Gary Webb got his start fronting his very own punk band called Tubeway Army, but it wasn't until he was in the studio recording their first album - where he found and became enamored with a synthesizer left by the previous band renting the space - that Gary Numan was born. This chance encounter completely changed the direction of the band, and set the tone for the rest of his career.
Tubeway Army released two albums, a self-titled debut and the very successful follow-up Replicas. Being the creative heart of the band, Numan would release subsequent albums under his new name with essentially the same band. The first of these, The Pleasure Principle, introduced the essential track "Cars" and gave him musical immortality. The follow-up, Telekon, may have been less financially successful, but was a very strong album overall. Subsequent albums led to diminishing returns, and by the mid 80s Numan was utilizing a sax player and chasing trends instead of innovating them. This would precipitate a gear change in the 90s to an industrial sound inspired greatly by Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor himself had been hugely influenced by Numan's prime output), a musical direction he continues with to this day. However, he has been known to tour on his Tubeway Army and early Numan material on occasion, to great success.
Gary Numan is rightly hailed as a visionary and legend in the world of synth rock, post-punk, electro...all the Auto Reverse-approved genres. Below is a selection of some of what we feel to be some of his best work, and a few samples of his later output at the end of the playlist for context.
Tubeway Army - Something's In The House
Tubeway Army - Are You Real?
Tubeway Army - Me! I Disconnect From You
Tubeway Army - Are "Friends" Electric?
Tubeway Army - Down In The Park
Tubeway Army - You Are In My Vision
Tubeway Army - Replicas
Tubeway Army - It Must Have Been Years
Tubeway Army - Do You Need The Service?
Tubeway Army - We Have a Technical
Gary Numan - Metal
Gary Numan - Films
Gary Numan - M.E.
Gary Numan - Tracks
Gary Numan - Conversation
Gary Numan - Cars
Gary Numan - Engineers
Gary Numan - This Wreckage
Gary Numan - Telekon
Gary Numan - Remind Me To Smile
Gary Numan - Sleep By Windows
Gary Numan - We Are Glass
Gary Numan - I Dream of Wires
Gary Numan - The Joy Circuit
Gary Numan - I Die: You Die
Gary Numan - You Are, You Are
Gary Numan - White Boys and Heroes
Gary Numan - Music For Chameleons
Gary Numan - From Russia Infected
Gary Numan - Dominion Day
Gary Numan - Crazier
Gary Numan - I Sing Rain
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