 UK
release date: 11.10.79
Label: Virgin Records
LP: V2133
Cassette: TCV 2133
CDV 2133 (1989)
Digitally Remastered Edition
UK release date: 06.01.03
CDVR2133
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Track
Listing
01:
ALMOST MEDIEVAL
02: CIRCUS OF DEATH
03: THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTENCE
04: BLIND YOUTH
05: THE WORLD BEFORE LAST
06: EMPIRE STATE HUMAN
07: MORALE.../
YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING
08: AUSTERITY/GIRL ONE (MELODY)
09: ZERO AS A LIMIT
EXTRA TRACKS ON 1989/2003 CD RE-ISSUE:
10: INTRODUCING
11: THE DIGNITY OF LABOUR PART 1
12: THE DIGNITY OF LABOUR PART 2
13: THE DIGNITY OF LABOUR PART 3
14: THE DIGNITY OF LABOUR PART 4
15: FLEXI DISC
16: BEING BOILED (FAST VERSION)
17: CIRCUS OF DEATH (FAST VERSION)
PRODUCED BY THE HUMAN LEAGUE
& COLIN THURSTON
UK Chart position:
34 (re-entry Jan 82)
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REPRODUCTION from amazon.co.uk
Singles
released:
Being Boiled (June 1978)
Dignity of Labour EP (April 1979)
I Don't Depend on You (July 1979)
First commercial release for Virgin recorded
under the name of The Men
Empire
State Human (October 1979)
June 1980 re-issue: UK Chart position: 62
NOTES
Debut
album recorded within three weeks at the Workshop Studio in Sheffield
during July 1979 and partly inspired by the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop,
Reproduction is stark, direct & brilliant.
Although the band were initially disappointed by the results, the
album remains a landmark in British pop history. Dark analogue overdubs
& echoing vocals combine to make this a groundbreaking release
in every respect. Reproduction contains atmospheric melodies built
around pioneering synth sounds and the albums stature has grown
amongst music critics in recent years.
The
album sleeve featuring a 'dancefloor' of naked babies was the subject
of controversy at the time of release and one of the babies used
was the son of Noddy Holder (lead singer of Slade).
Choice
Tracks:
Blind Youth
Empire State Human,
Circus of Death
THE
Q
REVIEW
Although
Dare made them famous, the first album from the Martyn Ware/Ian
Craig Marsh incarnation of The Human League (brilliantly, they used
to be called The Future) is the best example of their skill at mixing
eccentric obscurity with blatant populism. A wash of pure electronics,
Reproduction is the flipside of Gary Numan's straight-laced futurist
image - the future for The Human League consists of the Hawaii Five-O-styled
drama of Circus Of Death and people turning into buildings (Empire
State Human).
Best
moments The cover of You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'. Even more
maudlin than the original - and half the speed.
© Martin
O'Gorman
Human
League reflections in 1988...
Being Boiled
Philip: "It's
worse than a demo. It was the first song I'd ever had a hand at
writing. I decided I'd be a Buddhist so I went out and got a book
on it. I thought it was about elves living in trees and stuff, but
that's Hinduism and I was really offended as I had spent good money
on that book. I was a vegetarian at the time and Buddhists dropped
live silk worms into vats of boiling water to get the silk off,
which seems a little unfair."
Reproduction
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