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- Date Released: May 22, 2003
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: '80s, New Wave
- Label: Beggars Banquet
A collection of electro-pop classics.
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We Say...
All you kids today pretending to be robots have nothing on former Tubeway Army leader Numan, whose friends were electric way before you downloaded your first MP3. The Pleasure Principle is his masterwork — every song sticks, and several are classics, including "Films" (a hip-hop breakbeat staple, included on a volume of the beat-digger bible Ultimate Breaks & Beats series), "Metal" and "Cars," a song so funky Prince used to rehearse the Revolution with it.
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They Say...
The most popular of all the Gary Numan albums is undeniably 1979's The Pleasure Principle. The reasons are simple -- there is not a single weak moment on the disc, it contains his sole U.S. (number one worldwide) hit, "Cars," and new drummer Cedric Sharpley adds a whole new dimension with his powerful percussion work. The Pleasure Principle is also one of the first Gary Numan albums to feature true ensemble playing, especially heard within the airtight, killer groove of "Metal" (one of Numan's all-time best tracks). Starting things off with the atmospheric instrumental "Airlane," the quality of the songs get stronger and stronger as the album progresses -- "Films," "M.E.," "Observer," "Conversation," the aforementioned "Cars," and the U.K. Top Ten hit "Complex" all show Numan in top form. The 1998 reissue contains three unreleased instrumentals (one the B-side to the "Cars" single, "Asylum"), as well as four live tracks. If you had to own just one Gary Numan album, The Pleasure Principle would be it. [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.]
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| 01. |  |
Airlane |
3:18 |  |
| 02. | |
Metal |
3:33 | |
| 03. | |
Complex |
3:12 | |
| 04. | |
Films |
4:09 | |
| 05. | |
M.E. |
5:37 | |
| 06. | |
Tracks |
2:51 | |
| 07. | |
Observer |
2:53 | |
| 08. | |
Conversation |
7:36 | |
| 09. | |
Cars |
3:58 | |
| 10. | |
Engineers |
4:01 | |
| 11. | |
Random |
3:49 | |
| 12. | |
Oceans |
3:03 | |
| 13. | |
Asylum |
2:31 | |
| 14. | |
Me! I Disconnect from You (Live) |
3:06 | |
| 15. | |
Bombers (Live) |
5:47 | |
| 16. | |
Remember I Was Vapour (Live) |
4:46 | |
| 17. | |
On Broadway (Live) |
4:46 | |
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