Numan Replicas

Gary Numan + Tubeway Army - Replicas / The Plan: Selections from the Albums (1987)

Gary Numan + Tubeway Army - Replicas / The Plan: Selections from the Albums (1987)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 429 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 165 Mb | Scans ~ 66 Mb | 01:11:45
New Wave, Synthpop, Electronic, Post-Punk | Label: Beggars Banquet | # BEGA 7 CD

Upgrading an earlier two-fer CD that curiously omitted great swathes of both albums, the coupling of 1979's breakthrough Replicas and the 1978 demos that comprised The Plan is both chronologically and musically askance – one entire LP, Tubeway Army's eponymous debut, divided these two projects in time, and while it, too, barely hinted at the utter re-evaluation that Gary Numan would soon be making, the jolt would have been a lot less pronounced had some kind of internal logic been adhered to. No complaints, of course, about the bang for your buck. No less than 38 tracks are spread across the two discs, as the original 12-track The Plan and ten-song Replicas are joined by a wealth of bonus tracks, each offering up a full snapshot of Numan's activities at those particular points in time. The Plan adds three more of the demos that were recorded with the original LP's worth, then adds on the six songs recorded during sessions for the band's first two singles, on either side of the main attraction; Replicas is appended by half a dozen session outtakes, two of which were period B-sides.

Gary Numan - The Best Of Gary Numan 1978-1983 (1993) 2CDs  Music

Posted by Designol at Sept. 6, 2023
Gary Numan - The Best Of Gary Numan 1978-1983 (1993) 2CDs

Gary Numan - The Best Of Gary Numan 1978-1983 (1993)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 843 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 321 Mb | Scans ~ 30 Mb
Label: Beggars Banquet | # BEGA150CD | Time: 02:23:49
New Wave, Synthpop, Electronic, Post-Punk

The Best of Gary Numan 1978–1983 is a double disc compilation album of Gary Numan's singles and selected album tracks released on the Beggars Banquet Records label. It was promoted by the remixed re-release of "Cars". The contents of the enclosed twelve page booklet are identical to the one included with the previously released Exhibition compilation album. It contains various pictures from the years in question and an extensive chronological essay by Francis Drake.

Gary Numan - Pure (2000) [2CD Tour Edition]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Sept. 2, 2021
Gary Numan - Pure (2000) [2CD Tour Edition]

Gary Numan - Pure (2000) [2CD Tour Edition]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 613 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 231 MB | Covers - 10 MB
Genre: New Wave, Synth-pop, Post-Punk | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Eagle Records (EDGTE078)

One has to give credit to an '80s new wave musician who can adapt and create contemporary-sounding music. There are icons from that era who continue to release new recordings - Depeche Mode and the Cure, for example - but don't evolve musically; the sound is unchanging as if they were still back in the decade. This is not a bad thing, however; core listeners are usually who buy these artists' newly released albums and they don't generate new fans. That said, hats off to '80s Brit popster Gary Numan, best known for the hit "Cars," who offers up a modernized industrial-goth set in Pure. The album can comfortably sit alongside Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails on store shelves. Pure doesn't drive like the industrialized adrenaline rush that is, say, Orgy, but the tracks' lingering and creepy pace leaves behind a different kind of impact - it's more haunting than relentless…

VA - Random: A Tribute to Gary Numan (1997) 2CDs  Music

Posted by Designol at March 3, 2024
VA - Random: A Tribute to Gary Numan (1997) 2CDs

VA - Random: A Tribute to Gary Numan (1997) 2CD
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 772 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 266 Mb | Scans ~ 45 Mb | 02:00:29
Electronic, Rock, Pop, Synthpop, Industrial | Label: Beggars Banquet | # BBQCD 195

Gary Numan is known for robotic, stylized singing. His primitive electronics and pre-"new romantic" sound did nothing for me. A myriad, zealous voices will tell you that Numan was sings "good songs." Now, in this 2-CD collection of Numan interpretations you can hear those good songs without Numan's idiosyncratic delivery. The known and the unknown join to make proto-dance music out of mechanical master's material. Matt Sharp (Weezer) and Damon Albarn (Blur) cover "We Have a Technical." Also on the compilation are Gravity Kills, EMF, The Magnetic Fields, Jesus Jones, the out-of-place hip hop group Underdog (but, there's only one of them), Sukia, The Orb, Pop Will Eat Itself. One of my favorite cuts is "Metal" by Towering Inferno. Brian Eno described their Kaddish album as "frightening" and they are here joined by Eddie Reader. I also am very fond of the two versions of "Are 'Friends' Electric?" Techno rockers Republicaare joined by Numan himself for one version and Belgian discovery An Pierle offers another.
Gary Numan & The Skaparis Orchestra - When the Sky Came Down (Live at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester) (2019)

Gary Numan & The Skaparis Orchestra - When the Sky Came Down (Live at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester) (2019)
FLAC tracks | 02:00:45 | 780 Mb
Genre: New Wave, Synthpop / Label: BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd

A 3 disc album consisting of 2 audio CDs and concert DVD of Gary’s sold out show with The Skaparis Orchestra at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. The setlist includes songs from his highly successful ‘Savage’ album and classic tracks including the No.1 single ‘Are ‘Friends’ Electric?’, with the DVD capturing the full breathtaking concert for fans to relive again.

Gary Numan - Strange Charm (1986) [Reissue 1996]  Music

Posted by gribovar at May 28, 2023
Gary Numan - Strange Charm (1986) [Reissue 1996]

Gary Numan - Strange Charm (1986) [Reissue 1996]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 282 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 105 MB | Covers - 25 MB
Genre: New Wave, Synth-pop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Numa Records (NUMACDX 1005)

For the first time in nearly half a decade, Numan, to a large if not total extent, recaptured the sense of compelling darkness at the heart of his music on Strange Charm. Though Numan himself had a difficult time with the recording of the album, speaking in later years about his struggles with then-new technology and how best to make it work for his music, the end results often justify the expense of effort. For the first time in a long while, Numan actively uses silence and less-crowded arrangements to create a more dramatic impact - it lets the songs breathe a bit more, while further foregrounding his vocals. Flat-out successes such as "The Sleeproom," with its haunting, quite beautiful chorus, and the concluding ballad "This Is Love," with heavily echoed piano and singing leading the way, show how his decision worked wonders…

Gary Numan - Exile (1997)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Sept. 4, 2021
Gary Numan - Exile (1997)

Gary Numan - Exile (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 347 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 123 MB | Covers - 19 MB
Genre: New Wave, Synth-pop, Post-Punk | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Cleopatra (CLP 0200-2)

Exile is probably the first album to see him firmly on the path, following-up the career reviving and direction-resurging Sacrifice. Musically dark and moody with touches of techno and goth, it's the lyrics here that truly set the tone. It's a far cry from some of his earlier work. After his innovative and coherent music of the late '70s and early '80s, Numan had taken up residence in the musical doldrums with album after album of little consequence. 1994's Sacrifice proved he wasn't too far gone, and was a wonderful return to relevance. Exile, meanwhile, took it all a step further, and is likely where he would have ended up had he never gone astray in the first place. By far his darkest album up to that point, and a wonderful contrast to the dark-in-its-own-right Replicas from 18 years earlier.
Gary Numan and Tubeway Army - Replicas (1979) [2CD] {2008 Expanded 'Redux' Edition}

Gary Numan and Tubeway Army - Replicas (1979) [2CD] {2008 Expanded 'Redux' Edition}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 791 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 277 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 40 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1979, 2008 Beggars Banquet | BBQCD 2057
New Wave / Electronic / Post Punk

By the release of their second album, Replicas, Gary Numan was the undisputed focal point and leader of icy electro-punkers Tubeway Army. And the move proved to be massively successful back home in the U.K., where both the album and the single "Are 'Friends' Electric?" topped the charts. The band had made a conscious effort to streamline the sound heard on its 1978 self-titled debut – the distorted guitar riffs were played on Moog synthesizers instead, and Numan had perfected his faux-space-age persona.
Gary Numan & Tubeway Army - Replicas: The First Recordings (2019)

Gary Numan & Tubeway Army - Replicas: The First Recordings (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 607 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 217 Mb | 01:34:51
New Wave | Label: Beggars Banquet

Gary Numan is a pioneer, and his influence on so many artists is unmistakable and grand. Gary’s style connects him with fans of multiple genres… electronic, industrial, indie-rock, metal, etc. He remains an innovator, and his fan base continues to grow.
Gary Numan With The Skaparis Orchestra - When The Sky Came Down: Live At The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (2019)

Gary Numan With The Skaparis Orchestra - When The Sky Came Down: Live At The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (2019) {Deluxe Edition}
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 815 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 292 Mb | 00:57:56 + 01:03:22
DVD9 | MPEG-2, NTSC 720x480 (16:9), 29.970 fps, VBR ~ 6725 kb/s | PCM 2.0, 48.0 kHz, 1536 kb/s | 02:01:02
Full Scans ~ 28 Mb | RAR 5% Recovery
Alternative Rock, Industrial, Synth-Pop, New Wave | BMG #538554910

This set of two CDs and a concert DVD of Gary Numan's sold-out show with the Skaparis Orchestra at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. The setlist includes songs from his highly successful 'Savage' album and classics such as the No. 1 single 'Are Friends Electric', with the DVD capturing the entire breathtaking concert. Gary Numan's previous studio album 'Savage: Songs From A Broken World' was released on BMG in September 2017 and received the best reviews in Gary's career. He entered the UK charts at number 2, a fantastic achievement for the legendary and very influential artist. Gary Numan's music has always had a cinematic quality, but with the Skaparis Orchestra, this mix of hard electronics and rising cinema atmosphere was first really brought to life in his spectacular live shows.