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| | Reproduction | | | Music Artist : | | The Human League | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Blue Plate Caroline | | Release Date : | | 2003-01-28 | | Store Price : | | $15.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $15.98 | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Almost Medieval
2. Circus Of Death
3. The Path Of Least Resistance
4. Blind Youth
5. The Word Before Last
6. Empire State Human
7. My Morale...You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
8. Austerity / Girl One (Medley)
9. Zero As A Limit
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
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Terrible item
Submitted on: 2007-07-20 |
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| I ordered an original Tymes CD and received a poor reproduction. I will not use your service again. |
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 Best of The League
Submitted on: 2006-05-16 |
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| I owned this, and travelogue on vinyl since they were originally released, which tells you something about my taste in music not to mention my age. Tracks 1-10 were on original album. The other tracks are extra tacks added to the cd version. I am not sure of the purpose of the flexi-disc addition to the cd. For those not old enough to remember these flexi discs were made of very thin plastic and given away on the cover of music magazines. Reproduction and travelogue are by far and away best albums they ever made, if a little on the dark side. If you're a fan of New Wave this is one of the album that's a 'must have'. |
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 Could Have Been Better
Submitted on: 2006-05-15 |
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| This is not nearly as interesting as the unfortunately way out of print compilation of an early incarnation of the Human League, "The Golden Hour of the Future". If you're expecting Cabaret Voltaire or Throbbing Gristle you probably will be disappointed (unless you go for T.G.'s occasional synth pop songs such as "United"). Other than that, the music has a dull depressive sound that (unlike say Joy Division) doesn't go anywhere. The lyrics can be irritating ("Dehumanization. Its such a big word. Its been around since Richard the third"-huh?). And the cover of "You've Lost that Loving Feeling" shows the direction the band were headed in. Though they started off in the post punk scene, they obviously wanted to be a synth pop band and after the first two albums achieved their success as just that, though they never had the creativity of other artists who combined synth pop with aspects of punk such as say, Ultravox's "Ha Ha Ha" or the essential synth masterpieces of Kraftwerk who got the ball rolling for this genre as well as many others. |
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Very Influential Album
Submitted on: 2006-02-28 |
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| A great album with some absolute classic. If you want to hear some entire songs go on youtube.com and check out Empire State Human and the live version of Being Boiled. This release has inspiread a lot of artists. Skinny Puppy claims they're an inspiration. Also, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails fame said in an interview with Spin Magazine, "The excitement of hearing a Human League track and thinking, that's all machines, there's no drummer. That was my calling." Need I say more? |
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Dark Synthesised Pop
Submitted on: 2005-11-21 |
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| I remember picking up the vinyl album of 'Reproduction' back in 1980. Now, 25 years later I decided to pick up the CD version with the wonderful inclusion of the Dignity of Labor 12" E.P. (Even including the Flexi-Disc) that I didn't get with my copy. I have had about 10-15 albums on vinyl that I went on to get the CD version of & this is one of them. Back in 1979 believe me this was a really new sound. Synthesized pop for a new generation. Actually pretty dark pop with heavy lyrics reflecting Philip Oakey's take on death and the human condition. Just check out 'Zero As A Limit' which is my favorite track. A slow echoing hand-clap repeating begins the song with Mr. Oakley's deep voice telling the story of someone going through the unfortunate motions of being run over by a car. The urgent increase in the simple hand-clap as the car approaches and the frenzied urgency of Oakey's voice brings the song to its inevitable conclusion. The whole album shows so much imagination & musical confidence and to my mind is a lesson in how to craft simply structured songs that can still work on a deeply emotional level. The whole album has great beats with beautifully programmed Synth lines. There really wasn't much else out there in the electronic field that was anything like this. Remember this is 1979. Strangely though this kind of music wasn't taking off commercially and it wasn't until some 2-3 years later with 'Dare' that the 'Human League' became popular, being lumped in with the 'New Wave' crowd. But for me this 1st release was their best. Both in terms of lyrical content and musical proficiency. And lets not forget the Cover, which at the time it came out i think was though of as rather controversial. Babies being danced on by late 70's yuppie's....Wonderful PS: Check out too the awesome rendition of 'You've Lost that Loving feeling' also. A wonderful remake. |
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