Track Listing

1. This Is Emotion
2. Hunger
3. New Anger
4. Devious
5. America
6. Voix
7. Respect
8. Young Heart
9. Gold Metal Rhythm
10. Don't Call My Name
11. I Don't Believe
12. Children
13. My Dying Machine
14. Devious (2)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22571 in Music
• Released on: 1999-09-13
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Late 80's Funk Still with the Essence of Numan
In, 1988 Numan signed to IRS Records a year after the dissaster of his own independent label NUMA records.

By the time of this release Numan was behind the times in terms on music technology, and he took over a year out to learn the new processes of Digital Synths, Sequencers. This was also his first album to be recorded in third party studios as Rock City was sold in Mid 1987.

The album is probably the best he has produced and uses session musicians wisely on this record. Standout tracks are, "Voix", "Cold Metal Rhythm" and "Hunger", all of which have a melodic Synth hook to them. The only downfall is his love for the Roland D-50 which is all over this record, a lot are slightly altered presets, unfortunately it does age the album a bit. Still it's his strongest album, and musically aggressive. With the right marketing and distributing this would have made Numan the comeback this album deserved, but unfortunately it sunk without trace.

HARD TO DESCRIBE !!!!!!!!
Funk ? yeah ! Pop ? indeed ! Dance ? you bet ! Industrial ? somewhat. This album is a dense,powerful amalgam of all of the above styles,in Numan?s very own.Very synth heavy,loaded with samples,very polished,with a slick guitarwork somewhat (unfortunately) purposely compressed and buried in the mix .
There's even a wink to Robert Palmer on track 3.I've never listened to a single song by Janet Jackson but she's cited as an influence.This is cold black music.Sounds contradictory ? You bet,but then again it's G.Numan we're talking about.This album is in the middle of his infamous mid-period which some fans appreciate (if to a lesser degree) and most despise.The female backing vocals reach flat out excess this time when compared with his previous work (I could have used them a tad lower in the mix).There are 5 excellent bonus tracks at the end some of which are imaginative DJ remixes,one of which strikes one as an odd,anachronic choice,the My Dying Machine William Orbit.I was even reluctant to give it a first listen till I noticed there was a great deal of loud,upfront guitarwork in it,making it almost better than the original,despite a rather murky sound.The overall sound is very good to excellent,it has been remastered but it's a little tonally uneven from song to song.The 7''mix of America is definitevely not the same as the one I got on my New Dreams For Old comp making it a good addition to my Numan collection.
Nice,but not an essential purchase.

HARD TO DESCRIBE !!!!
Funk ? yeah ! Pop ? indeed ! Dance ? you bet ! Industrial ? somewhat. This album is a dense,powerful amalgam of all of the above styles,in Numan´s very own.Very synth heavy,loaded with samples,very polished,with a slick guitarwork somewhat (unfortunately) purposely compressed and buried in the mix .
There's even a wink to Robert Palmer on track 3.I've never listened to a single song by Janet Jackson but she's cited as an influence.This is cold black music.Sounds contradictory ? You bet,but then again it's G.Numan we're talking about.This album is in the middle of his infamous ¨mid-period¨ which some fans appreciate (if to a lesser degree) and most despise.The female backing vocals reach flat out excess this time when compared with his previous work (I could have used them a tad lower in the mix).There are 5 excellent bonus tracks at the end some of which are imaginative DJ remixes,one of which strikes one as an odd,anachronic choice,the My Dying Machine William Orbit.I was even reluctant to give it a first listen till I noticed there was a great deal of loud,upfront guitarwork in it,making it almost better than the original,despite a rather murky sound.The overall sound is very good to excellent,it has been remastered but it's a little tonally uneven from song to song.The 7''mix of ¨America¨ is definitevely not the same as the one I got on my ¨New Dreams For Old ¨ comp making it a good addition to my Numan collection.
Nice,but not an essential purchase.