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I have to agree. Personally I think he's sometimes a bit too harsh on the whole nostalgia thing - or has been up until realising that those first 4 albums still hold a special place for the majority of his fan base or older fans at least, and he owes a lot to them and the success of those albums.

I saw the Telekon tour in 2006 and it exceeded all my expectations and is still the best gig of his I've been to - not just because of those particular songs, but the live sound and style, which comes over perfectly on the new live CD, and the feeling of witnessing a glimpse of Numan's hayday of the eary 80s and all that made me realise just why I love his music.

But I'm all for moving forward, as with any artist I like. Personally I love Gary's work from Sacrifice onwards just as much as I do his stuff from 79-83. It's all in the same league for me. Being a younger fan I don't have the bias towards the early/successful stuff like some fans do.

I got into his music in 1995 and Sacrifice was one of the first albums of his I got, as I've followed him since then, alongside buying up his back catalogue since then.

Since the topic has ben raised, I love Metal Rhythm. Arguably his best album from that difficult 'mid-period'. Even Strange Charm has its moments for me, but they're few and far between.

It all went wrong with Outland and Machine + Soul, and I won't even mention Radio Heart... that was the pits!

I, Assassin has been mentioned too and I think it's one of his most underrated albums. Excluding The 1930s Rust and Bridge What Bridge, it has some absolutely amazing songs on it - classic Numan such as This Is My House, We Take Mystery to Bed and Music for Chameleons. And some of his best b-sides too, like Noise Noise and War Games.

I just received my Replicas redux CD today. I haven't heard all the tracks yet but I found the little booklet that came with it, writtern by Steve Malins very informative. The article mentions Ultravox! and Systems Of Romance and the influence John Foxx and Billy Curry and the way they merged Synthesizers with guitars and drums.
It also goes on to mention that Slow Motion is one of Gary's all time fav songs.

Peter

As well as one of mine!

Don't know if this has been noted on here as yet, but this is on NuWorld in the News section (Mar 20);

"As soon as we have cleared the backlog of Replicas and Engineers orders we will add the Telekon DVD, Replicas tour t-shirts and Replicant audio programme to the store and will be back at full strength again."

So it looks like the Telekon DVD will be made available, but the CD must have sold out on the tour last year.

yeah saw that too. I just wondered if it was a mishtake or meant 'reading between the lines'...not.

Hi D,

Good point! Just slightly off-topic - has your copy of DZ arrived yet?

nope, I think it sunk.

(you've got mail)

Yeah - mine with it!

Cheers D - will check at home tonight

Sorry, I don't like either one. Must be the 'backing vocals' that are not so backing.

Warriors without the sax and female backing would be a fantastic album - same goes for Metal Rhythm.