''Living Ornaments '79 and '80'' is a

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by English musician

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that was released in April 1981. The box-set contains the two live albums ''

Living Ornaments '79 ''Living Ornaments '79'' (1981) is a live album by British musician Gary Numan recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon on 28 September 1979. It was also released as a Special edition, limited edition box set with ''Living Ornaments '80'' (1981). An e ...

'' and '' Living Ornaments '80'' which were also released separately in April 1981. Although ''Living Ornaments '79'' and ''Living Ornaments '80'' only reached numbers 47 and 39 on the

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respectively, the box set reached number two.

Track listing

All tracks written by Gary Numan.

''Living Ornaments '79''

Side one

#"Airlane" – 3:12 #"

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" – 3:20 #"We Are So Fragile" – 2:33 #"Films" – 3:45 #"Something's in the House" – 4:08

Side two

#"My Shadow in Vain" – 2:50 #"Conversation" – 7:45 #"The Dream Police" – 4:12 #"Metal" – 3:25

''Living Ornaments '80''

Side one

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 ...

" – 5:20 #" I Die: You Die" – 3:38 #"M.E." – 4:27 #"Everyday I Die" – 4:22 #"

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 ...

" – 5:55

Side two

#Remind Me to Smile – 3:40 #The Joy Circuit – 5:47 #Tracks – 2:43 #

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– 5:30 #

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 ...

– 4:32

Personnel

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, mixer *Rrussell Bell – guitar *

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(''Living Ornaments '79'') *Robert Ellis –

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Paul Gardiner Paul Andrew Gardiner (1 May 1958 – 18 February 1984) was a British musician who played bass guitar with Gary Numan and Tubeway Army, as well as creating material under his own name. Biography Paul Gardiner was born in Hayes, Middlesex. In e ...

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*Peter Gilbert – photographer *Will Gosling – assistant mixer *Roger Mason – keyboards (''Living Ornaments '80'') *Chris Payne – keyboards,

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*Cedric Sharpley –

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*Tim Summerhayes –

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*Phil Thornalley – assistant engineer

References

External links

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