Hysteria (The Human League album)

Hysteria is the fourth studio album by the English synth-pop band the Human League, released on 7 May 1984 by Virgin Records. Following the worldwide success of their previous studio album Dare (1981), the band struggled to make a successful follow-up and the sessions for Hysteria were fraught with problems. The album title itself is taken from the problematic recording period. Producers Martin Rushent and Chris Thomas both left the project which would eventually be finished by producer Hugh Padgham.

Hysteria attained relatively lacklustre success in comparison to its multi-platinum predecessor. Three singles from the album reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart, and "The Lebanon" was the only single to chart in the United States, peaking at number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart and has been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), denoting shipments in excess of 100,000 copies.

In 2005, Hysteria was remastered and reissued with B-sides and extended mixes as bonus tracks.

The song "Rock Me Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again (Six Times)" is a cover version of a 1973 song by Lyn Collins and James Brown. "I Love You Too Much" is a substantially remixed version from the EP Fascination! (1983) and "Don't You Know I Want You" is a reworked version of the instrumental B-side "Total Panic!" that appeared on the "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" single in 1983.

Track listing
Side one Side two 2005 CD bonus tracks
 * 1) "I'm Coming Back" (Philip Oakey, Philip Adrian Wright) – 4:07
 * 2) "I Love You Too Much" (Ian C. Burden, Jo Callis, Wright) – 3:26
 * 3) "Rock Me Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again (Six Times)" (Lee Austin, James Brown) – 3:32
 * 4) "Louise" (Callis, Oakey, Wright) – 4:55
 * 5) "The Lebanon" (Callis, Oakey) – 5:03
 * 1) "Betrayed" (Oakey, Wright) – 4:02
 * 2) "The Sign" (Burden, Callis, Oakey) – 3:46
 * 3) "So Hurt" (Burden, Oakey) – 3:53
 * 4) "Life on Your Own" (Callis, Oakey, Wright) – 4:06
 * 5) "Don't You Know I Want You" (Burden, Callis, Oakey) – 3:09
 * 1) "Thirteen" (from "The Lebanon" 12-inch single, and 7" B-side)
 * 2) "The World Tonight" (from "Life on Your Own" 12-inch single, and 7" B-side)
 * 3) "The Lebanon" (extended version)
 * 4) "Life on Your Own" (extended version)
 * 5) "The Sign" (extended version)

Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Hysteria.

Musicians


 * Ian C. Burden – bass, keyboards, guitar
 * Jo Callis – guitar, keyboards, vocals
 * Joanne Catherall – vocals
 * Philip Oakey – vocals, programming, keyboards
 * Susanne Sulley – vocals
 * Philip Adrian Wright – occasional keyboards
 * The Human League – percussion, programming
 * Martin Rushent – drum programming (tracks 2, 8, 10)
 * Jim Russell – drum programming (track 7)

Technical


 * Hugh Padgham – mixing, production, engineering
 * Chris Thomas – production
 * The Human League – production
 * Bill Price – engineering
 * Renate Blauel – engineering
 * Gavin MacKillop – engineering
 * Steve Jackson – engineering assistance
 * David Motion – engineering assistance
 * Jeremy Allom – engineering assistance
 * Paul "Croydon" Cook – engineering assistance

Artwork
 * Simon Fowler – photography
 * Ken Ansell – layout