Living Ornaments '79 and '80

Living Ornaments '79 and '80
Box set by Gary Numan
Released	24 April 1981 [1]
Recorded	Hammersmith Odeon, London 28 September 1979 and 16 September 1980
Genre	New wave, synthpop
Label	Beggars Banquet
Producer	Gary Numan
Gary Numan chronology
Living Ornaments '80 (1981) Living Ornaments '79 and '80 (1981) Dance (1981)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Living Ornaments '79 and '80 is a box set by English musician Gary Numan that was released in April 1981. The box-set contains the two live albums Living Ornaments '79 and Living Ornaments '80 which were also released separately in April 1981. Although Living Ornaments '79 and Living Ornaments '80 only reached numbers 47 and 39 on the UK Albums Chart respectively, the box set reached number two. ^{[3] [4]}

Track listing

All tracks written by Gary Numan.

Living Ornaments '79

Side one

1. "Airlane" – 3:12
2. "Cars" – 3:20
3. "We Are So Fragile" – 2:33
4. "Films" – 3:45
5. "Something's in the House" – 4:08

Side two

1. "My Shadow in Vain" – 2:50
2. "Conversation" – 7:45
3. "The Dream Police" – 4:12
4. "Metal" – 3:25

Living Ornaments '80

Side one

1. "This Wreckage" – 5:20
2. "I Die: You Die" – 3:38
3. "M.E." – 4:27
4. "Everyday I Die" – 4:22
5. "Down in the Park" – 5:55

Side two

1. "Remind Me to Smile" – 3:40
2. "The Joy Circuit" – 5:47
3. "Tracks" – 2:43
4. "Are 'Friends' Electric?" – 5:30
5. "We Are Glass" – 4:32

Personnel

• Gary Numan – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, producer, mixer
• Rrussell Bell – guitar
• Billy Currie – keyboards (Living Ornaments '79)
• Robert Ellis – photographer
• Paul Gardiner – bass
• Peter Gilbert – photographer
• Will Gosling – assistant mixer
• Roger Mason – keyboards (Living Ornaments '80)
• Chris Payne – keyboards, viola
• Cedric Sharpley – drums
• Tim Summerhayes – engineer
• Phil Thornalley – assistant engineer

References

1. "New Albums". Music Week . 25 April 1981. p. 23.
2. AllMusic review
3. "Living Ornaments '81, by Gary Numan". Gary Numan. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
4. Roberts, David, ed. (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). HIT Entertainment. p. 398. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.

External links

• Living Ornaments '79 And '80 at Discogs (list of releases)
• LIVING ORNAMENTS 79 AND 80 LP numanme.co.uk