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Credo

The Human League

Credo

Tenth album and first for nine years from the Sheffield synthpop trio

ADM rating[?]

6.0

Label
Wall of Sound
UK Release date
21/03/2011
US Release date
29/03/2011
  1. 8.5 |   The Quietus

    Credo won't match Dare in terms of sales or ubiquity, but it contains no clunkers whatsoever; it's the first truly consistent Human League album
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  2. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    A welcome return for The Human League, and there's a sense of satisfaction in having them release new material that's song focused
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  3. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    The I Monster team have cooked up a production that matches our expectations of a League LP
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  4. 7.0 |   NME

    Their best songs since Tell Me When in 1995
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  5. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    It's heartening to hear them still getting some artistic mileage out of their old formula
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  6. 6.0 |   The Independent

    Part of the League's unique appeal was the untutored authenticity of the girls' voices, but here they sound like everyone else
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  7. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  8. 6.0 |   The Fly

    ‘Dare’ it’s not, but it’s hardly without its daring
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  9. 6.0 |   AU Review

    There’s little here that hasn’t been brought to life recently by La Roux
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  10. 6.0 |   Clash

    For a band in their thirty-fourth year, the League are still on good form
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  11. 6.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    Plenty of Sound of the Crowd-type rallying cries here; not enough Don’t You Want Me heartstring-tuggers
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  12. 6.0 |   BBC

    It’s probably still better than it has any right to be, given the time between the group’s hits and their missing out on chart positions nowadays
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  13. 6.0 |   Q

    The two-finger riffs of Sky and Get Together are as addictive as ever. Print edition only

  14. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    It feels like a collection of songs rather than an album. Something – call it a heart – is missing
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  15. 6.0 |   Evening Standard

    Phillip Oakey's non-singing singing ensures there's nobody like them
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  16. 6.0 |   The Observer

    It's a post-house, post-electro revival world, so the beats have been updated courtesy of producers (and fellow Sheffield residents) I Monster
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  17. 6.0 |   FasterLouder

    It proves that there is still more mileage to be had from the synth pop sounds synonymous with the group’s youth
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  18. 6.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    You won’t find a “Don’t You Want Me” on this disc, but you will find a band that’s aged a lot better than many of their contemporaries
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  19. 5.0 |   Rave Magazine

    A bit of an embarrassment
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  20. 4.0 |   The Scotsman

    Almost comical stony-faced electro nursery rhymes
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  21. 3.0 |   PopMatters

    The Human League are still laboring on. But dignity? Fast running out
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