Despite early commercial success, critical acclaim has been a long time coming. But in recent years, Numan has been garlanded for pivotal role in the electronic revolution, including a 2015 Q Award for Innovation In Sound and a 2017 Ivor Novello Inspiration Award. The must-have albums TUBEWAY ARMY, 1978 Newton, Thomas (22 September 2017). "Swipe: The 'Oscars of Tech' and Gary Numan". Sky News. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017 . Retrieved 23 September 2017. Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, [stamped •STRAWBERRY•], variant 9): W - 16 BEGA+28+B₃ • STRAWBERRY•

Edwards, Briony (20 February 2018). "The story behind the song: Kids in America by Kim Wilde | Louder". Loudersound.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020 . Retrieved 15 May 2020. the pleasure principle - full Official Chart History". Official Charts. The Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023 . Retrieved 26 January 2023. Young, Amy. "Gary Numan: 'Nostalgia is Something I Dislike With a Passion' ". Phoenix New Times. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020 . Retrieved 5 January 2021.I Still Remember - full Official Chart History". Official Charts. The Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023 . Retrieved 27 January 2023. Lyrically the songs were inspired by the imagery of authors William S. Burroughs and J. G. Ballard and features Numan's own personal experiences, particularly a relationship that had turned bitter. [5] Critical reception [ edit ] Often Dance, his fifth album in five years counting the Tubeway Army releases, makes me think of two later albums, made by musicians who have openly spoken of Numan as an inspiration - Kanye West's 808s And Heartbreak and the Smashing Pumpkins' Adore. Both West and the Pumpkins' Billy Corgan had become massively famous after years of woodshedding and then a series of higher profile breakouts. But then both death - West's mother after complications from surgery, touring Pumpkins member Jonathan Melvoin after an overdose - and drawn out romantic collapses (West's engagement, Corgan's marriage) shadowed their follow-up efforts, albums that seemed to go against all that they'd already achieved. It's an exaggeration to say that but not entirely: West's shift to singing with vocal treatments, a Roland TR-808 and a quieter approach and the Pumpkins' shift to a more audibly spacious and electronic sound with less guitar shredding all around, neither were what had gotten them to where they were at before. That is definitely the story of Dance and Gary Numan. Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, [stamped STRAWBERRY• ], variant 12): W 8 BEGA+28+B₃ •STRAWBERRY•

A prolific songwriter, Numan has written about 400 songs. [130] His starting point is usually a piano to work out melodies and chord structures. Most of the songs on his early albums were written on a piano his parents had bought him: later in his career he has used a piano preset on the computer as a starting point. [131] However, his biggest hit " Cars" was unconventionally written on a bass guitar. [130]Indicates chart entry occurred after release year. Release years can be found here. [24] Extended studio albums [ edit ] Year Gary Numan - Dead Son Rising (2011, CD)". Discogs. 15 September 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023 . Retrieved 26 January 2023. replicas - full Official Chart History". Official Charts. The Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023 . Retrieved 26 January 2023.

Barber, Nicholas (31 March 1996). "A CASE OF BEER TODAY, GONE TOMORROW?". Independent. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022 . Retrieved 15 December 2020.Numan augments the Minimoog employed on Replicas with its sibling, the Polymoog, especially the Vox Humana, flanging, phasing and reverb presets. The album’s big hit, Cars, gave him his second No.1 at home and his biggest success Stateside, where it peaked at No.9. The synth textures are more expressive and expansive, as he adds the ARP Pro Soloist, Roland Jupiter-4 and Yamaha CP-30 to his armoury – the nerds will understand. Stanton, Mike (19 December 2018). "For The Love Of... Gary Numan". FourCulture Magazine. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020 . Retrieved 15 December 2020. There are, however, signposts to the electronic future on Listen To The Sirens and Are You Real?, the former featuring regularly in live sets during his halcyon years. On 10 May 2016, Numan was named the recipient of the 2016 Moog Innovation Award by Moog Music. [107] On 18 May 2017, Numan received an Ivor Novello Inspiration Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors. [108] [109] [110]

In addition to what others have said, it's very significant to note in one article I've just read that the compression of the album (running time of 50 minutes originally) onto two sides in 1981 caused a compromise to the sound. I DO remember that being the case. I bought it on the day of release with a birthday token and was rather underwhelmed by it. Not exactly the most exciting album to play when it's your 15th birthday (and actually it wasn't a happy period for me so its low-key, sparse sound was depressing, have to say). Course I've grown up and am in a better place mentally now!!Babylon 5" (-/-/1995) – 'New Anger' / 'America' / 'Heart' / 'I Don't Believe' / 'Children' / 'Icehouse' / 'Tread Careful'