[Travelogue] [The Human League] [LP] [1980] If you disregard the unfortunately somewhat unsuccessful remix of "Being Boiled", "Travelogue" is the best album of "The Human League" in my humble opinion. Nothing against the following mega successful synthpop works of "Human League". But none of their albums was as unusual and ahead of its time as "Travelogue". . The Human League created a completely new sound on this album (although the influence of "Kraftwerk" cannot be ignored). First and foremost, I would like to highlight the overwhelming epic "Dreams of Leaving". A masterpiece, because there is hardly any other song in the popular music world that combines the prog rock of the ending 1970s with the electropop of the beginning 1980s in such a fascinating way. Immediately following is the no less progressive, almost ambient-like "Toyota City," an unusual but crowning conclusion to the album's A-side. . As stated at the beginning, the remix of the single "Being Boiled" on the B-side of the album is a bit overproduced compared to the initial release of this great track. Nevertheless, this version is still groundbreaking in electropop. Another brilliant conclusion to the album is the excellent bizarre "WXJL Tonight". . Overall, this album is full of energy and full of quirky, weird, sometimes dark ("Dreams of Leaving"), sometimes ironically humorous (e.g. the brilliant "The black Hits of Space") ideas. . Some reviewers completely tear down this album. A fact that I can not understand in any way!
