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Travelogue
Electronic · 1980 · 9 tracks · 39m

Travelogue

The Human League

A stark, visionary document of early synth-pop. Cold analog textures and deadpan vocals create a haunting, cinematic journey through an industrial future.

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The sound of a futuristic city built out of old Korg synthesizers and Sheffield steel.

A cold, intellectual curiosity balanced by a strange, mechanical loneliness.

Travelogue · vs · The Human League
Mysterious+2.6σ

Mysterious saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks · 39m
01
The Black Hit of Space
4:12
02
Only After Dark
3:48
03
Life Kills
3:08
04
Dreams of Leaving
5:50
05
Toyota City
3:24
06
Crow and a Baby
3:43
07
The Touchables
3:21
08
Gordon’s Gin
2:59
10
WXJL Tonight
4:40
Moments Worth Waiting For
The overwhelming, pitch-shifted synth vortex that opens The Black Hit of Space.
The transition from the motorik rhythm of Dreams of Leaving into its cinematic, sweeping finale.
The bizarre, mechanical interpretation of a gin commercial jingle on Gordon's Gin.
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