After she turned on Bourdin and the two clashed angrily, the photographer refused to work with the band and they walked out of the session with the loss of all fees. Oakey would later comment that "we spent two days there, it took nine hours to set up one photograph and I daren't tell you how much money we spent." Reception Ken Tucker of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the album a two stars out of four rating, stating that the groups collaboration with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis "should have been exciting, but instead they are merely fitfully enjoyable since the melodies are wispy and the vocals weak." AllMusic's William Ruhlmann considered Crash a collection of "songs with appealing backing tracks that maintained their dance appeal while eschewing the overtly synthesized sound of previous albums", which made it "an improvement over the lackluster Hysteria, but still not on a par with Dare." In the 2004 edition of The Rolling Stone Album Guide, in a review of the Human League's entire discography at the time, Crash was noted for featuring two sounds, one praised for "sounding like the Human League of yore, albeit with a better rhythm section", and the other criticised for "coming across like contemporary R&B sung by the generally soulless Oakey, Sulley, and Catherall." Of the album's ten tracks, the lead single "Human" was called a highlight for "find[ing] the perfect middle ground [between the two sounds]". Track listing Personnel The Human League Ian Burden Joanne Catherall Philip Oakey Jim Russell Susan Ann Sulley Philip Adrian Wright Additional musicians Paul Rabiger – keyboard parts, arrangements Technical Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis – production Steve Hodge – engineering John McClain – executive production Artwork Gavin Cochrane – photograph The Human League – cover design, layout Ken Ansell – cover design, layout The Design Clinic – coordination Charts Certifications References External links The-black-hit-of-space.dk 1986 albums A&M Records albums Albums produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis The Human League albums Virgin Records albums