The Human League: Beautiful Dreamers
Mark Cooper, Record Mirror, 8 August 1981
Start with pop with a capital P, add a touch of glamour, stir with a generous helping of amateur enthusiasm and you've got the new look HUMAN LEAGUE...all set to become the Abba of the eighties. MARK COOPER meets the band who've always prided themselves on doing "exactly the opposite of what's expected."
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