Replicas

by Gary Numan, Tubeway Army

Overview

By the release of their second album, Replicas, Gary Numan was the undisputed focal point and leader of icy electro-punkers Tubeway Army. And the move proved to be massively successful back home in the U.K., where both the album and the single "Are 'Friends' Electric?" topped the charts. The band had made a conscious effort to streamline the sound heard on its 1978 self-titled debut -- the distorted guitar riffs were played on Moog synthesizers instead, and Numan had perfected his faux-space-age persona. And the paranoia that is very evident in the lyrics and vocals on Numan's next release, The Pleasure Principle, can be detected on Replicas. Another near-perfect album by the band, highlights are many -- "Me! I Disconnect from You," "The Machman," "You Are in My Vision," and one of the most underrated new wave/synth-driven compositions of the whole era, the chilling ballad "Down in the Park." And out of all the Gary Numan/Beggars Banquet reissues, Replicas contains the strongest bonus tracks, such as never heard outtakes from the recording sessions, including "The Crazies," "Only a Downstat," and the B-side to the original "Are 'Friends' Electric?" single, "We Are So Fragile." [Note: In addition to bonus tracks, all of the Gary Numan/Begggars Banquet re-releases contain classic photographs and informative liner notes by Numan biographer Steve Malins.] ~ Greg Prato

Product Details

Release Date:	12/11/2015
Label:	Beggars Banquet
UPC:	0607618000714
Rank:	25882

Tracks

1. Me, I Disconnect From You
2. Are ¿¿¿Firends¿¿¿ Electric?
3. The Machman
4. Praying to the Aliens
5. Down in the Park
6. You are My Vision
7. Replicas
8. It Must Have Been Years
9. When the Machines Rock
10. I Nearly Married a Human

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Tubeway Army   Primary Artist
Gary Numan   Primary Artist,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards
Jess Lidyard   Drums
Paul Gardiner   Bass,Guitar (Bass)

Technical Credits

John Dent   Mastering
Gary Numan   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Audio Production
Rikki Sylvan   Mixing
John Caffery   Mixing,Engineer,Audio Engineer
Steve Webbon   Design
Malti Kidia   Art Direction
Mike Stone   Photography
Mary Vango   Make-Up
Rob Arenstein   Engineer
Geoff Howes   Original Photography
Steve Malins   Liner Notes,Project Coordinator
Harvey Ishiki   Assistant Engineer