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THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE contains seven bonus tracks which includes demo out-takes and `B' side singles. Gary Numan's most commercially successful album is, perhaps unsurprisingly, his least representative disc. Powered by the hit single ... Full Description"Cars," arguably the first British synth-pop song to dent the US charts (M's "Pop Muzik" came out around the same time), THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE is a striking turnaround from the guitar-powered, Joy Division-like post-punk of his old band Tubeway Army. Aside from Paul Gardiner's bass and some percussion, every instrument is electronic.
To denote their futuristic simplicity the album's 10 songs are given one-word titles; they're all built on the same layers of analogue synthesizers and futuristic, dystopian lyrics. The album's resulting numbing quality is also pretty much its point. This Cleopatra reissue has seven bonus tracks, including demo outtakes, live tracks, B-sides, and, oddly, a song from a seven-inch single given away with the first pressing of Numan's next album, TELEKON.
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Recorded at Marcus Music AB, London, England. Includes liner notes by Steve Malins.
Personnel: Gary Numan (vocals, keyboards, synthetic percussion); Billy Currie (violin); Christopher Payne (viola, keyboards); Paul Gardiner (bass); Cedric Sharpley (drums, percussion); Garry Robson (background vocals).Spin (9/98, pp.188-189) - 8 (out of 10) - "...further honed REPLICA's adolescent angst/android fetishism schtick..."
CMJ (1/5/04, p.6) - Ranked #12 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1980". Hide Description Gary Numan Pleasure Principle Songs Buy Pleasure Principle CD Purchase Pleasure Principle CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Gary Numan Tubeway Army CD (1979) Bonus Tracks; Reissue
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TUBEWAY ARMY contains a 1978 live recording that was previously available only as a bootleg entitled LIVE AT THE ROXY.
Although Gary Numan is now remembered as the electronic-pop pioneer who penned the futuristic 1980 hit "Cars," Numan wasn't always a synth-rock visionary. Back in 1977, Numan and his band, Tubeway Army, crashed London's punk-rock party with an album and handful of singles that blended the raw edginess of punk with precise, riff-heavy guitar rock and Numan's surreal sci-fi lyrics.
TUBEWAY ARMY was Numan's first album-length recording and finds him just starting to develop the synthesizer-fueled sound that made him a star. While Numan colors a few tracks with a swooshing synth noodles and ominous droning sounds, most of TUBEWAY ARMY is comprised of gutsy guitar rock like "Listen to the Sirens" and "The Life Machine." Powered by surging guitar riffs and Numan's detached, robotic vocal style, the songs stand up quite well when compared to Numan's latter hits. The reissue of TUBEWAY ARMY also features 13 live tracks that were recorded at the Roxy Club in London. All of the tracks--including a searing rendition of the ...
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REPLICAS contains six bonus tracks, which include outtakes and UK single B- sides.
Issued in 2008, this expanded edition of Gary Numan's groundbreaking 1979 synth-pop album, REPLICAS, presents an entire bonus disc of alternate takes and rarities, essentially revealing an early version of the classic Bowie-gone-robotic record. In addition to punchier renditions of "Me! I Disconnect from You" and "Are `Friends' Electric?" the second CD also includes excellent non-album tracks, most notably the coldly funky "Only a Downstat."
As early as 1977, English pop savant Gary Numan was crafting forward-looking new wave rock that was light years ahead of the punk being offered by his contemporaries. Bravely going against all current musical fashion, Numan blended science fiction themes and tales of urban paranoia into concise pop songs that combined Kraftwerk-like electronics with glam-era Bowie. REPLICAS, his second album, was his first recording to fully incorporate a synthesizer into the pop/punk guitar framework that he explored on his debut, TUBEWAY ARMY.
REPLICAS is the album on which Numan's reputation and retrospective acclaim is built. While it does not include "Cars" (that song was the highlight of his next album), REPLICAS is Numan's true masterpiece. In its reissued form, the album offers plentiful bonus tracks and extensive liner notes. Highlighted by the frosty pop and deliciously vintage analogue electronics of "Down in ...
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TELEKON contains five bonus tracks which includes an 'A' side, 'B' side singles and an out-take.
1980's TELEKON was Gary Numan's first album after the surprise chart success of its predecessor THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE and "Cars," its seemingly deathless hit single. Numan could have easily created "Cars, Part II," but chose not to do so. Instead, the songs on TELEKON are spikier and almost willfully abstruse, wrapping Numan's usual J.G. Ballard and Philip K. Dick-inspired lyrics of anomie and isolation in complex synthesizer music. TELEKON often recalls some of the Krautrock bands of the '70s, particularly Faust and the knottier elements of Amon Duul II. In the UK, Numan was still a big enough star that the album's single, the chilly "I Die You Die," was a substantial hit. But the lack of a clever follow-up to "Cars" resigned Numan to one-hit-wonder status for all in the US except his devoted cult following. The CD includes five bonus ...
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DANCE is an ironic title indeed for one of Gary Numan's latter- period recordings. This slab of decidedly un-danceable tunes, replete with Numan's trademark synth rhythms, beatboxes, and beautifully sculpted robotic-analog sounds, remains vastly underrated and unappreciated.
Numan's compositional finesse has hardly ebbed over time. If anything, his obsession with sci-fi imagery has grown ever more fantastic ("A Subway Called You," "She's Got Claws"). "Slowcar to China" offers nearly quaint, purring beats and sparkling keyboards, while the stuttering rhythmic hiccups and bottom-end gank of "Night Talk" prove that Mick Karn's bass was integral to these recordings. DANCE certainly wasn't pop music-much of it is too odd and awry for radio exposure-but the album nonetheless managed ...
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Depeche Mode's U.S. breakthrough album, 1984's SOME GREAT REWARD, expanded the U.K. synth band's American following from a small cult of Anglophiles to the same sort of teenage adulation that the Cure had started attracting around the same time. Featuring the Top 20 U.S. hit "People Are People," along with cult faves such as the intensely mopey "Blasphemous Rumours," the fashionably S&M-tinged "Master and Servant," and the disarmingly earnest love ballad "Somebody," this is the album on which Depeche Mode finally shed the stigma of founding songwriter Vince Clarke's departure.
SOME GREAT REWARD finds Martin Gore coming into his own as a songwriter, with Alan Wilder taking Gore's place in the George Harrison role, adding two fine tunes of his own. The addition of mechanical factory noise to several songs, as well as the more introspective tones and more intricate constructions, aligned the band more with darker industrial ...
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Pleasure Principle Music Review Average Rating: (4.8 out of 5 stars)  A electronic classic!
One of the most influential albums of the 20th century in my opinion. Great Moog sounds and an excellent rhythm section (the late Paul Gardiner on bass and Cedric Sharpley on drums). Included with this re-release are b-sides to the singles and some live recordings taken from the album The Living Ornaments 79 album. The synth solo on the song 'On Broadway' is one of the most amazing things I've ever heard.
Submitted by Zapped (United States Of Electronica)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. Mechanical Gary
'The Pleasure Principle' was the mechanical Gary. Telekon was more dark and emotional. From the opening track 'Airlane' to 'Films'(one of the best songs ever) to 'Engineers', Gary Numan took us on a mechanically charged trip like no other. This proved that he could write a collection of good songs, but it didn't sound like any one else.
Submitted by corky1958 ("Topeka, KS, USA") 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No The best....
Gary Numan accomplished an awful lot in this CD. Everyone knows the song "Cars", but there's much more to his material than that. While that song was a hit, the rest of this CD is very obscure. Not to mention the fact that the CD was re-mastered and re-released with bonus material.
Submitted by a reviewer (Dallas, Texas)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Excellent alternative music album
If you liked the song "Cars" that was a hit when it was released then you will probably like this album. All songs have layered synthesizer/keyboard/percussion music (there are no guitars on the album). If you like this type of music or are just looking for something different then this is the album to buy.
Submitted by Brian (Hampton, VA, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Happy Memories
Listening to the CD again brought back all the fun memories from that era. I am so happy to have been able to find it.
This by far was one of the best album/cd Gary Numan released. The songs have meaning...not just face value.
Submitted by KittyKat (Southington, Connecticut, USA)
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