 | Sacrifice by Gary Numan
All his virtues and none of his vices - his first `goth' album is as good as GN ever gets
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 | Exile by Gary Numan
Buy used from: £2.87 His first `religious' concept album - almost as good as Sacrifice (esp. the title song)
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 | Telekon + 6 Bonus Tracks by Gary Numan
Buy new: £6.08 / Used from: £4.89 The fourth and best Beggars album - a denser ensemble sound than before, and The Joy Circuit is on it
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 | The Pleasure Principle + 7 Bonus Tracks by Gary Numan
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £5.95 The synths may sound feeble to modern ears, but all his really famous songs (Cars, ME, Films etc) are here
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 | Replicas by Gary Numan
Buy new: £6.18 / Used from: £5.11 Again, forgive the anaemic synths and relish the songs (AFE?, Down In The Park, We Are So Fragile) in this sci-fi-dystopian concept album
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 | Tubeway Army by Tubeway Army
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £4.88 Technically his first LP - guitar driven post-punk, and thus more durable than Pleasure Principle (my fave: Steel And You)
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 | Dance + 5 Bonus Tracks by Gary Numan
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £3.50 Somber, ambient-tinged, angry lyrics about ex-lovers/ex-friends (my fave: Slowcar To China)
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 | I, Assassin by Gary Numan
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £4.49 Superior synths on this, lots of fretless bass, the bizarre The 1930s Rust - an underrated classic
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 | Warriors by Gary Numan
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £4.95 Not unlike I Assassin, but the saxophones, backup girls and `airplane songs' have arrived (my fave: The TickTock Man)
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 | Pure by Gary Numan
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £6.50 His comeback album - too many similar-sounding `shout songs' (Rip, My Jesus et al) but not bad at all
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 | Berserker by Gary Numan
Buy used from: £14.99 PPG sequencer makes some cuts resemble FGTH - don't miss The Hunter, Cold Warning, She Cries and the title cut
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 | The Fury by Gary Numan
Buy used from: £11.50 PPG sequencer and little else, in electro-funk like Depeche Mode meets Talking Heads (my faves: This Disease, Creatures, We Need It)
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 | Metal Rhythm by Gary Numan
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £3.00 Best of his Prince-influenced `funk' albums - stand outs Voix, Young Heart and New Anger (but not Devious - note the two songs share the same hook)
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 | The Plan + 12 Bonus Tracks by Tubeway Army
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £4.90 His real first LP - guitar driven post-punk, angry/apocalyptic lyrics, just a little too monotonous
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 | Strange Charm by Gary Numan
Buy used from: £7.12 V. inconsistent - brilliant stuff (My Breathing) + OK stuff (I Can't Stop) + dull stuff (Unknown... and the title track are another `matching pair')
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 | Machine + Soul by Gary Numan
Buy used from: £17.93 Not as bad as some say - less self-repetition than Outland (and I like the Prince covers) - but it's not good either
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 | Outland by Gary Numan
Buy used from: £29.16 His absolute worst album - it takes self-plagiarism to ludicrous extremes (but there's one brilliant track, Shame, so buy it anyway)
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