GARY NUMAN The Pleasure Principle

BEGGARs BANQUET, 1979

Arriving five months after Replicas, in Sept ’79, Numan’s solo debut sees this odd young man streamline his electropop vision to deliver a fully electronic new-wave classic, full of vigour, Ballardian paranoia and unusual melody. Cold, distant and repetitive, what it lacks in variety it makes up for with two of his finest moments, “Cars” and “Metal”. 9/10