Living Ornaments '79

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Living Ornaments '79
Live album by Gary Numan
Released	1981
Recorded	Hammersmith Odeon, London September 28, 1979
Genre	New Wave, Synthpop
Length	71:10
Label	Beggars Banquet Records
Producer	Gary Numan
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Gary Numan chronology
Dance (1981) Living Ornaments '79 (1981) Living Ornaments '80 (1981)

Living Ornaments '79 (1981) is a live album by Gary Numan recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon on 28 September 1979. It was also released as a limited edition box set with Living Ornaments '80 (1981). An expanded version was reissued on a double CD in 1998 before a remastered version was again reissued in 2005.^[1]

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 1981 version 1.1.1 Side one 1.1.2 Side two 1.2 1998 and 2005 version 1.2.1 Disc one 1.2.2 Disc two 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 Notes 5 References

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Gary Numan except where noted.

[edit] 1981 version

[edit] Side one

1. "Airlane" – 3:12
2. "Cars" – 3:20
3. "We Are So Fragile" – 2:33
4. "Films" – 3:45
5. "Something's in the House" – 4:08

[edit] Side two

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

[edit] 1998 and 2005 version

[edit] Disc one

1. "Intro" – 2.32
2. "Airlane" – 3.07
3. "Me! I Disconnect From You" – 3.02
4. "Cars" – 3.25
5. "M.E." – 4.42
6. "You Are in My Vision" – 3.11
7. "Somethings in the House" – 3.55
8. "Random" – 3.38
9. "Everyday I Die" – 3.36
10. "Conversation" – 7.51
11. "We Are So Fragile" – 2.46

[edit] Disc two

1. "Bombers" – 5.30
2. "Remember I Was Vapour" – 4.51
3. "On Broadway" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller) – 4.38
4. "The Dream Police" – 4.19
5. "Films" – 3.49
6. "Metal" – 3.25
7. "Down in the Park" – 5.38
8. "My Shadow in Vain" – 2.34
9. "Are 'Friends' Electric?" – 5.33
10. "Tracks" – 3.10

[edit] Personnel

• Gary Numan – vocals, producer
• Billy Currie – keyboards
• Cedric Sharpley – drums
• Chris Payne – keyboards, viola
• Paul Gardiner – bass
• Rrussell Bell – guitar
• Tim Summerhayes – engineer, remix
• Phil Thornally – assistant engineer
• John Dent – digitally master
• Peter Gilbert – photographer
• Robert Ellis – photographer

[edit] Charts

• Original album #47 (UK Albums Chart)
• Living Ornaments '79 and '80 box set #2 (UK Albums Chart)

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Everyhit.com
• Paul Goodwin (2004). Electric Pioneer: An Armchair Guide To Gary Numan

v • d • e Gary Numan Albums with Tubeway Army Tubeway Army • Replicas • The Plan Studio albums The Pleasure Principle • Telekon • Dance • I, Assassin • Warriors • Berserker • The Fury • Strange Charm • Metal Rhythm • Outland • Machine + Soul • Sacrifice • Exile • Pure • Jagged • Splinter Collaborations Automatic (with Bill Sharpe) • Human (with Michael R. Smith) Live albums Living Ornaments '79 • Living Ornaments '80 • White Noise • Ghost • The Skin Mechanic • Dream Corrosion • Dark Light • Living Ornaments '81 • The Radio One Recordings • Scarred • Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire • Hope Bleeds • Fragment 1/04 • Fragment 2/04 • The Complete John Peel Sessions • Jagged Live • Engineers Soundtracks The Radial Pair Compilations Exhibition • The Premier Hits • The Mix • Exposure • Hybrid • Resonator Related articles Discography • Paul Gardiner