''For Future Reference'' is the only studio album released by the British

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band

Dramatis Dramatis are an English synth-pop band formed in the early 1980s. Chris Payne (vocals, keyboards), Rrussell Bell (guitars, keyboards), Cedric Sharpley (drums), and Denis Haines (keyboards) were all originally members of Gary Numan's backing ban ...

. The album itself failed to reach the

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, however, one of the three singles released from the album, "

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" with

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providing

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reached number 33 on the

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. The other singles from the album were "Ex Luna Scientia" and "Oh! Twenty Twenty Five"—titled "Oh! 2025" on the album. The album was

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d on CD in 2000 and retitled ''The Dramatis Project''. The reissue was also credited to

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featuring

, despite Numan's only contribution being the vocal to "Love Needs No Disguise". The album was made available again in 2014 as a digital download only, this time under the title ''Terrestrial Channels'' and with Numan as the sole artist credit.Beathound.com: Gary Numan - Terrestrial Channels
- retrieved 10 September 2015

Track listing

All tracks written by Dramatis. #"Oh! 2025" #"Human Sacrifice" #"I Only Find Rewind" #"No-One Lives Forever" #"

" #"Turn" #"Take Me Home" #"On Reflection" #"Ex Luna Scientia"

Personnel

*Chris Payne –

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*Russell Bell –

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, Vi-tar,

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, backing vocals *Cedric Sharpley –

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s, backing vocals *Denis Haines – keyboards, vocal noises, backing vocals *

–

("Love Needs No Disguise") *

– producer,

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s *Simon Heyworth – producer,

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*Simon Smart – engineer

References

1981 debut albums The Rocket Record Company albums New wave albums by English artists Synth-pop albums by English artists {{1980s-electronic-album-stub