The Pleasure Principle (30th Anniversary Edition)

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Gary Numan
The Pleasure Principle (30th Anniversary Edition)

[ Beggars Banquet / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Monday 21 September 2009

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This 2-Disc slipcase, 30th Anniversary Edition of Gary's classic 1979 release features numerous bonus tracks and comes highly recommended.

Gary Numan's most commercially successful album is, perhaps unsurprisingly, his least representative disc. Powered by the hit single, "Cars", arguably the first British synth-pop song to dent the U.S. charts (M's "Pop Muzik" came out around the same time), 'The Pleasure Principle' is a striking turnaround from the guitar-powered, Joy Division-like post-punk of his old band Tubeway Army. Aside from Paul Gardiner's bass and some percussion, every instrument is electronic.

To denote their futuristic simplicity the 10 songs presented here are given one-word titles; they're all built on the same layers of analogue synthesizers and futuristic, dystopian lyrics. The resulting numbing quality of 'The Pleasure Principle' is also pretty much its point.

This 2-Disc slipcase, 30th Anniversary Edition of Gary's classic 1979 release features numerous bonus tracks and comes highly recommended.

Tracks:

Disc 1:
1. Airlane
2. Metal
3. Complex
4. Films
5. M.E.
6. Tracks
7. Observer
8. Conversation
9. Cars
10. Engineers

Disc 2:
1. Airlane (Demo version)
2. Metal (Demo version)
3. Complex (Demo version)
4. Films (Demo version)
5. M.E. (Demo version)
6. Tracks (Out-take mix)
7. Observer (Demo version)
8. Conversation (Demo version 2)
9. Cars (Demo version)
10. Engineers (Demo version)
11. Random (2009 Re-master)
12. Oceans (2009 Re-master)
13. Asylum (2009 Re-master)
14. Photograph (2009 Re-master)
15. Gymnopedie No.1 (Demo version)
16. Conversation (Demo Version 1)
17. M.E. (Out-take mix)