Living Ornaments '79 and '80
1981 box set by Gary Numan
Living Ornaments '79 and '80 | ||||
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Box set by Gary Numan | ||||
Released | April 1981 | |||
Recorded | Hammersmith Odeon, London 28 September 1979 and 16 September 1980 | |||
Genre | New wave, synthpop | |||
Label | Beggars Banquet | |||
Producer | Gary Numan | |||
Gary Numan chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Living Ornaments '79 and '80 is a box set by English musician Gary Numan that was released in April 1981. The box-set contains the two live albums Living Ornaments '79 and Living Ornaments '80 which were also released separately in April 1981. Although Living Ornaments '79 and Living Ornaments '80 only reached numbers 47 and 39 on the UK Albums Chart respectively, the box set reached number two. [2][3]
Track listing
All tracks written by Gary Numan.
Living Ornaments '79
Side one
- "Airlane" – 3:12
- "Cars" – 3:20
- "We Are So Fragile" – 2:33
- "Films" – 3:45
- "Something's in the House" – 4:08
Side two
- "My Shadow in Vain" – 2:50
- "Conversation" – 7:45
- "The Dream Police" – 4:12
- "Metal" – 3:25
Living Ornaments '80
Side one
- "This Wreckage" – 5:20
- "I Die: You Die" – 3:38
- "M.E." – 4:27
- "Everyday I Die" – 4:22
- "Down in the Park" – 5:55
Side two
- Remind Me to Smile – 3:40
- The Joy Circuit – 5:47
- Tracks – 2:43
- Are 'Friends' Electric? – 5:30
- We Are Glass – 4:32
Personnel
- Gary Numan – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, producer, mixer
- Rrussell Bell – guitar
- Billy Currie – keyboards (Living Ornaments '79)
- Robert Ellis – photographer
- Paul Gardiner – bass
- Peter Gilbert – photographer
- Will Gosling – assistant mixer
- Roger Mason – keyboards (Living Ornaments '80)
- Chris Payne – keyboards, viola
- Cedric Sharpley – drums
- Tim Summerhayes – engineer
- Phil Thornalley – assistant engineer
References
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ "Living Ornaments '81, by Gary Numan". Gary Numan. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ Roberts, David, ed. (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). HIT Entertainment. p. 398. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
External links
- Living Ornaments '79 And '80 at Discogs (list of releases)
- LIVING ORNAMENTS 79 AND 80 LP numanme.co.uk
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- Tubeway Army
- Replicas
- The Plan
- The Pleasure Principle
- Telekon
- Dance
- I, Assassin
- Warriors
- Berserker
- The Fury
- Strange Charm
- Metal Rhythm
- Outland
- Machine + Soul
- Sacrifice
- Exile
- Pure
- Jagged
- Dead Son Rising
- Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind)
- Savage (Songs from a Broken World)
- Intruder
- Automatic (with Bill Sharpe)
- Human (with Michael R. Smith)
- Nicholson / Numan 1987–1994 (with Hugh Nicholson)
- Living Ornaments '79
- Living Ornaments '80
- Living Ornaments '79 and '80
- White Noise
- Ghost
- The Skin Mechanic
- Dream Corrosion
- Dark Light
- Living Ornaments '81
- The Radio One Recordings
- Scarred
- Live at Shepherds Bush Empire
- Hope Bleeds
- Fragment 1/04
- Fragment 2/04
- The Complete John Peel Sessions
- Jagged Live
- Engineers
- Telekon – Live
- Replicas Live
- The Pleasure Principle Live
- Big Noise Transmission
- "That's Too Bad"
- "Bombers"
- "Down in the Park"
- "Are "Friends" Electric?"
- "Cars"
- "Complex"
- "We Are Glass"
- "I Die: You Die"
- "This Wreckage"
- "Stormtrooper in Drag"
- "She's Got Claws"
- "Love Needs No Disguise"
- "Music for Chameleons"
- "We Take Mystery (To Bed)"
- "Warriors"
- "Change Your Mind"
- "New Thing from London Town"
- "This Is Love"
- "I Can't Stop"
- "Like a Refugee (I Won't Cry)"
- "Crazier"
- The Radial Pair: Video Soundtrack
- New Man Numan
- Exhibition
- Isolate
- The Best of Gary Numan 1978–1983
- The Premier Hits
- Techno Army Featuring Gary Numan
- Random
- Random (02)
- The Mix
- New Dreams for Old
- Exposure
- Hybrid
- Resonator (Pioneer of Sound)
- Jagged Edge
- Dead Moon Falling
- Discography
- Sharpe & Numan
- Paul Gardiner
- Dramatis
- Tubeway
- Radio Heart
- "Freak Like Me"
- "Where's Your Head At"