The Golden Hour of the Future is a compilation album of recordings made by the electronic band the Future and early recordings by the original line-up of the Human League.

Material by the Future features Martyn Ware, Ian Craig Marsh and Adi Newton, who recorded around ten songs in the home studio of a recording engineer in 1977.

The album was compiled by Richard X and released on his Black Melody label in 2002, with assistance from Human League members past and present and Sean Turner, creator of the Blind Youth website.

The album was preceded by the promotional limited edition EP Dance Like a Star, which included four Human League recordings not featured on the album.

[1] The album was re-issued in September 2005 as a re-mastered edition, both as a CD and as a digital download.