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By the release of their second album, Replicas, Gary Numan was the undisputed focal point and leader of icy electro-punkers Tubeway Army. And the move proved to be massively successful back home in the U.K., where both the album and the single 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' Topped the charts.

Replicas is the second and final studio album by English new wave band Tubeway Army,^[9] released in April 1979 by Beggars Banquet Records. It followed their self-titled debut from the previous year. After this, Tubeway Army frontman Gary Numan would continue to release records under his own name, though the musicians in Tubeway Army would continue to work with him for some time. Replicas was the first album of what Numan later termed the 'machine' phase of his career,^[10] preceding The Pleasure Principle and Telekon, a collection linked by common themes of a dystopianscience fiction future and transmutation of man/machine, coupled with an androgynous image and a synthetic rock sound.

Fuelled by a surprise No. 1 hit single, 'Are 'Friends' Electric?', the album also reached No. 1 in the UK charts in July 1979 and was certified Gold by the BPI for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.^[11]

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Background[edit]

A loose concept album, Replicas was based on a dystopian book Numan hoped to complete someday,^[12] set in a not-too-distant future metropolis where Machmen (androids with cloned human skin) and other machines keep the general public cowed on orders from the Grey Men (shadowy officials). While the album's setting and lyrics were directly inspired by the science fiction of Philip K. Dick, particularly his seminal work Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the title was not. Although Numan's Machmen were similar to Replicants, the term used for androids in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (based on Dick’s book), Scott’s film came out three years after Tubeway Army’s album and Dick never used the word 'Replicant' in his original 1968 novel. The album cover shows Numan as a Machman staring out from his room at a waning crescent moon hovering above 'The Park' as a barely visible man stands outside while Numan's reflection stares back at himself.

Recording and music[edit]

Musically, Numan’s main influence was the commercially unsuccessful John Foxx-led incarnation of Ultravox. Tracks like 'Speed Of Life' and 'Breaking Glass' from David Bowie’s Low were also cited, along with Kraftwerk’s The Man-Machine album, in particular the long and wistful track 'Neon Lights'.^[13][14]

The recording was a development of the sound of the first Tubeway Army album. While the tracks 'The Machman', 'You Are in My Vision' and 'It Must Have Been Years' recalled the earlier album’s guitar-oriented rock, the rest were built solidly around an analog synthesizer, the Minimoog. Along with 'Are 'Friends' Electric?', this included 'Me! I Disconnect from You', the atmospheric 'Down in the Park' (released as a single prior to the album and acquiring cult status though not commercial success), the multi-layered title track and the closing instrumentals 'When the Machines Rock' and 'I Nearly Married a Human', the latter featuring Numan's first use of a primitive drum machine; it made an appearance the following year in Carl Sagan's TV series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage.^{[citation needed]}

Legacy[edit]

Replicas' synthesizer sound and occasionally nihilistic lyrics had a major impact on the industrial acts that came to prominence in the mid-1990s such as Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails, both of whom covered Numan's songs on record. Both Manson and Foo Fighters released versions of 'Down in the Park'. 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' was covered by a number of artists, and was most notably the basis for Sugababes' No. 1 hit 'Freak Like Me' in 2002. Numan has continued to play tracks from Replicas on his live tours, with 'Me! I Disconnect from You', 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and 'Down in the Park' being mainstays, whilst 'Praying to the Aliens' and 'Replicas' have also lately become part of his live repertoire.

Reissue[edit]

The 1999 and 2008 reissue editions included several bonus tracks, including three single B-sides: 'We Are So Fragile' (from 'Are 'Friends' Electric?'), and 'Do You Need the Service?' and 'I Nearly Married a Human (2)' (from 'Down in the Park'). 'The Crazies', 'Only a Downstat' and 'We Have a Technical' were outtakes from the Replicas sessions.

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Gary Numan.

1979 Beggars Banquet LP and MC (BEGA/C 7) and 1995 Beggars Banquet CD reissue (MUSCD509)[edit]

The lightbulb on the front sleeve artwork was removed for the 1995 reissue to allow for a larger print of the album title.

1. 'Me! I Disconnect from You' – 3:23
2. 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' – 5:25
3. 'The Machman' – 3:08
4. 'Praying to the Aliens' – 4:00
5. 'Down in the Park' – 4:24
6. 'You Are in My Vision' – 3:15
7. 'Replicas' – 5:01
8. 'It Must Have Been Years' – 4:02
9. 'When the Machines Rock' – 3:15
10. 'I Nearly Married a Human' – 6:31

1997 Beggars Banquet CD remastered reissue bonus tracks (TKCB-71194)[edit]

11. 'Do You Need the Service?' - 3:40
12. 'The Crazies' - 2:54
13. 'Only a Downstat' - 3:36
14. 'We Have a Technical' - 8:04
15. 'We Are So Fragile' - 2:56
16. 'I Nearly Married a Human 2' - 6:38

2008 Beggars Banquet 'Redux' CD reissue (BBQCD 2057)[edit]

To coincide with Numan's 15-date Replicas Classic Album Tour in 2008, Beggars Banquet issued an expanded 2CD and limited 3CD version of Replicas, titled Replicas Redux.

Disc One

11. 'We Are So Fragile' - 2:55
12. 'Do You Need the Service?' - 3:39
13. 'I Nearly Married a Human 2' - 6:38

Disc TwoThis disc contained a complete earlier version of the Replicas album, recorded in late 1978 and January 1979.

1. 'Me! I Disconnect From You' - 3:24
2. 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' - 5:25
3. 'The Machman' - 3:08
4. 'Praying to the Aliens' - 4:08
5. 'Down in the Park' - 4:24
6. 'Do You Need the Service?' - 3:42
7. 'Only a Downstat' - 3:35
8. 'We Have a Technical' - 8:00
9. 'You Are in My Vision' - 3:22
10. 'Replicas' - 5:02
11. 'It Must Have Been Years' - 4:04
12. 'When the Machines Rock' - 3:15
13. 'The Crazies' - 2:54
14. 'I Nearly Married a Human 3' - 6:24

• The early version of 'When the Machines Rock' featured vocals by Numan, unlike the instrumental standard album version.

Disc Three - Replicas - Mixes + Versions (GNCD 2008)
This disc of bonus tracks was only available for a limited time when Replicas Redux was purchased via Numan's official website.

1. 'Are 'Friends' Electric? (Renegade Soundwave Mix)' - 5:15
2. 'Replicas (Early Version 2)' - 5:05
3. 'Down in the Park (Early Version 2)' - 4:23
4. 'Are 'Friends' Electric? (Early Version 2)' - 5:28
5. 'Replicas (Early Version 3)' - 5:00
6. 'Are 'Friends' Electric? (Renegade Soundwave Instrumental)' - 5:14

Chart positions[edit]

Personnel[edit]

• Gary Numan – synthesizers, guitars, vocals, producer, mixing
• Paul Gardiner – bass guitar
• Jess Lidyard – drums
• John Caffery – engineering, mixing
• Rikki Sylvan – mixing
• Geoff Howes – photographer
• Mary Vango – make-up
• Tony Escott – illustrator
• Malti Kidia – art director

References[edit]

1. ^Prato, Greg. 'Replicas – Gary Numan / Tubeway Army'. AllMusic. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
2. ^Christgau, Robert (1981). 'Consumer Guide '70s: N'. Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN089919026X. Retrieved 8 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. ^'Gary Numan and Tubeway Army: Replicas'. Mojo (172): 122. March 2008.
4. ^Shepherd, Sam (25 February 2008). 'Gary Numan – Replicas Redux'. MusicOMH. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
5. ^Doran, John (March 2008). 'Gary Numan & Tubeway Army – Replicas Redux: Expanded 2008 Tour Edition'. Record Collector (347). Retrieved 3 July 2014.
6. ^Starr, Red (14–27 June 1979). 'Albums'. Smash Hits: 25.
7. ^Price, Simon (September 1998). 'Retro Active'. Spin. 14 (9): 188–89. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
8. ^'Gary Numan and Tubeway Army: Replicas'. Uncut (130): 96. March 2008.
9. ^'Tubeway Army - Replicas at Discogs'. Discogs.com. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
10. ^Numan, Gary (1981). Living Ornaments '79 and '80 (Media notes). Beggars Banquet.
11. ^'Certified Awards Search'. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013.
12. ^Lott, Tim (9 June 1979). 'Confessions of an honest poseur'. Record Mirror. p. 26.
13. ^'We Are Also the Robots: 8 Essentials of Post-Kraftwerk Pop - SPIN'. 22 June 2012.
14. ^CloneDaddy (21 January 2011). 'Gary Numan discusses John Foxx and early Ultravox' – via YouTube.
15. ^'Number 1 Albums – 1970s'. The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2011.

Bibliography[edit]

• Paul Goodwin (2004). Electric Pioneer: An Armchair Guide to Gary Numan

Tubeway Army is the debut album by Tubeway Army, released in 1978. Its initial limited-edition run of 5,000 (known unofficially as the Blue Album due to its coloured vinyl and cover)^[3] sold out but did not chart. When reissued in mid-1979, following the success of the follow-up Replicas (1979), the more commonly known cover art featuring a stylised portrait of Gary Numan was introduced.^[4] This release made No. 14 in the UK album charts.^[5]

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Overview[edit]

Despite being the band's debut, Tubeway Army was seen as a transitional record, linking the punk flavour of early singles 'That's Too Bad' and 'Bombers' with the electronic music and science fiction imagery of Replicas. The first track, 'Listen to the Sirens', borrowed its opening line from the Philip K. Dick novel Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said, while 'Steel and You' contained references to androids ('Just my steel friend and me / I stand brave by his side'). These and a number of other tracks featured primitive synthesizer effects, the legacy of Numan chancing upon a Minimoog in the recording studio one day.^[4]

Elsewhere, the album’s lyrics generally inhabited a seedy world that was compared to William Burroughs, an author whose influence Numan acknowledged. 'Friends' concerned male prostitution. 'Every Day I Die' was about teenage masturbation. 'Jo the Waiter' referenced drug addiction. 'The Life Machine' was told from the perspective of a comatose man on life support who can only 'watch from somewhere as the loved ones come and go'.^[4]

Sonically, the album ranged from hard rock with punk overtones, such as 'My Shadow in Vain', 'Friends' and 'Are You Real?', through the post-punk of 'Listen to the Sirens' and 'The Dream Police', to the predominantly acoustic 'Every Day I Die' and 'Jo the Waiter'.

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Major influences cited for this album's overall sound included David Bowie (both 'Ziggy' and 'Berlin' eras), early Roxy Music and Brian Eno, Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground, and early Ultravox.^[4]

Numan has regularly performed tracks from this album since his early solo career, including 'My Shadow in Vain', 'Something's in the House', 'Every Day I Die' and 'The Dream Police'. Others that later appeared in his live repertoire included 'Listen to the Sirens', 'Friends' and 'Jo the Waiter'.

Live at the Roxy[edit]

The 1998 CD reissue of Tubeway Army included a live concert, originally a bootleg called Live at the Roxy, retitled as Living Ornaments '78 - a retrospective reference to Numan's official live albums Living Ornaments '79 (1981), '80 (1981) and '81 (1998). It included early versions of 'My Shadow In Vain' and 'Friends' ('Do Your Best') as well as a cover of The Velvet Underground's 'White Light/White Heat'.

Cover versions[edit]

• Crust punk/death metal band Deviated Instinct covered 'Listen to the Sirens' on their 1990 EP Nailed.
• The 1997 Numan tribute album Random featured covers of Tubeway Army songs by Pop Will Eat Itself ('Friends'), The Orb ('Jo the Waiter') and Dubstar ('Every Day I Die').
• Terre Thaemlitz recorded a piano version of 'Friends', released in 1999 on the Numan tribute album Replicas Rubato.
• Stoner Metal band Red Fang covered 'Listen to the Sirens' in 2018 and released it as a single and a music video.

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Gary Numan except 'White Light/White Heat' (Lou Reed)

1. 'Listen to the Sirens' – 3:06
2. 'My Shadow in Vain' – 2:59
3. 'The Life Machine' – 2:45
4. 'Friends' – 2:30
5. 'Something's in the House' – 4:14
6. 'Everyday I Die' – 2:24
7. 'Steel and You' – 4:44
8. 'My Love Is a Liquid' – 3:33
9. 'Are You Real?' – 3:25
10. 'The Dream Police' – 3:38
11. 'Jo the Waiter' – 2:41
12. 'Zero Bars (Mr. Smith)' – 3:12

CD bonus tracks

1. 'Positive Thinking' (live) – 2:56
2. 'Boys' (live) – 2:13
3. 'Blue Eyes' (live) – 2:03
4. 'You Don't Know Me' (live) – 2:28
5. 'My Shadow in Vain' (live) – 4:13
6. 'Me My Head' (live) – 4:10
7. 'That's Too Bad' (live) – 3:26
8. 'Basic J' (live) – 3:03
9. 'Do Your Best' (live) – 2:40
10. 'Oh! Didn't I Say' (live) – 2:31
11. 'I'm a Poseur' (live) – 2:30
12. 'White Light/White Heat' (live) – 2:49
13. 'Kill St. Joy' (live) – 3:46

Personnel[edit]

Musicians[edit]

• Gary Numan – guitars, lead vocals, keyboards
• Paul Gardiner – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Jess Lidyard – drums

Production[edit]

• Gary Numan – producer
• Mike Kemp – engineer, mixer
• John Dent – digital remastering

Notes[edit]

1. ^Prato, Greg. Tubeway Army at AllMusic. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
2. ^Starr, Red. 'Albums'. Smash Hits (Sept 6–19 1979): 25.
3. ^'Bitz'. Smash Hits (August 9–22, 1979): 7.
4. ^ ^abcdSteve Malins (1998). Tubeway Army 1998 reissued CD liner notes
5. ^Everyhit.com

References[edit]

• 1998 CD reissue liner notes