''Hybrid'' is a remix/cover album, consisting of songs by
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 d ...
remixed by other artists, covers of Numan's early songs from his first three albums, plus three new tracks created specifically for the album. ''Hybrid'' was recorded in autumn of 2002 and released in March 2003 with a collaboration from various industrial rock/heavy rock musicians such as Rico, Sulpher and
Alan Moulder
Alan Moulder (born 11 June 1959) is an English record producer, mixing engineer, and audio engineer.
Early life
Moulder was born on 11 June 1959 in Boston, Lincolnshire. He was educated at Boston Grammar School. He had an interest in music from ...
. The album includes tracks originally found on the albums ''
Tubeway Army
Tubeway Army were a London-based new wave band led by lead singer Gary Numan. Formed at the height of punk rock in 1977 the band gradually changed to an electronic sound. They were the first band of the electronic era to have a synthesiser-b ...
'', ''
Replicas
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'', ''
The Pleasure Principle'', ''
Telekon
''Telekon'' is the second solo studio album by English musician Gary Numan. It debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart in September 1980, making it his third consecutive (and to date, final) No. 1 album. It was also the third and final studio ...
'', ''
Sacrifice
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'', ''
Exile
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'' and ''
Pure
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''.
The album was released in two different editions, a standard two-CD version and a special edition that included an extra DVD containing additional remixes as well as a video section.
The album reached number 99 on the album chart. "
Crazier", a collaboration with Rico, was released as a single and reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart, Numan's first top 20 hit since "
Cars (Premier mix)" in 1996 and his first non-remix top 20 hit since "
Change Your Mind" in 1985.
Track listing
All songs written by Gary Numan unless otherwise noted.
Disc 1
# "Hybrid" (Numan/Sulpher) – new track – 5:10
# "Dark" – reworked by
Andy Gray – 4:54
# "Crazier" (Rico/Numan) – new track – 3:55
# "Bleed" – reworked by Sulpher – 5:33
# "Torn" – reworked by Sulpher – 5:11
# "Down in the Park" – reworked by
Curve
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Intuitively, a curve may be thought of as the trace left by a moving point (ge ...
– 5:31
# "Everyday I Die" – reworked by Andy Gray – 4:33
# "Absolution" – reworked by Andy Gray – 6:43
# "
Cars
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The year 1886 is regarded as t ...
" – reworked by
Flood
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– 4:34
Disc 2
# "Ancients" (Numan/Andy Gray) – new track – 5:10
# "Dominion Day" – reworked by Sulpher – 4:50
# "A Prayer for the Unborn" – remix by Andy Gray – 3:49
# "Me! I Disconnect from You" – mixed by
Alan Moulder
Alan Moulder (born 11 June 1959) is an English record producer, mixing engineer, and audio engineer.
Early life
Moulder was born on 11 June 1959 in Boston, Lincolnshire. He was educated at Boston Grammar School. He had an interest in music from ...
– 4:41
# "Listen to My Voice" – remix by Rico – 5:10
# "Rip" – rework by Andy Gray – 5:58
# "
This Wreckage
"This Wreckage" is a song written and performed by Gary Numan. It was featured as the opening track on his 1980 LP ''Telekon'' and was the third and final single to be released from that album (although the only one to feature on every configu ...
" – reworked by
Mark Thwaite
Mark Gemini Thwaite (born 15 June 1965) also known as MGT, is an English musician, and has been the guitarist for a number of rock bands and artists over the last two decades, including The Mission, Trip-Hop pioneer Tricky, Peter Murphy of Bau ...
, mixed by Numan and Thwaite – 4:51
# "
Are 'Friends' Electric?
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" – reworked by Andy Gray – 5:41
# "M.E." – reworked by Gary Numan – 4:41
# "
Down in the Park
"Down in the Park" is a 1979 song by the English band Tubeway Army, featuring lead vocals by Gary Numan. It was released as the first single from the band's second album ''Replicas'', though was not a hit. The song was written and produced by t ...
" – reworked by Sulpher – 4:25
Mutate DVD
Audio section
# "Crazier" (Rico/Numan) – remix by
Steve Osborne
Stephen John "Steve" Osborne (born 1963) is a British record producer, living in Bath, England. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including Suede, the B-52s, A-ha, New Order, Elbow, U2, Happy Mondays, Placebo, Gregory Porter, Do ...
– 3:22
# "All I Know" (Numan/Gray) – alternate version of "Ancients" – 4:25
# "Rip" – original version – 5:09
# "Are 'Friends' Electric" – Metalmorphosis mix: – reworked by
Mark Thwaite
Mark Gemini Thwaite (born 15 June 1965) also known as MGT, is an English musician, and has been the guitarist for a number of rock bands and artists over the last two decades, including The Mission, Trip-Hop pioneer Tricky, Peter Murphy of Bau ...
, mixed by Numan and Thwaite 5:17
# "Dominion Day" – single version – 3:40
# "Crazier" – live
Arte
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It is made up of three separate companies: the Strasbourg-based European Economic Interest Grouping ARTE, plus ...
TV – 3:55
# "A Prayer for the Unborn" – live Arte TV – 5:28
# "Ancients" (Numan/Gray) – Grayed Out mix – 7:08
Video section
# "Crazier" – Steve Osborne mix
# "Rip"
# "Cars" (Fear Factory Mix)
# "Dominion Day"
# "Crazier" – live Arte TV
# "A Prayer for the Unborn" – live Arte TV
Personnel
*Gary Numan – guitar
*Roderick Chandler – drums
*Francesca Hanley – flute
*Rob Holiday – guitar, vocals
*Sandy Mill – vocals
*Alan Moulder – guitar
*Richard Pryce – double bass
*Mark Ralph – guitar
*Zakaroo – inspiration
Producers
*Curve, DJ Rico, Flood, Andy Gray, Monti, Alan Moulder, Gary Numan, Mark Gemini Thwaite
*Steve Malins – Executive Producer
References
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2002 remix albums
2002 video albums
Gary Numan remix albums
Albums produced by Flood (producer)
Albums produced by Alan Moulder