For Future Reference | |
---|---|
Studio album by | |
Released | 1981 |
Recorded | Ridge Farm Studio, Surrey |
Genre | Synthpop |
Label | The Rocket Record Company |
Producer | Dramatis, Simon Heyworth |
The Dramatis Project | |
Singles from For Future Reference | |
|
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
For Future Reference is the only studio album released by the British synth-pop band Dramatis. The album itself failed to reach the UK Albums Chart,however,one of the three singles released from the album,"Love Needs No Disguise" with Gary Numan providing vocals reached number 33 on the UK Singles Chart. [2] The other singles from the album were "Ex Luna Scientia" and "Oh! Twenty Twenty Five"—titled "Oh! 2025" on the album. The album was reissued on CD in 2000 and retitled The Dramatis Project. The reissue was also credited to Tubeway Army featuring Gary Numan, [3] despite Numan's only contribution being the vocal to "Love Needs No Disguise".
The album was made available again in 2014 as a digital download only,this time under the title Terrestrial Channels and with Numan as the sole artist credit. [4]
All tracks written by Dramatis.
Dance is the third solo studio album by English new wave musician Gary Numan,released on 4 September 1981 by Beggars Banquet Records. It was the first studio album Numan released after his "Farewell Concerts" staged at Wembley Arena.
The Pleasure Principle is the debut solo studio album by English new wave musician Gary Numan,released on 7 September 1979 by Beggars Banquet Records. The album came about six months after Replicas (1979),his second and final studio album with the band Tubeway Army. The Pleasure Principle peaked at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart.
"I Die:You Die" is a song by the British musician Gary Numan,released as a single in August 1980. Released shortly before his fourth album,Telekon,it continued the anthemic style Numan had begun earlier in the year with "We Are Glass". The composer himself described the two singles as "Much the same thing. Both very chorus-orientated with the guitars as the main rhythmic device and the keyboards tinkling over the top".
Cher is the eighteenth studio album by American singer-actress Cher,released on November 10,1987 by Geffen Records. The album has been certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA and Gold in Australia by ARIA and the UK by BPI.
Tubeway Army is the debut album by Tubeway Army,released in 1978. Its initial limited-edition run of 5,000 sold out but did not chart. When reissued in mid-1979,following the success of the follow-up Replicas (1979),the more commonly known cover art featuring a stylised portrait of Gary Numan was introduced. This release made No. 14 in the UK album charts.
Paul Andrew Gardiner was a British musician who played bass guitar with Gary Numan and Tubeway Army,as well as creating material under his own name.
"Stormtrooper in Drag" is the debut single by Paul Gardiner,who was the bass player in Gary Numan's backing band. Numan is featured on the single as a co-composer,producer,musician and vocalist.
Free Spirit is the eleventh studio album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler,released in Europe on 3 October 1995,by EastWest Records and in the United States on 26 March 1996 by Atlantic Records. Tyler recorded the album with numerous producers,and it was her first album release in the UK and the US since Hide Your Heart (1988).
Berserker is the sixth solo studio album by English new wave musician Gary Numan,released on 9 November 1984,it was his first album to be released under Numan's own record label,Numa Records.
Warriors is the fifth solo studio album by English new wave musician Gary Numan,released on 16 September 1983 by Beggars Banquet Records,it would be his last studio release on that label.
The Fury is the seventh solo studio album by English musician Gary Numan,originally released in September 1985,it was Numan's second release on his self-owned Numa Records label. It saw him continuing to explore the sample-heavy industrial sound that he had developed for his previous album Berserker in 1984.
New Man Numan:The Best of Gary Numan is a compilation album released on the T.V. Records label in 1982 of songs featuring Gary Numan. The album reached number 45 on the UK Albums Chart.
Strange Charm is the eighth solo studio album by English musician Gary Numan,originally released in November 1986,it was Numan's third release on his self-owned Numa Records label. The album was not released in the United States until 1999 when it was issued in a digitally remastered form with five bonus tracks by Cleopatra Records. In the same year it was also reissued with bonus tracks in the United Kingdom by Eagle Records.
Automatic is a 1989 album released by Sharpe &Numan.
Dark Light is a live album by English musician Gary Numan. The album was released in June 1995 in the United Kingdom. The album was not released in the United States until August 1998. In April 2003 the album was remastered and reissued. The album was recorded at Numan's concert at Labatt's Hammersmith Apollo in London on 12 November 1994 during his Sacrifice Tour. The album reached number 107 on the UK Albums Chart.
Dramatis are an English synth-pop band formed in the early 1980s. Chris Payne,Rrussell Bell,Cedric Sharpley (drums),and Denis Haines (keyboards) were all originally members of Gary Numan's backing band. They formed Dramatis following Numan's announced retirement from touring in April 1981.
"Love Needs No Disguise" is a 1981 single by Dramatis featuring Gary Numan on vocals. It charted at number 33 on the UK Singles Chart. It got its live debut on The Warriors Tour in 1983. Of the song,Numan recalled:
"This was just the break they needed;I didn’t have anything to do with the writing of the song and I had a great time recording the video"
The Premier Hits is a compilation album by Gary Numan released in March 1996 on the Polygram TV record label. The album reached No 21 in the UK Albums Chart,leaving the chart after three weeks. It currently stands as the best selling compilation by Gary Numan. The album was promoted by the re-released 1987 remixed version of "Cars",re-titled as the 'Premier Mix' in a TV advert campaign for Carling Premier lager. The single reached No 17,making the third time that "Cars" has reached the top 40 in the UK Singles Chart.
The Doll were a punk rock/new wave band from London,England,who had a top-thirty hit in 1979 with "Desire Me".
"This Is Love" is a song by English musician Gary Numan,released in 1986 as the lead single from his eighth studio album Strange Charm. It was written by Numan,and produced by Numan and the Waveteam. "This Is Love" reached No. 28 in the UK and remained in the charts for three weeks.