Gary Anthony James Webb,known professionally as Gary Numan,is an English musician. He entered the music industry as frontman of the new wave band Tubeway Army. After releasing two studio albums with the band,he released his debut solo studio album The Pleasure Principle in 1979,topping the UK Albums Chart. His commercial popularity peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s with hits including "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars". Numan maintains a cult following. He has sold over 10 million records.
"Down in the Park" is a 1979 song by the English band Tubeway Army,featuring lead vocals by Gary Numan. It was released as the first single from the band's second album Replicas,though was not a hit. The song was written and produced by the band's frontman Gary Numan,and despite its lack of commercial success,has been performed by Numan regularly in his live shows throughout the years.
"Are 'Friends' Electric?" is a 1979 song by the English band Tubeway Army. Taken from their album Replicas,it was released as a single in May 1979 and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart,staying there for four weeks. It was written and produced by Gary Numan,the band's frontman and lead vocalist. It was also the band's last single before breaking up.
Obsolete is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Fear Factory,released on July 28,1998,through Roadrunner Records. It was produced by Fear Factory,Greg Reely and Rhys Fulber,the latter of whom wrote,arranged and performed all of the album's keyboard parts,and was the band's first full album to feature bassist Christian Olde Wolbers,who performed on around half of the tracks of the band's previous album Demanufacture (1995).
"Lovesong" is a song by English rock band the Cure,released as the third single from their eighth studio album,Disintegration (1989),on 21 August 1989. The song saw considerable success in the United States,where it reached the number-two position in October 1989 and became the band's only top-10 entry on the Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom,the single charted at number 18,and it peaked within the top 20 in Canada and Ireland.
"Back for Good" is a song by English band Take That from their third studio album,Nobody Else (1995). Released on March 27,1995 by RCA and Arista,it was written by lead singer Gary Barlow,who also co-produced it with Chris Porter. The song topped the UK Singles Chart whilst also charting at number one in 31 countries,as well as reaching the top 10 in many others. Vaughan Arnell and Anthea Benton directed the song's music video. At the 1996 Brit Awards,"Back for Good" won the Brit Award for British Single of the Year. In 2003,Q Magazine ranked the song at number 910 in their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever" and in a UK poll in 2012,it was voted number 11 on the ITV special The Nation's Favourite Number One Single.
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.
"Because the Night" is a rock song written by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith that appears on the Patti Smith Group album Easter,which was released in 1978. On March 2,1978,the song was released as a single,and was commercially successful,reaching No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,and No. 5 in the United Kingdom,which helped propel Easter to mainstream success.
Telekon is the second solo studio album by English musician Gary Numan. It debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart in September 1980,making it his third consecutive No. 1 album. It was also the third and final studio release of what Numan retrospectively termed the "machine" section of his career,following Replicas and The Pleasure Principle.
"Everything Counts" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode from their third studio album Construction Time Again (1983). A live version of the song was released in 1989 to support the band's live album 101. The original single reached No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart,whereas the live version reached No. 22.
"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".
The discography of Fear Factory,an American heavy metal band,consists of ten studio albums,three compilation albums,two remix albums,one demo album,one video album,five extended plays,twenty-one singles and thirteen music videos. Fear Factory formed in 1989,signing to Roadrunner Records three years later. The band's debut studio album,Soul of a New Machine,was released in 1992. The following year,Fear Is the Mindkiller was released as an EP,featuring remixes by Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb of Front Line Assembly. In 1995,Fear Factory released their second studio album,Demanufacture,which peaked at number 27 on the UK Albums Chart,and was later certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI);it was followed two years later by another remix project,Remanufacture,which this time featured contributions from a number of different remixers,including many techno-oriented artists,as well as the band themselves.
"Pop Muzik" is a 1979 song by M,a project by English musician Robin Scott,from the debut album New York •London •Paris •Munich. The single,first released in the UK in early 1979,was bolstered by a music video that was well received by critics. The clip featured Scott as a DJ singing into a microphone from behind an exaggerated turntable setup,at times flanked by two female models who sang and danced in a robotic manner. The video also featured Brigit Novik,Scott's wife at the time,who provided the backup vocals for the track.
"Celebration" is a 1980 song by American band Kool &the Gang. Released as the first single from their twelfth album,Celebrate! (1980),it was the band's first and only single to reach No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
"Kids in America" is a song recorded by English pop singer Kim Wilde. It was released in the United Kingdom as her debut single in January 1981,and in the United States in spring 1982,later appearing on her self-titled debut studio album. Largely inspired by the synth-pop style of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) and Gary Numan,the song reached number two on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks and number one in Finland and South Africa,and charted in the top 10 of many European charts as well as Australia and New Zealand. In North America,the song reached the top 40 in Canada and the United States. It was certified gold in the United Kingdom,South Africa,Australia and Sweden;and has sold over three million copies worldwide. The song has been covered by many artists from different genres.
"Lakini's Juice" is a song by alternative rock group Live,which was released as the first single from their 1997 album,Secret Samadhi. The song opens with abrasive staccato guitar and features an orchestra towards the end. There is a constant dissonance running throughout the track. The B-side track "Supernatural" is a live recording,made at "The Academy" in New York City on November 19,1994;although this particular version was previously unreleased,a different performance of the same song,from the band's appearance on MTV Unplugged,previously appeared on the Vic Chesnutt tribute album Sweet Relief II:Gravity of the Situation in 1996.
Hybrid is a remix/cover album,consisting of songs by Gary Numan remixed by other artists,covers of Numan's early songs from his first three albums,plus three new tracks created specifically for the album. Hybrid was recorded in autumn of 2002 and released in March 2003 with a collaboration from various industrial rock/heavy rock musicians such as Rico,Sulpher and Alan Moulder. The album includes tracks originally found on the albums Tubeway Army,Replicas,The Pleasure Principle,Telekon,Sacrifice,Exile and Pure.
The following is a comprehensive discography of Gary Numan,a British singer and musician. Numan released his first record in 1978 as part of the outfit Tubeway Army. Initially unsuccessful,the band scored a huge hit in 1979 with the single "Are Friends Electric" and their second album Replicas,both of which reached number one in the UK. Numan then decided to release further recordings under his own name,beginning with the single "Cars" later in 1979. Both this and the subsequent album The Pleasure Principle also reached number one in the UK,and Numan became a leading force in the British electronic music scene. He scored a third number one album in 1980 with Telekon,and more hit singles and albums until the mid 1980s when his popularity waned. Despite this,he has continued to record and tour on a regular basis up to the present day. His 2017 studio album,Savage,entered the UK Albums Chart at no. 2,which was Numan's highest chart peak since 1980. His most recent album,2021's Intruder,also entered the UK charts at no. 2.
Jagged is the fifteenth solo studio album by English musician Gary Numan,his first original album in over five years,following Pure in 2000. Stylistically Jagged was a development of its predecessor's chorus-driven,anthemic industrial sound,utilising heavier electronics and more prominent live drumming. Although reaction to the new record was predominantly positive,critical opinion was more heavily divided than had been the case with the almost universal praise enjoyed by Pure. Reaching number 59 in the UK album charts,Jagged charted no higher than the earlier release,some commentators and fans regarding the long time between albums as a missed opportunity for consolidation in the wake of Pure's reception and the number 13 UK chart position attained by Numan's 2003 single with Rico,"Crazier". Jagged was the first album issued on Numan's own Mortal Records label,licensed to Cooking Vinyl. The US release,on Metropolis Records,included an alternate mix of "Fold" as a bonus track. In April Numan embarked on a tour of the UK,Europe and North America to promote the album.
"Bitter Tears" is a song by Australian rock band INXS,released as the third Australian and fourth UK single from their seventh studio album,X (1990). The song was written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence as part of the sessions for the X album. It peaked at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart and number 36 in Australia. The single was released to coincide with the band headlining the SummerXS concert at Wembley Stadium in July 1991,as documented in the Live Baby Live DVD.
