Available for the first time domesticlly Premier Hits features 18 tracks including Cars (Original version, premier mix), I Die You Die, Down in the Park, We Are Glass, and others.
Available for the first time domesticlly Premier Hits features 18 tracks including Cars (Original version, premier mix), I Die You Die, Down in the Park, We Are Glass, and others.
"QUOTE: Songs like "When I Die You Die" have a sweeping grandeur to them, nonetheless, and earlier works like "Bombers" have an aggressive punk edge. "Stormtrooper in Drag," took Numan's techno-glam phase about as far as it could go, but hey, at least you could dance to it. --Steve Gdula
Steve, the song is called "I Die:You Die..for one, and "Stormtrooper in Drag" is technically not a Numan song but written by his late-friend and bass player Paul Gardiner.. and secondly, Numan is having the biggest resurgence of his entire career right now and no one is paying any attention. Listen to PURE and you'll see what i'm talking about...Finally, latter day synth-whizzes owe EVERYTHING to Numan. He's the godfather of Electronic and Techno music... all fruit SHOULD be laid at the base of his Volcano.. just ask Marilyn Manson, Beck, Billy Corgan, NIN, Foo Fighters... who have all paid homage to Numan and will agree with that sentiment.
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The Only One You Need
Ralph Quirino | Keswick, Ontario Canada | 05/24/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Of course, North Americans never took to Gazza the way Brits did. But at the start, he was an edgy "talent": influenced as much by Kraftwerk as by The Drifters. And the chok-a-blok/mechanical nature of this synthpop still causes smiles whenever I play it 'round the house. The best cut here is "Are 'Friends' Electric?", a spacey, moody romp that captured Numan's angst/paranoid/solitary man lyrical hooey quite nicely. The rest of the cuts are winning and great, too (especially the violin riffs on "I Die: You Die"). The remixed version of "Cars" (don't fret fans the original is here, too!) is great also! All told, unless (of course) you're a totally enthralled fan, this is all the Numan you need in one fell swoop. A keeper!"
Numan Starter Kit?
ShinKick'77 | Cleveland, Ohio | 12/12/1999
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Well... I guess this serves as a pretty decent retrospective of Numan's works... although, in my opinion, a little stingy on the Tubeway Army/Telekon era material. Overall, though, not too shabby and better than most thrown-together compilations. Besides, if tracks like "Bombers" and "We are Glass" don't have you moving like a robot, then maybe you should start your Michael Bolton or Celine Dion collection today, anyway."
A Good Collection for Those Unfamiliar with Numan
Reed Hubbard | Jackson, MS | 04/19/1999
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Most people remember Gary Numan as a one-hit wonder, that hit being "Cars." While this was most certainly his highest charting song, he was not limited to one tune. Premier Hits includes pre- and post-"Cars" material that will thrill Numanites and please those less than familiar with his other work. Although "Praying to the Aliens" is conspicuously absent, all other GN/TA standards are present. Numan's later tunes do not have the auspicious feel of his early work, but the disc is a good chronicle of his career that fans, both dedicated and casual, will find satisfying."
Decent collection could have been much better.
Reed Hubbard | 10/23/1998
(3 out of 5 stars)
"This collection is a good starting point for a casual fan. But the collection goes wrong in including selections beyond the Telekon album. The selections pulled from the first Tubeway Army album to the fourth, Telekon are all good. The others are average at best. The collection would have been better to include album tracks off of the first four albums instead of the aforementioned post telekon songs."