The Pleasure Principle (30th anniversary edition, Townshend Records exclusive)

~ Release by Gary Numan (see all versions of this release, 9 available)

Annotation

2–11 to 2–14 are 2009 re‐masters.

"Definitive" 30th anniversary remastered re-issue of the 1979 album.
Disc 2 contains the original demo versions and out-takes of the tracks from the recording sessions, which eventually made it to the album or were released as B sides to related singles.
Tracks 1-9 on CD3 were live tracks originally intended to be part of a 'Live EP' series to be released between the end of 1979 and early 1980. The project was eventually abandoned although selected live tracks made it to the Living Ornaments 79 LP/cassette, reproduced here in tracks 10-18. All these live recordings were subsequently released on the remastered double CD edition of Living Ornaments 79.

Annotation last modified on 2021-04-17 12:05 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD
2▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Airlane (demo version)
engineer:
Steve Forward
recording of:
Airlane
writer and composer:
Gary Numan
3:18
2Metal (demo version)
engineer:
Steve Forward
recording of:
Metal
lyricist, writer and composer:
Gary Numan
3:36
3Complex (demo version)
engineer:
Steve Forward
recording of:
Complex
lyricist, writer and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Andrew Heath Music Ltd., Beggars Banquet, Beggars Banquet Music Ltd. and Momentum Music Ltd.
3:17
4Films (demo version)
engineer:
Steve Forward
recording of:
Films
lyricist, writer and composer:
Gary Numan
2:42
5M.E. (demo version)
engineer:
Steve Forward
recording of:
M.E.
lyricist, writer and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Beggars Banquet Music Ltd. and Momentum Music Ltd.
4:30
6Tracks (out-take mix)
recording of:
Tracks
lyricist, writer and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Beggars Banquet Music Ltd. and Momentum Music Ltd.
2:51
7Observer (demo version)
engineer:
Steve Forward
recording of:
Observer
lyricist, writer and composer:
Gary Numan
3:03
8Conversation (demo version 2)
engineer:
Steve Forward
recording of:
Conversation
lyricist, writer and composer:
Gary Numan
6:49
9Cars (demo version)
engineer:
Steve Forward
recording of:
Cars
lyricist and composer:
Gary Numan
writer:
Nick Hemming and Gary Numan
publisher:
Beggars Banquet Music Ltd. and Momentum Music Ltd.
3:14
10Engineers (demo version)
engineer:
Steve Forward
recording of:
Engineers
lyricist, writer and composer:
Gary Numan
3:50
11Random
recording of:
Random
composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Beggars Banquet Music Ltd. and Momentum Music Ltd.
3:48
12Oceans
recording of:
Oceans
composer:
Gary Numan
3:00
13Asylum
producer:
Gary Numan
recording of:
Asylum
composer:
Gary Numan
2:30
14Photograph
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Beggars Banquet (in 1980)
recording of:
Photograph
lyricist and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Numan Music Ltd. (in 1980)
2:27
15Gymnopedie No.1 (demo version)
engineer:
Steve Forward
arranger:
Gary Numan
recording of:
Première Gymnopédie: Lent et douloureux (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Erik Satie (French composer)
publisher:
Das Maschine GMBH, Hanseatic Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (2001–2017) and Londek Edition
arrangement of:
Première Gymnopédie : Lent et douloureux (Gymnopédie no. 1)
22:26
16Conversation (demo version 1)
engineer:
Steve Forward
recording of:
Conversation
lyricist, writer and composer:
Gary Numan
3:56
17M.E. (out-take mix)
recording of:
M.E.
lyricist, writer and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Beggars Banquet Music Ltd. and Momentum Music Ltd.
5:15
3▶CD: 1979: The Live EP's

Credits

Release

co-mixer and co-engineer:Rikki Sylvan
Harvey Webb
mastering:Melvyn Abrahams
Julian Mills (mastering)
bass:Paul Gardiner
keyboard and percussion:Gary Numan
keyboard and viola:Christopher Payne (UK keyboards/viola for Gary Numan/Visage/Dramatis)
membranophone and percussion:Cedric Sharpley
remastered versions:The Pleasure Principle
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/1935867 [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:Cars
Complex
included in:The Pleasure Principle / Warriors
The Pleasure Principle / Warriors
part of:Music Genre Tree (Canonical album list from musicgenretree.org – one representative release per genre.)
Paste: The 50 Greatest Synth-Pop Albums of All Time (number: 13) (order: 13)
Paste: The 50 Best New Wave Albums (number: 38) (order: 38)
Discothèque Idéale Qobuz / Qobuz Ideal Discography (order: 124)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 450) (order: 451)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/70133 [info]
other databases:https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/gary_numan/the_pleasure_principle/ [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000599295 [info]
Wikidata:Q941491 [info]