Replicas Redux [Expanded 2008 Tour Edition]

Artist	Gary Numan & the Tubeway Army
Format	CD
Genre	Rock
Label Name	Beggars Banquet
Producer	Gary Numan
Release Date	2008 03 04
Song List	1: Me! I Disconnect from You (3:22) 2: Are 'Friends' Electric? (5:25) 3: The Machman (3:08) 4: Praying to the Aliens (4:00) 5: Down in the Park (4:24) 6: You Are in My Vision (3:14) 7: Replicas (5:00) 8: It Must Have Been Years (4:02) 9: When the Machines Rock (3:15) 10: I Nearly Married a Human (6:31) 11: We Are So Fragile (2:55) 12: Do You Need the Service? (3:39) 13: I Nearly Married a Human [2] (6:38) 14: Me! I Disconnect from You [Early Version][*] (3:24) 15: Are 'Friends' Electric? [Early Version][*] (5:25) 16: The Machman [Early Version][*] (3:08) 17: Praying to the Aliens [Early Version][*] (4:08) 18: Down in the Park [Early Version][*] (4:24) 19: Do You Need the Service? [Early Version][*] (3:42) 20: Only a Downstat [Early Version][*] (3:35) 21: We Have a Technical [Early Version][*] (8:00) 22: You Are in My Vision [Early Version][*] (3:22) 23: Replicas [Early Version][*] (5:02) 24: It Must Have Been Years [Early Version][*] (4:04) 25: When the Machines Rock [Early Version][*] (3:15) 26: The Crazies [Early Version][*] (2:54) 27: I Nearly Married a Human [3] (6:24)
Style.Categories	New Romantic, New Wave, Synth Pop

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By the release of their second album, Replicas, Gary Numan was the undisputed focal point and leader of icy electro-punkers Tubeway Army. And the move proved to be massively successful back home in the U.K., where both the album and the single "Are 'Friends' Electric?" topped the charts. The band had made a conscious effort to streamline the sound heard on its 1978 self-titled debut -- the distorted guitar riffs were played on Moog synthesizers instead, and Numan had perfected his faux-space-age persona. And the paranoia that is very evident in the lyrics and vocals on Numan's next release, The Pleasure Principle, can be detected on Replicas. Another near-perfect album by the band, highlights are many -- "Me! I Disconnect from You," "The Machman," "You Are in My Vision," and one of the most underrated new wave/synth-driven compositions of the whole era, the chilling ballad "Down in the Park." And out of all the Gary Numan/Beggars Banquet reissues, Replicas contains the strongest bonus tracks, such as never heard outtakes from the recording sessions, including "The Crazies," "Only a Downstat," and the B-side to the original "Are 'Friends' Electric?" single, "We Are So Fragile." [In addition to 14 bonus tracks, Beggars Banquet's two-CD Expanded 2008 Tour Edition contained classic photographs and informative liner notes by Numan biographer Steve Malins.] ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide