Track Listing
1. Me I Disconnect From You - Tubeway Army
2. Are 'Friends' Electric - Tubeway Army
3. Machman - Tubeway Army
4. Praying To The Aliens - Tubeway Army
5. Down In The Park - Tubeway Army
6. You Are In My Vision - Tubeway Army
7. Replicas - Tubeway Army
8. It Must Have Been Years - Tubeway Army
9. When The Machines Rock - Tubeway Army
10. I Nearly Married A Human - Tubeway Army
11. Crazies - Tubeway Army
12. Only A Downstat - Tubeway Army
13. We Have A Technical - Tubeway Army
14. We Are So Fragile - Tubeway Army
15. I Nearly Married A Human 2 - Tubeway Army
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Contributing Artists: | Numan, Gary & Tubeway Army | | Producer: | Gary Numan | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | PIAS UK/Sony DADC | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
REPLICAS contains six bonus tracks, which include outtakes and UK single B- sides.Personnel: Gary Numan (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Paul Gardiner (bass); Jess Lidyard (drums).Recorded at Gooseberry Studios, London, England from December 1978-January 1979. Includes liner notes by Steve Malins.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 the Park" and "Are Friends Electric," REPLICAS is a nostalgic look at a rock future that never happened. It is also one of the few artifacts of the new wave era that sounds as fresh today as it did when it was first issued in the 1978.
Editorial Reviews
9 (out of 10) - ...1979's REPLICAS, put the synths center stage, freezing Kraftwerk's liquid opulence into stark cubist blocks...
Spin (09/01/1998)
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