Tubeway Army - Replicas

NEW VINYL LP ON BEGGARS BANQUET 2015

180 GRAM VINYL.

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."

Tracklist

Me! I Disconnect From You     3:22
Are 'Friends' Electric?     5:24
The Machman     3:07
Praying To The Aliens     3:59
Down In The Park     4:26
You Are In My Vision     3:14
Replicas     5:00
It Must Have Been Years     4:01
When The Machines Rock     3:14
I Nearly Married A Human     6:31