Living Ornaments '81

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Living Ornaments '81
Live album by Gary Numan
Released	1998
Recorded	April 28, 1981
Genre	New Wave, Synthpop
Length	121:28
Label	Beggars Banquet Records
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Exile (1997) Living Ornaments '81 (1998) The Mix (1998)

Living Ornaments '81 is a live album recorded at a 1981 concert by Gary Numan. It was released as a double CD in 1998.

The show on 28 April 1981 was the third and last of Numan's 'Farewell Concerts' staged at Wembley Arena (although he would return to performing live shows the following year). It was filmed and released on VHS as Micromusic in April 1982; Living Ornaments '81 is essentially an audio release of the video.

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1. "Intro/This Wreckage" – 7:40
2. "Remind Me to Smile" – 3:22
3. "Moral" – 3:14
4. "Me! I Disconnect from You" – 3:03
5. "Complex" – 3:10
6. "The Aircrash Bureau" – 5:24
7. "Airlane" – 3:24
8. "M.E." – 4:32
9. "Everyday I Die" – 4:38
10. "Films" – 5:47
11. "Remember I Was Vapour" – 4:34
12. "Trois Gymnopedies (First Movement)" – 3:04
13. "Conversation" – 7:39
14. "She's Got Claws" – 4:51
15. "Cars" – 3:39
16. "I Dream of Wires" – 4:37
17. "I'm an Agent" – 3:57
18. "The Joy Circuit" – 5:56
19. "I Die: You Die" – 3:43
20. "Cry the Clock Said" – 5:26
21. "Tracks" – 2:19
22. "Down in the Park" – 5:59
23. "My Shadow in Vain" – 2:38
24. "Please Push No More" – 5:29
25. "Are 'Friends' Electric?" – 5:40
26. "We Are Glass/Outro" – 7:43

The song "Conversation", included at the end of disc one, is a bonus track. It was played at the first two Wembley shows but replaced by "Complex" for the 28 April show. The version included on the Living Ornaments '81 set is from the 26 April show, and is of noticeably poor audio quality.^[1]

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