 | The Pleasure Principle + 7 Bonus Tracks by Gary Numan
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £4.92 When it all fell into place and the Numan sound was fully formed. Highlight? 'Metal'.
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 | Pure by Gary Numan
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £6.50 Numan rediscovers his songwriting abilities and his direction with an album driven by pain and anger. Top form.
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 | Telekon + 6 Bonus Tracks by Gary Numan
Buy new: £6.08 / Used from: £4.89 Delivering on the promise of 'The Pleasure Principle'. Standout track? 'We Are Glass'.
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 | Hybrid by Gary Numan
Buy used from: £14.79 Encouraging refinement and development of much of Numan's best work (particularly the Andy Gray collaborations), fusing electro, rock, metal, industrial and even dance music.
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 | Exile by Gary Numan
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £13.93 A further step on the road to recovery. Dark, melodic, atmospheric, assured and consistent, though the new version of 'Absolution' disappoints.
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 | Exposure: The Best of Gary Numan 1977-2002 by Gary Numan
Buy used from: £5.50 Most of the good stuff in one place, but with a shocking disregard for anything Numan produced between 1984 and 1993.
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 | New Dreams for Old: 1984-1998 by Gary Numan
Buy used from: £3.88 Goes some way towards addressing what's missing from 'Exposure'.
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 | Jagged by Gary Numan
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £39.99 A refinement of Numan's new approach, but many tracks are hampered by stop-start production. Album builds in quality to the holy trio of 'In A Dark Place'/'Haunted'/'Blind', but is patchy thereafter.
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 | Replicas 2008 Tour Edition by Gary Numan & Tubeway Army
Buy new: £9.98 Original, ahead of its time in its heavy analogue synth sounds, though a little unfocused. Very little beats 'Down In The Park'.
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 | Sacrifice by Gary Numan
Numan's most consistent album after a decade of patchy work as he finally eschews funk for fear. Highlights? 'Magic' and 'Scar'.
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 | Strange Charm by Gary Numan
Buy used from: £7.15 The best album of the wilderness years, but only because of the best tracks ('My Breathing', 'The Sleeproom', 'This Is Love', 'I Can't Stop') rather than the whole.
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 | Premier Hits: The Best of Gary Numan by Gary Numan
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.04 Nice collection of the early singles, though I've never understood the appeal of 'Sister Surprise' or 'White Boys And Heroes'.
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 | Metal Rhythm by Gary Numan
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £2.99 An album of fine tracks that almost but don't quite achieve greatness. Apart from 'Voix' which is marvellous.
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 | The Fury by Gary Numan
Buy used from: £11.50 Patchy, as with all of Numan circa 1983-1994. Some great tracks ('Call Out The Dogs', 'God Only Knows'), some good ('Your Fascination', 'The Pleasure Skin', 'I Still Remember'). Forget the rest.
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 | Berserker by Gary Numan
Buy used from: £13.95 Three fantastic tracks ('Berserker', 'My Dying Machine', 'Cold Warning') and one other good song ('A Child With The Ghost') do not a satisfying album make, though the direction was promising.
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 | Outland by Gary Numan
Buy used from: £15.99 Two fantastic tracks this time ('Dream Killer', 'Whisper'), and one really good track ('Shame') which was a b-side. Strange vocal performances and over-production characterise the rest.
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 | Dance + 5 Bonus Tracks by Gary Numan
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £3.50 The first time Numan's experimentation got in the way of the songs. Disappointingly indulgent and freeform. 'My Brother's Time' is somewhat beautiful though.
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 | I, Assassin by Gary Numan
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £4.49 Relies too much on a kind of electro jazzy funk style that doesn't play to Numan's strengths as a songwriter and musician, with only 'Music For Chamelons' and 'We Take Mystery To Bed' worth a look.
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 | Warriors by Gary Numan
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £4.95 Largely impenetrable and too often devoid of melody. The title track is the only great track, with a couple of others ('Love Is Like Clock Law', 'My Car Slides') worth getting to know.
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 | Machine + Soul by Gary Numan
Buy new: £7.79 / Used from: £3.87 The sound of Numan at a total loss of what to do or where to go. Numan's over-produced funk pop finds himself actually behind the times. 'The Skin Game' and 'I Wonder' are all you need from this.
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