Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle (27 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Gary Numan
The Pleasure Principle
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. Airlane
2. Metal
3. Complex
4. Films
5. M.E.
6. Tracks
7. Observer
8. Conversation
9. Cars
10. Engineers
Track Listings (17) - 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)

CD Details

All Artists: Gary Numan
Title: The Pleasure Principle
Members Wishing: 13
Total Copies: 0
Label: Beggars Banquet
Original Release Date: 1/1/2009
Re-Release Date: 9/22/2009
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Style: New Wave & Post-Punk
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 607618206321

Synopsis

Product Description

The Pleasure Principle was the point where the singer became a huge international solo star, even reaching the Top 10 in the United States with 'Cars' and Top 20 with the album. The Pleasure Principle pioneered electronic pop music on a new scale it was a much bigger success worldwide than Kraftwerk's releases or anything from the influential but still relatively 'culty' Bowie/Eno Berlin trilogy. And the fact that it was different and had a major impact in US Numan performed 'Cars' and 'Praying To The Aliens' in front of 40 million people on the Saturday Night Live Show means that there'

CD Reviews

Bravo! This is how to remaster!

M. Brown | U.S. | 09/27/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album has always been a favorite of mine. From the hit song Cars to the lesser known tracks this album has never grown tired for me. The bonus material is absolutely awesome. I particularly am enjoying the demo version of Cars.

The sonics/mastering are wonderful. I don't detect any hard limiting at all, nor do I hear any use of noise reduction or excessive EQing. Numan's vocals truly come to life in this remaster and it trounces previous CD issues. The sonics are much improved over the original CD issue of this album and I highly recommend you upgrade."

Buy it for the second disc

trystero | USA | 10/08/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The album itself really needs little description -- it's excellent, groundbreaking work, and every music fan should have a copy.

This new edition uses, as far as I can tell, the same masters as did the previous Beggar's Banquet CD (BBL 10 CD, UPC 607618001025); if you have that older release, the main attraction of this one will be the demos and alternate mixes included on the second disc. These comprise almost a complete demo version of the album: there's no demo of "Tracks" included, but there are two demos of "Conversation" to make up for it. (And "Tracks" is one of the songs included in alternate-mix form, along with "M.E.".)

That said, I'd still recommend checking out the BBL 10 CD edition if you don't already have the album: I think the live tracks included with that release are a bit more interesting than the demos on this one. Me, I'm a completist and happy to have both."

This is a new master

S. J. Webbon | 02/02/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Just to correct the reviewer above, this is a new, 2009 re-master from the original studio tapes. While the previous 1998 master isn't at all bad (it too was transferred from the analog masters), the studio equipment for performing analog to digital transfers has improved and, on a good sound system, there is a noticeable difference with more depth, detail and power to the music. Having said that, audiophiles will really appreciate the 24bit/96khz high resolution digital when it becomes available."