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** And No, "Hard Times" is neither the Paramore song nor the Jetzons song that served as the basis for the [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles IceCap Zone]] theme, despite being the same genre in both cases.

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** And No, "Hard Times" is neither the Paramore Music/{{Paramore}} song nor the Jetzons song that served as the basis for the [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles IceCap Zone]] theme, despite being the same genre in both cases.
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* AcclaimedFlop: ''Secrets'' was hugely popular among fans and critics and was widely considered an effective update of the band's SynthPop style, but it significantly underperformed on store shelves.

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* AcclaimedFlop: ''Secrets'' was hugely popular among fans and critics and was widely considered an effective update of the band's SynthPop style, but it significantly underperformed on store shelves.shelves thanks to Papillon Records going under shortly after its release.
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** Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware originally sought to recruit Glenn Gregory as their vocalist, only to find out that he was unavailable. Following this, they sought out personal friend Philip Oakey, who had no musical experience but was well-known for his eclectic fashion sense, which Ware thought would be a good fit for the band.

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** Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware originally sought to recruit Glenn Gregory as their vocalist, only to find out that he was unavailable. Following this, they sought out personal friend Philip Oakey, who had no musical experience but was well-known for his eclectic fashion sense, which Ware thought would be a good fit for the band. After Marsh and Ware left the Human League and formed Music/Heaven17, they finally got Gregory to join them as vocalist.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Shortly after the release of ''Hysteria'', the band started working on a follow-up produced by Colin Thurston, who previously worked with the Mk. I lineup on "I Don't Depend on You" and ''Reproduction''. However, the project fell through in September 1985 due to CreativeDifferences. In the wake of this, Creator/VirginRecords flew the band out to Minnesota to start over from the ground up with Music/TheTime alums Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, leading to the release of ''Crash''.

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** Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware originally sought to recruit Glenn Gregory as their vocalist, only to find out that he was unavailable. Following this, they sought out personal friend Philip Oakey, who had no musical experience but was well-known for his eclectic fashion sense, which Ware thought would be a good fit for the band.
** Philip Oakey recorded vocals for the B-side "Introducing", only for them to be left off the final release, rendering the song an {{instrumental|s}}.
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Shortly after the release of ''Hysteria'', the band started working on a follow-up produced by Colin Thurston, who previously worked with the Mk. I lineup on "I Don't Depend on You" and ''Reproduction''. However, the project fell through in September 1985 due to CreativeDifferences. In the wake of this, Creator/VirginRecords flew the band out to Minnesota to start over from the ground up with Music/TheTime alums Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, leading to the release of ''Crash''.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Shortly after the release of ''Hysteria'', the band started working on a follow-up with prior Music/DuranDuran and Music/TalkTalk collaborator Colin Thurston as producer. However, the project fell through in September 1985 due to CreativeDifferences. In the wake of this, Creator/VirginRecords flew the band out to Minnesota to start over from the ground up with Music/TheTime alums Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, leading to the release of ''Crash''.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Shortly after the release of ''Hysteria'', the band started working on a follow-up with prior Music/DuranDuran and Music/TalkTalk collaborator produced by Colin Thurston as producer.Thurston, who previously worked with the Mk. I lineup on "I Don't Depend on You" and ''Reproduction''. However, the project fell through in September 1985 due to CreativeDifferences. In the wake of this, Creator/VirginRecords flew the band out to Minnesota to start over from the ground up with Music/TheTime alums Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, leading to the release of ''Crash''.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Shortly after the release of ''Hysteria'', the band started working on a follow-up with prior Music/DuranDuran and Music/TalkTalk collaborator Colin Thurston as producer. However, the project fell through in September 1985 due to CreativeDifferences. In the wake of this, Creator/VirginRecords flew the band out to Minnesota to start over from the ground up with Music/TheTime alums Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, leading to the release of ''Crash''.
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** While the band kept its singles in their setlists after the fact, ''Romantic?'' was scarcely reissued for the better part of three decades thanks to its critical and commercial failure. Until it was included on the vinyl BoxedSet ''The Virgin Years'' in 2022, the only reissues ''Romantic?'' ever saw were a Japanese CD releases in 1993 and 2017.

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** While the band kept its singles in their setlists after the fact, ''Romantic?'' was scarcely reissued for the better part of three decades thanks to its critical and commercial failure. Until it was included on the vinyl BoxedSet ''The Virgin Years'' in 2022, the only reissues ''Romantic?'' ever saw were a Japanese CD releases in 1993 and 2017.

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