The Human League

Art school meets dancefloor, resulting in this smash hit that includes "Don't You Want Me" and the unstoppable "Love Action." On the hilarious, previously rare Love and Dancing, the Human League pay tribute to Barry White by turning their songs into swank, Love Unlimited Orchestra-style instrumentals. Whatever: Dare on its own is all you really need.

It's not flesh-and-blood chauvinism that puts me off Britannia's hookiest dance-synth monster. I'll boogie to the right machine; I can even imagine f*cking a cyborg. But while the cyborg of my dreams would keep it light, not act too impressed with the tricks stored in his/her memory, League spokesman Philip Oakey comes on like three kinds of pompous jerk. The only time I light up is when Susanne Sulley takes her verse on "Don't You Want Me," which I recommend to Quarterflash. (Grade - B-)