Dead Son Rising

Dead Son Rising
Studio album by Gary Numan
Released 15 September 2011
Recorded London, Various
Genre Industrial rock, gothic rock,[1] darkwave, ambient music
Length 52:50
Label Mortal Records
Producer Gary Numan, Ade Fenton
Gary Numan chronology
Jagged
(2006)		 Dead Son Rising
(2011)		 Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic59/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Dead Son Rising is the nineteenth studio album by the British musician Gary Numan, released on 15 September 2011.

On 12 August 2011, The Quietus debuted a radio edit of the song "Dead Sun Rising" on their website.[3] On 28 August 2011, the official Gary Numan website debuted a short "promo edit" of the video for the first single, "The Fall". After the album's release it spent only one week on the UK album charts, entering at number 87.[4] The Album also reached as high as number 5 in the German alternative albums chart.[5]

Overview

Dead Son Rising grew out of a set of demos Numan had left over from previous projects, but as he explains: ‘The original ideas that sparked off these songs are now barely visible. It’s grown into another animal, something more experimental.’[6]

The album was co-written and co-produced by Numan with Ade Fenton (Numan’s collaborator on his 2006 album Jagged). The tracks "We Are The Lost" and "Dead Sun Rising" both contain elements from a sci-fi fantasy story Numan has been writing over the last few years. The album also includes two instrumentals, "Resurrection" and "Into Battle", showcasing some of the soundtrack-type material that Numan and Fenton have been working on recently.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Gary Numan; all music composed by Gary Numan and Ade Fenton.

  1. "Resurrection" – 3:24
  2. "Big Noise Transmission" – 4:20
  3. "Dead Sun Rising" – 4:57
  4. "When the Sky Bleeds, He Will Come" – 4:47
  5. "For the Rest of My Life" – 5:03
  6. "Not the Love We Dream Of" – 5:10
  7. "The Fall" – 4:19
  8. "We Are the Lost" – 5:09
  9. "For the Rest of My Life (Reprise)" – 5:44
  10. "Into Battle" – 5:05
  11. "Not the Love We Dream Of (Piano Version)" – 4:52
  12. "Dead Sun Rising (Early Version)" (Bonus Track - Digital Only) – 5:53

An official remix, Dead Sun Rising (Grayed Out Mix), was also made available free online, and would later appear on the remix album Dead Moon Falling.

Song notes

Big Noise Transmission had the live working titles of "Captured Underground Noise Transmission" and "Zulu" (the latter on the North American Pleasure Principle Tour in 2010).

Dead Sun Rising is a reworked version of "What Have I Become" from the 2006 Jagged sessions, and featured on the "Small Black Box" tour audio programme.

When The Sky Bleeds, He Will Come had the live working title of "Dragging Loop".

For The Rest Of My Life is a reworked version of "Always" from the 2000 Pure sessions, and featured on the "Purified" tour audio programme.

The Fall is a reworked version of "Look" from the 2000 Pure sessions, and featured on the "Purified" tour audio programme. It has existed in a variety of different mixes since it debuted live several years ago.

We Are The Lost is a reworked version of "Mercy" from the 2006 Jagged sessions, and featured on the "Small Black Box" tour audio programme.

Super Deluxe Edition

The album was released in three different formats.

The Super Deluxe Edition of Dead Son Rising

CD/DVD/VINYL

Same contents as CD, plus:

DVD

  1. The Fall Promo Video
  2. Behind The Scenes Footage and Interview
  3. Exclusive Dead Son Rising interview
  4. Slideshow
  5. Gallery

12" Vinyl remixes

  1. The Fall (Motor Alternative Mix)
  2. The Fall (South Central Bad Trip Mix)
  3. The Fall (Motor Club Mix)

Personnel

Production

References

  1. 1 2 O'Brien, Jon. Dead Son Rising at AllMusic. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Dead Son Rising at Metacritic Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  3. ↑ Gary Numan's 'Dead Sun Rising'
  4. ↑ UK Chartstats.com (Gary Numan - Dead Son Rising)
  5. ↑ http://wp1091379.vwp0778.webpack.hosteurope.de/dac/dac/index_album.php
  6. ↑ Gray, Steve (31 October 2011). "GARY NUMAN Dead Son Rising". electricity-club.co.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
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