The Human League - Reproduction [Remastered] (CD 2003)

from the early days of the B.E.F b4 new romantics were every where when the music has few rough edges where phil was more into the sound than his eye liner this cd rocks the crow and the baby stomped totp giving the league a nation wide following one of their early albums a must for and old new romantic

I have this one LP but am now trying to replace some LP's onto CD. Fist release from The Human League which has some great tracks.

You have to love the Human League to like this one because its only for the more serious fans. Some great tracks including a cover version of You've lost that lovin feeling. This also include the excellent Being Boiled.

great CD

Back when I was about 13 I borrowed a copy of this LP from my local library.....and Ive never looked back. My enthusiasm for electronic music, my desire to become a musician, my love of synthesisers, my open minded approach to music are all thanks to this record!!

The combination of surreal lyrics, sung in a baritone northern accent, together with purely electronic sounds (something the League used to pride themselves on) was a complete revelation...this really was the future of music. There were pop sensibilities at work here but hidden under an inhuman other worldly facade...they even manage to make "You've lost that loving feeling" sound like you have stumbled upon some strange radio transmission from another dimension. Even the more straightforward tracks such as "Empire state human" take on a slightly uncomfortable edge with Oakeys bizzare lyrics, and the creepiness of "Circus of death" still sends shivers down my spine nearly 25 years later.

If your only exposure to The Human League has been from the "Dare" era onwards then I cannot urge you enough to grab a copy of this Album (and the follow up "Travelogue") without a doubt two of the most influential albums of all time. Together with Kraftwerk and Suicide, The Human League showed that a "Band" did not have to consist of Drums, Guitar and Bass and opened the door for a whole new generation of electronic musicians.