Artist : Gary Numan
Album : The Complete John Peel Sessions
Label : Maida Vale
Genre : Electronic
Bitrate : 202 kbps avg
Source : CD (LP)
Playtime : 01:16:58 (117.MB)
Rls date : 2007-04-20
Store date : 2007-05-07
[Track List]
1. Me I Disconnect From You 3:10
2. Down In The Park 4:19
3. I Nearly Married A Human 6:39
4. Cars 3:16
5. Airline 3:26
6. Films 2:52
7. Conversation 6:52
8. RIP 5:04
9. Metal 4:01
10.Pure 5:09
11.My Jesus 5:44
12.Cars 4:11
13.I Listen To My Voice 5:17
14.I Can't Breathe 5:45
15.Down In The Park 5:14
16.A Prayer For The Unborn 5:59
The first release from new Cooking Vinyl subsidiary Maida
Vale Records, which will plunder the archives of various
radio stations, Gary NumanÆs The Complete John Peel
Sessions is a fascinating comparison of Numan at very
different stages in his career.
The first seven tracks of this compilation are made up of
two John Peel sessions recorded in 1979, three months
before and after the release of Tubeway ArmyÆs Replicas
album respectively. These show Numan the synth-pop
pioneer, outweirding everyone in a genre that was still
then pretty weird but still delivering some of the most
engaging pop music of the time.
Kicking off with the new wave, guitar-heavy Me I
Disconnect From You, he hints at the direction heÆd take
later in his career. So too does the dark, sinister sound
of Down In The Park in a more subtle way. More in-keeping
with our memory of the young Gary Numan, however, is an
early version of Cars. This version is interesting in that
it lacks the paranoid fear of the outside world that
pervades the final recording.
The remaining nine tracks were recorded in 2001, while
Numan was promoting his Pure album. Here he is less the
innovator, more borrowing from Marilyn Manson and Nine
Inch Nails. Still itÆs interesting to hear how Cars and
Down In The Park developed over 22 years.
A definite must for Gary Numan fans and also worth a
glance if youÆre simply and interested party.