Heavier than the League's last couple of singles. Jo Callis rediscovers his guitar and adds a U2/Public Image riff to the normal synth and deep throat backing. It's a grower, but politics and pop don't mix, so I'm told. (Andy Strickland, Record Mirror, April 28, 1984)
It's hardly fair that The Human League should be criticised for making their records so slowly, since no one gave them a time limit in the first place. On the other hand. . . AND ABOUT TIME TOO!! 1984's Human League has a harder (as in rock) sound and it's mirrored by their lyrics. "I must be dreaming/It can't be true," says Phil Oakey of the Lebanese war, and he could just as easily be talking about the Libyan siege in London. This isn't too jolly, and some might say The Human League should keep their noses out of politics. I bet Phil's got an answer for that one too. (Paul Simper, No 1, April 28, 1984)
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