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One of the downsides of the new romantic movement is that its groups tended to be more exciting in a video or in the studio than they were in the live arena. One of the rare exceptions to this rule was Gary Numan, a performer whose canny blend of synthesizer textures and conventional rock band instrumentation allowed his music to translate itself to a live format with ease. As a result, he was a popular concert attraction in his native England and listeners can get a good idea of his live skills with Living Ornaments '79. This album, the full set from a September 1979 performance at the Hammersmith Odeon, finds Numan taking a generous selection of tunes from all his albums up to that point and delivering them with a carefully controlled mixture of style and power. Many of the songs are much more energetic than their studio counterparts: the muscular rhythm guitar riffs that propel "Something's in the House" take on a new power in the live arena, and "Me I Disconnect From You" runs twice as fast as its studio incarnation. Other songs on Living Ornaments '79 benefit from new arrangements; the most notable transformation in this area is "Bombers," which is transformed from the fast, guitar-based punk-pop of its studio version into an atmospheric, ballad-paced track where spacy synthesizers replace the guitar riffs. Numan also turns in a surprisingly effective cover of "On Broadway" that culminates in an unexpected, electic violin solo. The remainder of the tracks continue in the same vein as these highlights, effectively mixing live energy with the icy electronic affectations that make Numan's studio classics so interesting. In short, Living Ornaments '79 is a solid live document of Gary Numan in his hitmaking prime and a worthwhile supplement to his studio work for fans.
© Donald A. Guarisco /TiVo
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Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
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Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Barry Mann, ComposerLyricist - Mike Stoller, ComposerLyricist - Cynthia Weil, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Lieber, ComposerLyricist - Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Screen Gems, MusicPublisher - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - EMI Music Inc. BMI, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Billy Currie, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Album review
One of the downsides of the new romantic movement is that its groups tended to be more exciting in a video or in the studio than they were in the live arena. One of the rare exceptions to this rule was Gary Numan, a performer whose canny blend of synthesizer textures and conventional rock band instrumentation allowed his music to translate itself to a live format with ease. As a result, he was a popular concert attraction in his native England and listeners can get a good idea of his live skills with Living Ornaments '79. This album, the full set from a September 1979 performance at the Hammersmith Odeon, finds Numan taking a generous selection of tunes from all his albums up to that point and delivering them with a carefully controlled mixture of style and power. Many of the songs are much more energetic than their studio counterparts: the muscular rhythm guitar riffs that propel "Something's in the House" take on a new power in the live arena, and "Me I Disconnect From You" runs twice as fast as its studio incarnation. Other songs on Living Ornaments '79 benefit from new arrangements; the most notable transformation in this area is "Bombers," which is transformed from the fast, guitar-based punk-pop of its studio version into an atmospheric, ballad-paced track where spacy synthesizers replace the guitar riffs. Numan also turns in a surprisingly effective cover of "On Broadway" that culminates in an unexpected, electic violin solo. The remainder of the tracks continue in the same vein as these highlights, effectively mixing live energy with the icy electronic affectations that make Numan's studio classics so interesting. In short, Living Ornaments '79 is a solid live document of Gary Numan in his hitmaking prime and a worthwhile supplement to his studio work for fans.
© Donald A. Guarisco /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:25:12
- Main artists: Gary Numan
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Beggars Banquet
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
1998 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1979 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
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