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(More customer reviews)It's amazing how much emotion Gary Numan was able to evoke with an album so dominated by electronic instruments. Numan produced a number of great albums in his heyday (I'm not a big fan of his recent, dark material), but the Pleasure Principle--with its Magritte take-off cover--has best withstood the test of time for me. Replicas comes close, but I think this is Gary at his best.
Cars became a hit here and in the UK, but the rest of the cuts are every bit as strong. And there's a sensitivity on display behind the andriod cool that makes this music far more than the sum of its parts. Couple that with an excellent rhythm section, great keyboard textures, and first-rate arrangements, and you have an album that never seems to wear out its welcome.
Gary Numan's voice can tend to become grating on some of his albums, but not this one.
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Japanese remastered reissue of 1979 album is packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve & includes seven bonus tracks, 'Random' (demo out-take), 'Oceans' (demo out-take), 'Asylum' (`B' side of 'Cars' single), 'Me! I Disconnect From You' (live, `B' side of 'Complex' 12 inch single), 'Bombers' (live, 'B' side of 'Complex' 12 inch single), 'Remember I Was Vapour' (live), & 'On Broadway' (live). Beggars. 2004.--This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.
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