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((Infobox album
| name       = Reproduction
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[The Human League]]
| cover      = Human-League-Reproduction.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = October 1979
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     = Workshop Studio in Sheffield
| genre      = <!--Do not add unsourced genres -->[[Synth-pop]]<ref name="AllMusic"/>
| length     = 43:33
| label      = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| producer   = The Human League, [[Colin Thurston]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Travelogue (The Human League album)|Travelogue]]
| next_year  = 1980
))
((Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = ((Rating|3|5))<ref name="AllMusic">((cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/reproduction-mw0000196729 |title=Reproduction – The Human League |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=4 November 2020 |last=Bush |first=John))</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Great Rock Discography]]''
| rev2score = 5/10<ref>((cite book |chapter=Human League |title=The Great Rock Discography |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |author-link=Martin C. Strong |publisher=[[Canongate Books]] |edition=7th |year=2004 |isbn=1-84195-551-5))</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Muzik]]''
| rev3score = ((Rating|4|5))<ref>((cite magazine |title=Human League: Reproduction / Travelogue |magazine=[[Muzik]] |issue=93 |date=February 2003 |last=Bell |first=Duncan |page=88))</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev4score = ((Rating|4|5))<ref>((cite magazine |title=The Human League: Reproduction |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=100 |date=January 1995))</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Record Mirror]]''
| rev5score = ((Rating|3|5))<ref>((cite magazine |title=Popular League? |magazine=[[Record Mirror]] |date=13 October 1979 |last=Westwood |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Westwood (author) |page=18))</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev6score = ((Rating|1.5|5))<ref>((cite book |chapter=The Human League |last=Considine |first=J. D. |author-link=J. D. Considine |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/397 397–98]))</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Smash Hits]]''
| rev7score = 8/10<ref>((cite magazine |title=Albums |magazine=[[Smash Hits]] |volume=1 |issue=23 |date=18–31 October 1979 |last=Starr |first=Red |page=29))</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]''
| rev8score = ((Rating|5|5))<ref>((cite magazine |last=Bushell |first=Garry |title=The Human League: Reproduction |magazine=[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]] |date=October 1979 |authorlink=Garry Bushell))</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev9score = 2/10<ref>((cite book |chapter=Human League |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor1-link=Eric Weisbard |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=[[Vintage Books]] |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8 |pages=186–87))</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10score = ((Rating|4|5))<ref>((cite magazine |title=The Human League: Reproduction / Travelogue |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=71 |date=April 2003))</ref>
))

'''''Reproduction''''' is the debut [[studio album]] released by British [[synthpop]] group [[The Human League]]. The album was released in 1979 through [[Virgin Records]].

==Overview==
''Reproduction'' contains nine tracks of [[Electronic music|electronic]]/[[synthpop]] with some elements of [[industrial music]], and was recorded during six weeks at The Human League's studio in [[Sheffield]].((citation needed|date=January 2017)) The recordings were co-produced by [[Colin Thurston]], who had previously worked on some key recordings such as [[Iggy Pop]]'s ''[[Lust for Life (Iggy Pop song)|Lust for Life]]'' and [[Magazine (band)|Magazine]]'s ''[[Secondhand Daylight]]'', and who went on to produce numerous hit albums of the 1980s, most notably for [[Duran Duran]]. The album also includes a [[cover version]] of "[[You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin']]", a 1964 hit for [[The Righteous Brothers]].

==Artwork==
The cover shows the feet of a man and two women seemingly standing above a number of naked babies. This was at the instruction of the band, but band member [[Martyn Ware]] described how the band's brief was misinterpreted by the record company's art department:

<blockquote>"We said we wanted an image of a glass dancefloor in a discotheque which people were dancing on and beneath this, a lit room full of babies. It was meant to look like a still from a film – like some kind of dystopian vision of the future – but it just looks like they're treading on babies. We were quite upset but at that time, it was too late to change it".<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2013/october/travelogue |title=The Human League and a vision of the future |website=[[Creative Review]] |date=11 October 2013 |accessdate=4 November 2020 |last=Steven |first=Rachael |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011121323/http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2013/october/travelogue |archive-date=11 October 2013 |url-status=dead))</ref></blockquote>

==Commercial performance==
The album's initial release in October 1979 was a commercial failure, but it was re-issued and entered the charts almost two years later in August 1981, earning a Silver disc by the end of the year and peaking at #34 in early 1982.((citation needed|date=January 2017)) The album spent a total of 23 weeks in the album chart and was certified Gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]] in 1988.

The only single released from the album was "[[Empire State Human]]" which initially failed to chart. It was re-released in June 1980 (with a free single taken from the band's second album, ''[[Travelogue (The Human League album)|Travelogue]]'') and reached #62.((citation needed|date=January 2017)) The band's first single from 1978, "[[Being Boiled]]", was not included on the original release of ''Reproduction'', but was added as an extra track on all CD issues from the late 1980s onwards. However, a re-recorded version of that single's B-side, "Circus of Death", was included on the album.((citation needed|date=January 2017))

==Track listing==
((Track listing
| all_writing = Ian Craig Marsh, Martyn Ware and Philip Oakey; except where indicated
| headline = 
| total_length = 43:33
| title1 = Almost Medieval
| length1 = 4:43
| writer1 = 
| title2 = [[Circus of Death]]
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| title3 = The Path of Least Resistance
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| length4 = 3:25
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| title5 = The World Before Last
| length5 = 4:04
| writer5 = 
| title6 = [[Empire State Human]]
| length6 = 3:17
| title7 = Morale...You've Lost That Loving Feeling
| length7 = 9:39
| writer7 = [[Barry Mann]], [[Cynthia Weil]], [[Phil Spector]]
| title8 = Austerity/Girl One (Medley)
| length8 = 6:44
| title9 = Zero as a Limit
| length9 = 4:13
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((track listing
| total_length = 31:05 (74:38)
| headline = CD bonus tracks
| title10 = Introducing
| length10 = 3:19
| title11 = The Dignity of Labour Part 1
| length11 = 4:22
| title12 = The Dignity of Labour Part 2
| length12 = 2:53
| title13 = The Dignity of Labour Part 3
| length13 = 3:56
| title14 = The Dignity of Labour Part 4
| length14 = 3:52
| title15 = Flexi Disc
| length15 = 4:11
| title16 = [[Being Boiled]] (Fast Version)
| length16 = 3:54
| title17 = Circus of Death (Fast Version)
| length17 = 4:38
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"Introducing" was originally the B-side of the "Empire State Human" single. The master tape of this recording was probably lost since a digitized vinyl recording was used for the CD. The instrumental "[[The Dignity of Labour]]" tracks had been released as an EP in 1979 with "Flexi Disc" (a tongue-in-cheek in-studio meta-conversation between the members of the band and their manager, Bob Last, about their plans to include a [[flexidisc]] with their EP and what to put on it). The last two tracks were the A- and B-sides of the band's first single, "Being Boiled", released before they signed to Virgin. The 'Fast Version' (so-called because of the label the single was released on – Fast Product) of "Circus of Death" is shorter than the original single version as it does not have the spoken end of the song.

The original vinyl release of the album included some musique concrète-style vocal recordings, seemingly from the radio or television, between some tracks. Of note, 'knit one, purl one' could be heard on side one. These elements were not included in subsequent CD reissues.

==Personnel==
;The Human League
*[[Philip Oakey]] – vocals, synthesizer
*[[Ian Craig Marsh]] – vocals, synthesizer
*[[Martyn Ware]] – vocals, synthesizer
*[[Philip Adrian Wright]] – film technician

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"| Chart (1981–82)
!scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
((Album chart|UK2|34|date=19820117|accessdate=4 November 2020|rowheader=true))
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==Certifications==
((Certification Table Top))
((Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Reproduction|artist=The Human League|type=album|award=Gold|accessdate=4 November 2020|id=5468-1056-2))
((Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true))

==References==
((Reflist))

((Human League))

((Authority control))

[[Category:1979 debut albums]]
[[Category:The Human League albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Colin Thurston]]
[[Category:Virgin Records albums]]

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