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Former Be-Bop Deluxe leader Bill Nelson was brought in to produce this album and provide some soaring lead guitar work, but the collaboration with Numan was beset by difficulties involving Numan's ego and approach to recording. While Nelson's production is evident on many tracks and his guitar is heard in several places, much of this is business as usual (a B-side, "Poetry and Power," features more Nelson and has gone on to a great deal of popularity, especially with the Gravity Kills cover on Random). The science fiction influences here are Robert A. Heinlein's The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress and Harlan Ellison's "'Repent, Harlequin!' Cried the Tick-Tock Man." While there is some evidence of confusion as to his direction, the music and songwriting has more energy than anything on the predecessor, I, Assassin, with some genuinely engaging moments along the way.
© Steven McDonald /TiVo
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Bill Nelson, Producer, StudioMusician - Mark Brown, Engineer - Tracey Ackerman, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, MixingEngineer - Nick Smith, Engineer - John Webb, Engineer, StudioMusician - Dick Morrissey, StudioMusician - Joe Hubbard, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Pete Buhlmann, MixingEngineer - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1983 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Bill Nelson, StudioMusician - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Webb, StudioMusician - Joe Hubbard, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Bill Nelson, StudioMusician - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Webb, StudioMusician - Joe Hubbard, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Bill Nelson, StudioMusician - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Webb, StudioMusician - Joe Hubbard, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Bill Nelson, StudioMusician - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Webb, StudioMusician - Joe Hubbard, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Bill Nelson, StudioMusician - Tracey Ackerman, StudioMusician - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Webb, StudioMusician - Dick Morrissey, StudioMusician - Joe Hubbard, StudioMusician - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Bill Nelson, StudioMusician - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Webb, StudioMusician - Joe Hubbard, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Bill Nelson, StudioMusician - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Webb, StudioMusician - Joe Hubbard, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Bill Nelson, StudioMusician - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Webb, StudioMusician - Joe Hubbard, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Bill Nelson, StudioMusician - Tracey Ackerman, StudioMusician - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Webb, StudioMusician - Dick Morrissey, StudioMusician - Joe Hubbard, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Bill Nelson, Producer, StudioMusician - Mark Brown, Engineer - Tracey Ackerman, StudioMusician - Gary Numan, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Smith, Engineer - John Webb, Engineer, StudioMusician - Dick Morrissey, StudioMusician - Joe Hubbard, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Pete Buhlmann, MixingEngineer - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1983 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Bill Nelson, Producer, StudioMusician - Mark Brown, Engineer - Tracey Ackerman, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Numan, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, MixingEngineer - Nick Smith, Engineer - John Webb, Engineer, StudioMusician - Dick Morrissey, StudioMusician - Joe Hubbard, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Chris Payne, StudioMusician - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Pete Buhlmann, MixingEngineer - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1983 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Bill Nelson, StudioMusician - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Webb, StudioMusician - Joe Hubbard, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Paul Gardiner, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Jess Lidyard, StudioMusician - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1997 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Bill Nelson, StudioMusician - Gary Numan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Webb, StudioMusician - Joe Hubbard, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Cedric Sharpley, StudioMusician - Rrussell Bell, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Albumbeschreibung
Former Be-Bop Deluxe leader Bill Nelson was brought in to produce this album and provide some soaring lead guitar work, but the collaboration with Numan was beset by difficulties involving Numan's ego and approach to recording. While Nelson's production is evident on many tracks and his guitar is heard in several places, much of this is business as usual (a B-side, "Poetry and Power," features more Nelson and has gone on to a great deal of popularity, especially with the Gravity Kills cover on Random). The science fiction influences here are Robert A. Heinlein's The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress and Harlan Ellison's "'Repent, Harlequin!' Cried the Tick-Tock Man." While there is some evidence of confusion as to his direction, the music and songwriting has more energy than anything on the predecessor, I, Assassin, with some genuinely engaging moments along the way.
© Steven McDonald /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:38
- Main artists: Gary Numan
- Composer: Gary Numan
- Label: Beggars Banquet
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative en Indie
2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
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