tubeway army - tubeway army re issue 1988

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Review by Bruno Luc

The re-issue of Tubeway Army's self-titled album from 1978, released in 1988, has been hailed as a classic in the post-punk and new wave genres. The album, which features Gary Numan's signature sound of eerie synthesizers and robotic vocals, has been remastered and includes bonus tracks from the same era.

The album starts with the hit single "Listen to the Sirens," which sets the tone for the rest of the album. The songs are dark and moody, with lyrics that explore themes of alienation and isolation. The standout track is "Are 'Friends' Electric?" which became a massive hit and helped launch Numan's career.

The bonus tracks on the re-issue include early versions of some of the album's songs, as well as previously unreleased tracks. These tracks offer a fascinating glimpse into the creative process behind the album and show just how much Numan's sound evolved over the years.

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About tubeway army

Fronted by , with Jess Lidyard (drums) and Paul Gardiner (electric bass), founded in 1977. After releasing the albums Tubeway Army, and Replicas, (both sold over a million copies) Numan decided to release records under his own name, but with the same musicians. To this day, Tubeway Army and Gary Numan have been a great inspiration to a lot of current electro and techno artists. Discogs attributes 3 albums, 12 compilations and 15 singles/EPs as releases by Tubeway Army since the band formed in 1977. In terms of the three albums, ("," (BEGGARS BANQUET  BEGA5), "," (BEGGARS BANQUET  BEGA7) and "," (Rocket Record Company - TRAIN 18), two have appeared in the "UK Top 40," music charts. With "Replicas," entering the UK Charts in June 1979, reaching the "Top 10," and eventually the No.1 position after seven weeks. The album stayed at No.1 for only one week but it did appear in the Top 10 for 9 weeks and within the Top 40 for twenty-one weeks. Overall, Replicas has spent 31 weeks on the UK album charts. The self-entitled album, "Tubeway Army," spent 7 weeks within the UK Charts Top 40. Achieving its highest position of No.14, four weeks after entering the charts in August 1979. The album "For Future Reference," commonly attributed with the band , didn't chart at all. Tubeway Army has had limited chart success with their 15 single/EP releases. Whilst five have appeared in the UK Charts, only one has had a significant showing. To many, the anthem of The Futurist movement, and possibly the most successful forerunner of that era/genre of music, the only single/EP by Tubeway Army to reach the No.1 spot is "," (BEGGARS BANQUET  BEGA18). This single entered the UK Charts in May 1979 (19/05/1979) and in its seventh week it hit the No.1 spot. "Are Friends Electric?," remained at the coveted No.1 position for a further 3 weeks (4 in total) and eventually spending 8 weeks in the Top 10 and 12 weeks within the Top 40 singles chart. Overall, this record was present in the UK Charts for 16 consecutive weeks up until 01/09/1979. The four other singles/EPs, whilst accredited to Tubeway Army on the official UK Charts, were released jointly as Gary Numan and the Tubeway Army (UK Chart artist listing). "," and "," are the only two compilations, accredited to Tubeway Army by the UK Charts, to achieve chart success. Whilst only appearing in the UK Charts for seven weeks combined, both did achieve peak positions in the UK Top 30, singles chart. "," and "," whilst categorized as compilations in Discogs, they briefly appeared in the singles chart in March 1985 for four weeks but remained in the lower part of the charts. (Source: Official Charts Company (UK) (April 2020)).

Name Vars

  • The Tubeway Army
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Members

  • Paul Gardiner
  • Jess Lidyard
  • Billy Currie
  • Ced Sharpley
  • Gary Webb
  • Bob Simmonds
  • Sean Burke
  • Barry Benn
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Summary by Bruno Luc

the re-issue of Tubeway Army's self-titled album is a must-have for fans of post-punk and new wave. The remastered sound is crisp and clear, and the bonus tracks add even more depth to an already classic album.