Product Description

'Jagged' is yet another chapter in the career of one of thepioneers of industrial and electronic music, Gary Numan. Recent albums have seen Numan adopt a more aggressive, guitar-led sound, and this album is no different, and it's sure to extend Numan's appeal to a younger audience. Includes the tracks 'Halo' and 'Scanned'.

Track Listing

1. Pressure
2. Fold
3. Halo
4. Slave
5. In A Dark Place
6. Haunted
7. Blind
8. Before You Want It
9. Melt
10. Scanner
11. Jagged

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6321 in Music
• Released on: 2006-03-13
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Machine Rock.
For those people who have wrote 1 star reviews (so called fans) move on you are no longer required.

I am one of the newer fans and as much as I love his older classic albums (Replicas, Pleasure Principle and Telekon) I am very rooted in what Gary is doing now.

Jagged is a fantastic album well worth the 5 star reviews which sounds great both on first listen and repeated listens.

Big anthemic choruses punctuated by those awesome alien vocals this album is well up there with the best of Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode and others who like their dense industrial soundscapes and harsh drum sounds cranked up for dramatic effect(features Jerome Dillon of Nine Inch Nails as well as Sulpher).

Electro-Industrial (or Darkwave) at its finest. Not a single weak track on the album. Standouts include Fold and Haunted.

Gary is definitely at his finest creatively and inspired by his co-producer Ade Fenton is going in the right direction. Can't wait for the Resurrection album of previously unreleased material and also looking forward to the new album Splinter which is currently being worked on.

Also look out for the Jagged Edge album(extended re-mixes,previous versions with other producers and other bits and pieces from the Jagged sessions)due out shortly.

These songs on Jagged are well suited to the live context and a marked progression on the Sacrifice, Exile and previously best album Pure.

Disappointingly predictable
Having had to wait nearly 6 years for a new album from Mr Numan, I found Jagged to be a huge let down. There had been a good progression from 1994's Sacrifice to 2000's Pure, but here he dosen't seem to have moved on at all, instead giving us the same industrial/goth/metal stuff he's been peddling for the last 13 years. The main problem is that it just isn't that good. Aside from one standout track (Blind) the rest is just a forgettable dirge. I think Numan seems to have got stuck in a bit of a rut, and it really is time he changed his style. He's successfully changed his look/style and sound constantly over the years, but now he dosen't seem to know where to go next. Personally, I'd like to see a return to the more electronic/ futurism of his earlier years which is definaltey his greatest strength. I enjoyed his darker, heavier phase but it's starting to get tiresome and predictable. Time for a new direction Gary!

Gary Numan Brilliance
I've never heard much about his newer work but this is dark, hard hitting brilliance. 5 out of 5.