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Random (album)
''Random'' is a double- CD tribute album featuring songs by Gary Numan, released in 1997 on his first label, Beggars Banquet. ''Random'' was released four months before Numan's 1997 studio album '' Exile''. It played a key role in his 1990s career revival, showing the influence he had had on artists such as Damon Albarn, Pop Will Eat Itself, and Jesus Jones. ''The Guardian'' wrote in retrospect that his return to form began with ''Random''. Numan himself said it "helped enormously." It was followed one year later by the remix album '' Random (02)''. Track listing # Saint Etienne - " Stormtrooper in Drag" (7:44) #Matt Sharp and Damon Albarn - "We Have a Technical" (3:20) #Gravity Kills - "Poetry and Power" (3:18) #Peck Slip - " I Can't Stop" (4:02) # An Pierlé - "Are 'Friends' Electric?" (4:06) # EMF - "We Are Glass" (4:05) #The Magnetic Fields - " I Die: You Die" (3:10) #Jesus Jones - "We Are So Fragile" (3:44) #Posh - "She's Got Claws" (3:16) #Earl Brutus - "M.E." (3:55) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Numan
Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English musician. He entered the music industry as frontman of the new wave band Tubeway Army. After releasing two albums with the band, he released his debut solo album '' The Pleasure Principle'' in 1979, topping the UK Albums Chart. While his commercial popularity peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s with hits including "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars" (both of which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart), Numan maintains a cult following. He has sold over 10 million records. Numan faced intense hostility from critics and fellow musicians in his early career, but has since come to be regarded as a pioneer of electronic music. He developed a signature sound consisting of heavy synthesiser hooks fed through guitar effects pedals, and is also known for his distinctive voice and androgynous "android" persona. In 2017, he received an Ivor Novello Award, the Inspiration Award, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Random (02)
''Random (02)'' is a remix album by Gary Numan, released in 1998 on Beggars Banquet records as a companion album to the ''Random'' covers album of the preceding year. It contains new remixes in techno and house music styles by several club DJ's and mixers and was also released as a four LP set. These four vinyl LPs were again released separately as limited edition 12" singles on red (''Random 2.1''), green (''Random 2.2''), blue (''Random 2.3'') and clear (''Random 2.4'') vinyl. The artwork is notable for being printed on rice paper. Track listing #"Metal" (Remixed by Robert Armani) – 6:00 #"Dans le Parc" (Remixed by DJ Hell) – 7:37 #" I Die: You Die" (Remixed by Greenhaus) – 7:36 #"Cars" (Remixed by Mike Dearborn) – 6:16 #"Cars" (Remixed by Dave Clarke) – 5:11 #"Warriors" (Remixed by Dave Angel) – 5:18 #"Are 'Friends' Electric?" (Remixed by Liberator DJs) – 6:48 #"Remember I Was Vapour" (Remixed by Steve Stoll) – 6:07 #"We Are Glass" (Broken Glass Mix) (Remix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Brutus
Earl Brutus were a British indie rock band that emerged in the 1990s. They were formed in 1993 by Nick Sanderson, Rob Marche (formerly of JoBoxers and If?), Jamie Fry (formerly of World of Twist) and Stuart Boreman. Boreman left after the release of their first single ''Life's Too Long'' and was replaced by Gordon King, who had been in World of Twist with Fry. History They were renowned for their chaotically raucous and visually entertaining live shows, which often featured unusual stage props, including messages and slogans that were displayed on revolving garage forecourt signs, written in neon lights or spelt out using funeral wreaths. Musically, Earl Brutus's sound incorporated a diverse range of influences, including elements of early 1970s UK glam rock, the electronica of Kraftwerk, and the ramshackleness of the Fall. Their lyrics concentrated on the mundane side of modern British life while at the same time exploring its dark and seedy underbelly. Despite receiving fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She's Got Claws
"She’s Got Claws" is a 1981 song by Gary Numan. It was the first and only single released from his 1981 album '' Dance''. The song signalled a different musical style for Numan, featuring jazz-influenced saxophone and fretless bass, as well as a new image comprising trilby hat and pinstriped suit, inspired by Humphrey Bogart and Howard Hughes. Background An obscure single in July 1981 called " Stormtrooper in Drag", released under the name of his friend and bass-player Paul Gardiner but co-written and sung by Numan, provided a foretaste of the latter’s new sound, far removed from the science fiction influenced synthpop that had made him a star. Aside from being a departure from previous material, "She's Got Claws" was unusual among Numan’s jazz-style output in utilising the sax as lead instrument rather than simply for a discreet solo; it was played by Mick Karn from Japan, who also contributed bass on the track. Numan was a great fan of Japan's 1980 album ''Gentlemen T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Die
In Modern English, ''you'' is the second-person pronoun. It is grammatically plural, and was historically used only for the dative case, but in most modern dialects is used for all cases and numbers. History ''You'' comes from the Proto-Germanic demonstrative base *''juz''-, *''iwwiz'' from PIE *''yu''- (second person plural pronoun). Old English had singular, dual, and plural second-person pronouns. The dual form was lost by the twelfth century, and the singular form was lost by the early 1600s. The development is shown in the following table. Early Modern English distinguished between the plural '' ye'' and the singular ''thou''. As in many other European languages, English at the time had a T–V distinction, which made the plural forms more respectful and deferential; they were used to address strangers and social superiors. This distinction ultimately led to familiar ''thou'' becoming obsolete in modern English, although it persists in some English dialects. ''Your ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields (named after the André Breton/Philippe Soupault novel ''Les Champs Magnétiques'') are an American Band (rock and pop), band founded and led by Stephin Merritt. Merritt is the group's primary songwriter, producer, and vocalist, as well as frequent multi-instrumentalist. Merritt's lyrics are often about love and feature atypical or neutral gender roles, and are by turns ironic, tongue-in-cheek, bitter, and humorous. The band released their debut single "100,000 Fireflies" in 1991. The single was typical of the band's earlier career, characterized by synthesizer, synthesized instrumentation by Merritt, with lead vocals provided by Susan Anway (and then by Stephin Merritt himself, from the ''The House of Tomorrow (album), House of Tomorrow'' EP onwards). A more traditional band later materialized; it is now composed of Merritt, Claudia Gonson, Sam Davol, and John Woo, with occasional guest vocals by Shirley Simms. The band's best-known work is the 1999 three-vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Are Glass
"We Are Glass" is a song by the British singer Gary Numan. It was released as a single in May 1980 and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart. The song was Numan’s first release since his 1979 album, '' The Pleasure Principle'', which had been notable in part for its complete absence of guitars. Though the album was a major commercial success, Numan decided that "getting rid of guitars had been a mistake" Stephen Webbon & Gary Numan (1985). "Complete Gary Numan UK Discography". ''Record Collector (December 1985, No. 76)'': p.15 and brought them back into the studio for his next project. The recording also featured viola, piano, and a newly expanded array of electronic keyboards, including ARP Pro Soloist and Roland Jupiter-4, to augment the Moog synthesizers of previous releases. According to the composer, speaking on Australian radio 2SM in 1981, the song was inspired by a comment from a magazine staffer: "Somebody once told me, a man from '' Omni'', said that he thoug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EMF (band)
EMF are an English alternative rock band from Cinderford, Gloucestershire, who came to prominence at the beginning of the 1990s. During their initial eight-year run, from 1989 to 1997, the band released three studio albums before a hiatus. Their first single, " Unbelievable", reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart, and was a number 1 hit on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Their debut album, ''Schubert Dip'', went to number 3 on the UK Albums Chart. In April 2022, EMF released their first album of new material in 27 years, ''Go Go Sapiens''. Band name The name EMF is an initialism of Epsom Mad Funkers, a name taken from a fan club of the band New Order in 1989. The song "Head the Ball", which featured on the remix single release of "Lies", featured the repeating lines "electromotive force" and "ecstasy mother fucker". On the reissue of the band's 1991 album ''Schubert Dip'', after the song "Longtime", there is a hidden track titled "EMF". In this, the chorus lyrics start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Are 'Friends' Electric?
Are commonly refers to: * Are (unit), a unit of area equal to 100 m2 Are, ARE or Åre may also refer to: Places * Åre, a locality in Sweden * Åre Municipality, a municipality in Sweden **Åre ski resort in Sweden * Are Parish, a municipality in Pärnu County, Estonia **Are, Estonia, a small borough in Are Parish * Are, Saare County, a village in Pöide Parish, Saare County, Estonia * Arab Republic of Egypt * United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code ARE) Science, technology, and mathematics * ''Are'' (moth), a genus of moth * Activated reactive evaporation * Admiralty Research Establishment, a precursor to the UK's Defence Research Agency * Aircraft Reactor Experiment, a US military program in the 1950s * Algebraic Riccati equation, in control theory * Asymptotic relative efficiency, in statistics * AU-rich element, in genetics Organisations * Admiralty Research Establishment, a precursor to the UK's Defence Research Agency * Association for Research a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Pierlé
An Pierlé (born An Miel Mia Pierlé on 13 December 1974) is a Belgian pianist and singer-songwriter. Career She studied classical piano and enrolled at the age of 17 at the art school in Antwerp. In her third year there she made a solo programme with songs of her own, alone at the piano. Shortly after she became known to a moderately wide audience in 1996 when she entered Humo's Rock Rally with a tape of her own version of Gary Numan's ''Are 'Friends' Electric?''. The song ended up on a number of albums, including'' Random'', a Numan tribute album. After this, Pierlé toured for two years with a theatre group, and starred in a Belgium television series ('), gave a few solo performances and collaborated with DAAU on their song "Broken", where she sings all of the vocals. ''Mud Stories'' In 1998 she signed a record deal with Warner Music Benelux. This resulted in her first album titled ''Mud Stories'', completely in singer-songwriter fashion. Most of the album was recorded on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Can't Stop (Gary Numan Song)
"I Can't Stop" is a song by English musician Gary Numan, which was released in 1986 as the second single from his eighth studio album ''Strange Charm''. It was written by Numan, and produced by Numan and the Waveteam. "I Can't Stop" reached No. 27 in the UK and remained on the charts for four weeks. Music video A music video was filmed to promote the single. The nightclub performance footage was shot at Kadek TV (adjoining Shepperton Studios) and the footage of Numan flying his Harvard plane was filmed at Duxford Aerodrome. Speaking to ''Sound on Sound'' in 1986, Numan said: "The flying sequences were done with a minicam attached to the engine cowling of the plane and pointing into the cockpit. I had a trigger in one hand to start the camera shooting." Release The first 15,000 copies of both the 7-inch and 12-inch formats came with a free flexi disc promoting Steve Braun and Hohokam, two of Numan's signings on his label Numa. Critical reception On its release, Mark Jenkins of ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gravity Kills
Gravity Kills was an American industrial rock band from St. Louis, Missouri. Their music was described by one critic as "a blending of eerie industrial rock with a pop-infused melodic chorus and a bit of hard-core head banging."Jacquie Kubin, "Jamming across generations; Bo Diddley, Kirchen together; Gravity Kills seeks new momentum." Washington Times, January 31, 2002. The band was formed in 1994. They had their first hit single with "Guilty", a track later released on their 1996 debut album ''Gravity Kills''. The band released two additional albums of new material, ''Perversion'' in 1998 and '' Superstarved'' in 2002, as well as a remix album in 1997. Their singles "Falling" (from ''Perversion'') and " One Thing" (from ''Superstarved'') both achieved minor radio success. Due to the lack of tour support from their record label, they were unable to complete a tour for ''Superstarved'' and broke up in 2003. From 2005 to 2012, Gravity Kills reunited for occasional one-off festivals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
