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The Irish Charts – All there is to know". Irish Recorded Music Association . Retrieved 11 February 2020. During this period Numan radically shifted direction towards a harder, darker sound, perfectly encapsulated on 1994’s Sacrifice, an inspirational tour-de-force for industrial heavyweights Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson, along with Foo Fighters, The Prodigy and Afrika Bambaataa. Grubby guitars are dispensed with in favour of synthesizers, occasional piano, viola and Ultravox moonlighter Billy Currie’s violin. The redoubtable Cedric Sharpley ramps up the rhythm, pounding the skins with the violent gusto of a droog on Metal and M.E. (the latter was sampled by Basement Jaxx for Where’s Your Head At?).

Gary Numan to perform album 'Replicas' live". Side-line.com. 2 November 2007. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012 . Retrieved 15 May 2011.Kearney, Ryan (21 November 2000). "Nine Inch Nails:Things Falling Apart Album Review". Pitchfork. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020 . Retrieved 15 December 2020. a b Saperstein, Pat (21 May 2023). "Siouxsie and Iggy Pop to Play Cruel World Festival Rain Date Sunday After Lightning Forces Evacuation". Variety. Archived from the original on 21 May 2023 . Retrieved 22 May 2023. Image: RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada. Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016 . Retrieved 14 December 2020. The one on which Numan finally abandons all aspirations of penetrating the mainstream again, and goes rogue – in a good way. New Thing From London Town" had alterations to the lyrics on the album version of the single release.

Ranter, Harro. "Incident Cessna T210L G-OILS, 29 Jan 1982". aviation-safety.net. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019 . Retrieved 27 September 2019. Numan, Gary (5 January 2012). "Tour Diary: Gary Numan". The Stool Pigeon. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012 . Retrieved 6 April 2023. The diverse subject matter of the songs includes masturbation (Everyday I Die), drug addiction (Jo The Waiter), amity with automatons (Steel And You) and what would later become a Numan staple, espionage (The Dream Police). Overall, plenty to suggest that once the boy accepted his alien identity, he would indeed go far. And in later years, Trent Reznor citied it as a pivotal work in his own artistic evolution, claiming to have listened to it every day while making Nine Inch Nails’ debut studio album Pretty Hate Machine. Best of the rest Dance, 1981 Barber, Nicholas (31 March 1996). "A CASE OF BEER TODAY, GONE TOMORROW?". Independent. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022 . Retrieved 15 December 2020.The synth textures are more expressive and expansive, as he adds the ARP Pro Soloist, Roland Jupiter-4 and Yamaha CP-30 to his armoury – the nerds will understand.

Tubeway Army signed to Beggars Banquet and released an eponymously-titled debut album, before embracing new technology and recording Replicas using the latest synthesizer innovations. One company executive wasn’t impressed: “We squared off against each other,” Numan recalled to The Independent. Turner, Luke. "GARY NUMAN: A MAGNIFICENT MAN AND HIS FLYING MACHINES". T6 Harvard Ltd. Sysgage. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023 . Retrieved 27 January 2023. The first noticeable thing about Dance, is the funk-driven bass of "Slowcar to China," it reeks of the influence of the band Japan, who themselves had gone through a transformation from pseudo-glamsters into a refined Roxy Music-inspired band. Numan also made sure he had a new image to go with the new sounds. Gone were the futuristic inspired threads, replaced by the classic traditionalism of a smart suit and tie. That's too bad - full Official Chart History". Official Charts. The Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023 . Retrieved 26 January 2023. HOW WE MET – An Interview with GARY NUMAN AND GEMMA WEBB". The Independent. UK. 21 September 1997. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012 . Retrieved 15 May 2011.Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, [stamped STRAWBERRY• ], variant 8): W - 18 KD BEGA+28+A₂ F.3 STRAWBERRY• In addition to what others have said, it's very significant to note in one article I've just read that the compression of the album (running time of 50 minutes originally) onto two sides in 1981 caused a compromise to the sound. I DO remember that being the case. I bought it on the day of release with a birthday token and was rather underwhelmed by it. Not exactly the most exciting album to play when it's your 15th birthday (and actually it wasn't a happy period for me so its low-key, sparse sound was depressing, have to say). Course I've grown up and am in a better place mentally now!! Dream Corrosion – The Live EP" (7/8/1994) – 'Noise Noise' / 'It Must Have Been Years' / 'I'm An Agent' / 'Jo The Waiter' UK#95 Once again the cognoscenti may have sneered, but not even they could prevent Telekon from going straight to the top of the album chart on its first week of release. Compounding the weirdness here is both an instrumental break and spoken word section – neither of which have any place in pop land! – and subdued, near catatonic vocals.