Gary Numan discography

Gary Numan discography

Gary Numan, 18 February 1980
Releases
↙Studio albums	22
↙Live albums	25
↙Compilation albums	18
↙EPs	13
↙Singles	50

The following is a comprehensive discography of Gary Numan, a British singer, songwriter and musician. Numan (born Gary Webb, 1958) released his first record in 1978 as part of the outfit Tubeway Army. Initially unsuccessful, the band scored a huge hit in 1979 with the single "Are Friends Electric" and their second album Replicas, both of which reached number one in the UK. Numan then decided to release further recordings under his own name, beginning with the single "Cars" later in 1979. Both this and the subsequent album The Pleasure Principle also reached number one in the UK, and Numan became a leading force in the British electronic music scene. He scored a third number one album in 1980 with Telekon, and further more hit singles and albums until the mid 1980s when his popularity waned. Despite this, he has continued to record and tour on a regular basis up to the present day. His latest studio album, Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind) returned him to the UK Top 20 for the first time in 30 years.

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

• ^a expanded and reissued as Living Ornaments '79 in 1998 and Living Ornaments '80 in 2005

Compilation albums

• ^a Japanese 3 volume, 9 CD compilation of the first 8 studio albums (expanded) plus an edited combined version of Living Ornaments '79 and '80.

Singles

Single certifications

• Are 'Friends' Electric?: BPI (UK) Gold 500,000+
• Cars: BPI (UK) Gold 500,000+
• Complex: BPI (UK) Silver 250,000+

Extended plays

• "1978" (2/4/1983) - (12" vinyl only, reissued 1985 as 1978 Volume 1) - as Gary Numan and Tubeway Army UK #97
• "The Peel Sessions" (-/-/1989) - as Gary Numan and Tubeway Army - 'Cars' / 'Airlane' / 'Films' / 'Me I Disconnect From You' / 'Down In The Park' / 'I Nearly Married A Human'
• "Selection" (-/11/1989) - 'Cars ('E' Reg Extended Model)' / 'Down In The Park' / 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' / 'I Die: You Die' / 'We Are Glass' / 'Music For Chameleons'
• "1978-79 Volume 2" (16/3/1985) - (12" vinyl only) - as Gary Numan and Tubeway Army UK #76
• "1978-79 Volume 3" (23/3/1985) - (12" vinyl only) - as Gary Numan and Tubeway Army UK #82
• "The Live EP" (25/5/1985) - 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' / 'Berserker' / 'Cars' / 'We Are Glass' UK #27
• "Dream Corrosion - The Live EP" (-/7/1994) - 'Noise Noise' / 'It Must Have Been Years' / 'I'm An Agent' / 'Jo The Waiter' #111
• "Dark Light - The Live EP" (-/5/1995) - 'Bleed' / 'Every Day I Die' / 'The Dream Police' / 'Listen to the Sirens' #136
• "Babylon 1" (-/-/1995) - 'Berserker' / 'My Dying Machine' / 'Empty Bed, Empty Heart' / 'Here Am I' / 'She Cries' / 'Rumour'
• "Babylon 2" (-/-/1995) - 'Your Fascination' / 'Call Out The Dogs' / 'We Need It' / 'Anthem' / 'This Ship Comes Apart' / 'Mistasax 1'
• "Babylon 3" (-/-/1995) - 'Miracles' / 'I Still Remember' / 'The Fear (95 Remix)' / 'Puppets' / 'Tribal' / 'Shame'
• "Babylon 4" (-/-/1995) - 'This Is Love' / 'I Can't Stop' / 'Survival' / 'Faces' / 'Time To Die' / 'Mistasax 2'
• "Babylon 5" (-/-/1995) - 'New Anger' / 'America' / 'Heart' / 'I Don't Believe' / 'Children' / 'Icehouse' / 'Tread Careful'
• "Babylon 6" (-/-/1995) - 'The Skin Game' / 'Emotion' / 'Dark Mountain' / 'In A Glasshouse' / 'Hanoi' / 'River'
• "Babylon 7" (-/-/1995) - 'Machine And Soul' / 'A Question Of Faith' / 'The Hauntings' / 'Metal Beat' / 'Whisper Of Truth' / 'Play Like God' / 'Absolution'
• "Dominion Day" (-/-/1998) (US only CD EP) - 'Dominion Day (Extended)' / 'Metal (20th Anniversary Version' / 'Down In The Park (20th Anniversary Version)' / 'Dominion Day (Live)' / 'Dominion Day (Video Edit)' / 'Voix (20th Anniversary Version)' / 'Dead Heaven (Extended)' / 'Cars (Live)'

• The Babylon series are fanclub only CD EPs featuring (then) exclusive to CD 12" versions, b-sides and rare tracks. 'This Ship Comes Apart' from 1985, remains exclusive to 'Babylon 2'. Although credited as such, 'I Still Remember' was not the 12" version.
• The Dominion Day US CD EP incorrectly lists only seven tracks and in the incorrect order.

Guest appearances

Albums and singles by other artists on which Numan appears in some form.

• 1980 Robert Palmer: Clues (keyboards and writer, "I Dream of Wires"; co-writer, "Found You Now")
• 1981 Claire Hamill: Ultra Violet Light (single, Numan on keyboards)
• 1982 Dramatis: For Future Reference (lead vocals on "Love Needs No Disguise")
• 1982 Robert Palmer: Maybe It's Live (co-writer, "Style Kills")
• 1984 Tik and Tok: Intolerance (backing vocals and keyboards on "Show Me Something Real") UK #89
• 1982 Nicky Robson: "Stars" (single, co-written by Numan, co-vocals and keyboards)
• 1987 Radio Heart: Radio Heart (lead vocals on three tracks)
• 1994 Dadadang: "Like a Refugee" (lead vocals)
• 1998 Fear Factory: Obsolete (vocals on the cover of "Cars", spoken intro of "Obsolete")
• 1998 The High Kings Of Tara: I Can't Believe It's Not Plankton (Spoken vocals by Numan and wife Gemma Webb on "Mars Is heaven")
• 2000 The 6ths: Hyacinths and Thistles (lead vocals on "A Sailor In Love With The Sea")
• 2000 Dubstar: The Self Same Thing EP (Lead vocals on "Redirected Mail")
• 2003 Rico: Violent Silences (lead vocals on "Crazier")
• 2003 Plump DJs Eargasm (lead vocals on "Pray For You") UK #89
• 2003 Junkie XL: A Broadcast From The Computer Hell Cabin (lead vocals on "Angels")
• 2004 Afrika Bambaataa: Dark Matter Moving at the Speed of Light (vocals on the cover of "Metal")
• 2007 Ade Fenton: Artificial Perfect (vocals on four tracks)
• 2011 Battles "Gloss Drop" (vocals on 'My Machine').
• 2011 South Central (band) "Society Of The Spectacle" (vocals on 'Crawl').

Videos

• 1979 The Touring Principle '79 (VHS) UK #1
• 1982 Micromusic (VHS) UK #1
• 1982 Newman Numan The Best Of Gary Numan (VHS) UK #1
• 1985 The Berserker Tour (VHS) UK #2
• 1990 The Skin Mechanic (VHS)UK #20
• 1994 Dream Corrosion (VHS)
• 1994 Shadow Man (VHS)
• 2004 Hope Bleeds (DVD)
• 2005 Fragment 1/04 - Birmingham Academy Live [2004] (DVD)
• 2005 Fragment 2/04 - Shepherds Bush Empire Live [2004] (DVD)
• 2007 Jagged Live (DVD)
• 2008 Cold Warning (DVD; expanded version of The Berserker Tour)
• 2008 Telekon Live (DVD)
• 2009 Replicas Live (DVD) UK #3
• 2009 Conversation: The Pleasure Principle Tour 2009 DVD Programme (DVD)
• 2010 The Pleasure Principle Live (DVD)
• 2011 Decoder (DVD)
• 2012 Machine Music (DVD)
• 2012 Big Noise Transmission (DVD)
• 2013 Machine Music Live (DVD)
• 2013 Splintered - The Making of Splinter (DVD)

References