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Human's Lib

Human's Lib
Studio album by
Released9 March 1984 (1984-03-09)[1]
Recorded
  • Summer 1983 ("New Song")
  • October–November 1983[2]
StudioFarmyard (Little Chalfont)
GenreSynth-pop
Length42:58
Label
Producer
Howard Jones chronology
Human's Lib
(1984)
The 12″ Album
(1984)
Singles from Human's Lib
  1. "New Song"
    Released: 19 August 1983
  2. "What Is Love?"
    Released: 18 November 1983
  3. "Hide and Seek"
    Released: 10 February 1984
  4. "Pearl in the Shell"
    Released: 18 May 1984

Human's Lib is the debut album by British pop musician Howard Jones. It was released in March 1984 and entered the UK Albums Chart at the No. 1 spot, spending a total of 57 weeks on the charts.[3] The album has been certified double platinum by the BPI for sales in excess of 600,000 copies.[4]

Four songs from this album were released as singles in the UK, all of which reached the top 20: "New Song" peaked at #3, "What Is Love?" at #2, "Hide and Seek" at #12, and "Pearl in the Shell" at #7.[3] "New Song" and "What Is Love?" also made it into the Billboard charts in the US, both reaching the top 40.[5]

"Equality" was released as a single only in South Africa, as a commentary about the policy of apartheid there at the time.[6]

  1. ^ "none" (PDF). Music Week. 3 March 1984. p. 5. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  2. ^ Howard Jones Risk newsletter no. 4, 1983 (pages 16-19)
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference UKchart was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference bpicert was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Howard Jones > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
  6. ^ "Howard Jones Discography – Singles". howardjones.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2010.

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