "Get Carter" is ostensibly a cover of Roy Budd's film theme though in fact it bears little resemblance to the Budd composition. Roy Budd (14th March, 1947 - 7th August, 1993) was a British jazz musician and film composer. ...

Dare! was recently ranked 100th in a survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time. Channel 4 is a public service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ...

Track listing

1. Things That Dreams Are Made Of (4:14)
2. Open Your Heart (3:53)
3. The Sound of the Crowd (3:56)
4. Darkness (3:56)
5. Do Or Die (5:23)
6. Get Carter (1:02)
7. I Am The Law (4:14)
8. Seconds (4:58)
9. Love Action (I Believe In Love) (4:58)
10. Don't You Want Me (3:56)