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Tubeway Army

Tubeway Army - 2023 Reissue

    Beggars Arkive reissue the self-titled debut album by Tubeway. The audio was mastered at Abbey Road from analog tape.

    Tubeway Army was the name of Gary Numan’s band. Formed in 1977, their self-titled debut album was released at the tail end of 1978. This album truly paved the way for Gary Numan to become an electronic pioneer. It was during the sessions for this album that he came across a minimoog synthesizer by accident in the recording studio, and the rest is history.

    The album was a segue from the punk-leaning sounds of their early singles, to the pioneering electronic music that Gary Numan became known for. The phrase “garagey sci-fi rock” was used in reference to this album. This album truly paved the way for Gary Numan to become an electronic pioneer. It was during the sessions for this album that he came across a minimoog synthesizer by accident in the recording studio, and the rest is history.

    Shortly after this album’s release, Tubeway Army recorded their follow-up, Replicas, which contained “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?”, which became the first synthesizer-based number 1 hit of the electronic era in 1979. After its release, Numan opted to drop the Tubeway Army name and release music under his own name, retaining the musicians from Tubeway Army as his backing band.

    In a career that spans over forty years, Gary Numan’s music evolves and the themes change. But fans remain fascinated by Numan for the very fact that he’s so uncompromising. Gary recently released his twenty first album Intruder in May 2021.

    TRACK LISTING

    A1. Listen To The Sirens
    A2. My Shadow In Vain
    A3. The Life Machine
    A4. Friends
    A5. Something’s In The House
    A6. Every Day I Die
    B1. Steel And You
    B2. My Love Is A Liquid
    B3. Are You Real?
    B4. The Dream Police
    B5. Jo The Waiter
    B6. Zero Bars (Mr.Smith)

    Tubeway Army

    Replicas

      Replicas is the second and final album by Gary Numan + Tubeway Army and was originally released in 1979. It was the first album in what Numan referred to as the “machine” phase of his career.  “Are Friends’ Electric?” was a surprise #1 UK hit single and this album was a huge breakthrough. Replicas began as a concept album, based on a book that Numan never completed about a futuristic metropolis where androids with cloned human skin called “Machmen” team up with machines to keep citizens controlled under fear and force.

      TRACK LISTING

      Me! I Disconnect From You
      Are 'Friends' Electric?
      The Machman
      Praying To The Aliens
      Down In The Park
      You Are In My Vision
      Replicas
      It Must Have Been Years
      When The Machines Rock
      I Nearly Married A Human


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