Gary Numan discography
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| Gary Numan discography | |
|---|---|
 Gary Numan, 18 February 1980 | |
| Studio albums | 22 |
| EPs | 13 |
| Live albums | 25 |
| Compilation albums | 18 |
| Singles | 50 |
The following is a comprehensive discography of Gary Numan, a British singer, songwriter and musician. Numan (born Gary Webb, 1958) released his first record in 1978 as part of the outfit Tubeway Army. Initially unsuccessful, the band scored a huge hit in 1979 with the single "Are Friends Electric" and their second album Replicas, both of which reached number one in the UK. Numan then decided to release further recordings under his own name, beginning with the single "Cars" later in 1979. Both this and the subsequent album The Pleasure Principle also reached number one in the UK, and Numan became a leading force in the British electronic music scene. He scored a third number one album in 1980 with Telekon, and further more hit singles and albums until the mid 1980s when his popularity waned. Despite this, he has continued to record and tour on a regular basis up to the present day. His latest studio album, Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind) returned him to the UK Top 20 for the first time in 30 years.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
US | SWE | AUS | ||||||
| 1978 | Tubeway Army
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14 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1979 | Replicas
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1 | 124 | 37 | 11 | 100,000+ | UK Gold[2] | ||
The Pleasure Principle
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1 | 16 | — | 24 | 100,000+ | UK: Gold[2] | |||
| 1980 | Telekon
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1 | 64 | — | 24 | 100,000+ | UK: Gold[2] | ||
| 1981 | Dance
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3 | 167 | — | 85 | ||||
| 1982 | I, Assassin
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8 | — | — | 95 | ||||
| 1983 | Warriors
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12 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1984 | Berserker
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45 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1985 | The Fury
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24 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1986 | Strange Charm
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59 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | Metal Rhythm
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48 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1989 | Automatic
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59 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1991 | Outland
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39 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1992 | Machine + Soul
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42 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1994 | The Radial Pair: Video Soundtrack
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— | — | — | — | ||||
Sacrifice
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99 | — | — | — | |||||
| 1995 | Human
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— | — | — | — | ||||
| 1997 | Exile
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48 | — | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | Pure
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58 | — | — | — | ||||
| 2006 | Jagged
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59 | — | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | Replicas Redux
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96 | — | — | — | ||||
| 2009 | The Pleasure Principle 30th Anniversary Edition
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98 | — | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | Dead Son Rising
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87 | — | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind)
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20 | 175 | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that failed to chart or were not released | |||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS | |||||||||||||
| 1981 | Living Ornaments '79 and '80a | 2 | — | |||||||||||
| Living Ornaments '79 | 47 | — | ||||||||||||
| Living Ornaments '80 | 39 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | White Noise - Live | 29 | 64 | |||||||||||
| 1987 | Ghost | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1989 | The Skin Mechanic | 55 | — | |||||||||||
| 1994 | Dream Corrosion | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1995 | Dark Light | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1998 | Living Ornaments '81 | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1999 | The Radio One Recordings | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2003 | Scarred | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2004 | Live at Shepherds Bush Empire | — | — | |||||||||||
| Hope Bleeds | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Live in London | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | Fragment 1/04 | — | — | |||||||||||
| Fragment 2/04 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | The Complete John Peel Sessions | — | — | |||||||||||
| Jagged Live | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | Engineers | — | — | |||||||||||
| Telekon - Live | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | Replicas Live[1] | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2010 | The Pleasure Principle Live | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Decoder (Live In Australia) | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2012 | Big Noise Transmission | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2013 | Machine Music Live | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2016 | Here in the Black — Live at Hollywood Forever Cemetery | — | — | "—" denotes releases that failed to chart or were not released | ||||||||||
- ^a expanded and reissued as Living Ornaments '79 in 1998 and Living Ornaments '80 in 2005
Compilation albums
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | ||||||||||
| 1982 | New Man Numan: The Best Of Gary Numan | 45 | ||||||||
| 1984 | The Plan | 29 | ||||||||
| 1987 | Exhibition | 43 | ||||||||
| 1990 | Asyluma | — | ||||||||
| 1992 | Isolate | — | ||||||||
| 1993 | The Best of Gary Numan 1978-1983 | 70 | ||||||||
| 1994 | Here I Am[3] | — | ||||||||
| 1996 | The Premier Hits | 21 | ||||||||
| 1997 | Random (various artists covers) | — | ||||||||
| 1999 | Nicholson / Numan 1987-1994 | — | ||||||||
| New Dreams For Old | — | |||||||||
| 2002 | Disconnection | — | ||||||||
| 2002 | Exposure | 44 | ||||||||
| 2003 | Hybrid | — | ||||||||
| 2003 | Reconnected: Live 'n' More | — | ||||||||
| 2004 | Resonator (Pioneer of Sound) | — | ||||||||
| 2008 | Jagged Edge[1] | — | ||||||||
| 2011 | Dead Moon Falling (remix album) | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that failed to chart | ||||||||||
- ^a Japanese 3 volume, 9 CD compilation of the first 8 studio albums (expanded) plus an edited combined version of Living Ornaments '79 and '80.
Remix albums
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | ||||||||||
| 1996 | Techno Army featuring Gary Numan (remix album) | — | ||||||||
| 1998 | Random (02) (remix album) | — | ||||||||
| The Mix (remix album) | — | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that failed to chart | ||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK[1] | US | US Dan | CAN | IRE | AUS | NZ | ||||||
| 1979 | "Cars" | 1 | 9 | 56 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | UK: Gold | The Pleasure Principle | ||
| "Complex" | 6 | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | UK: Silver | ||||
| 1980 | "We Are Glass" | 5 | — | — | — | 9 | 15 | 42 | Telekon | |||
| "I Die: You Die" | 6 | 102 | — | — | 16 | 86 | — | |||||
| "This Wreckage" | 20 | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | |||||
| 1981 | "Stormtrooper in Drag" (with Paul Gardiner) | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dance | |||
| "She's Got Claws" | 6 | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | |||||
| "Love Needs No Disguise" | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1982 | "Music for Chameleons" | 19 | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | I, Assassin | |||
| "We Take Mystery (To Bed)" | 9 | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | |||||
| "White Boys and Heroes" | 20 | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | |||||
| 1983 | "Warriors" | 20 | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | Warriors | |||
| "Sister Surprise" | 32 | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | |||||
| 1984 | "Berserker" | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Berserker | |||
| "My Dying Machine" | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1985 | "Change Your Mind" (with Bill Sharpe) | 17 | — | 35 | — | 22 | — | 39 | Automatic | |||
| "Your Fascination" | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Fury | ||||
| "Call Out the Dogs" | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Miracles" | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1986 | "This Is Love" | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Strange Charm | |||
| "I Can't Stop" | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "New Thing from London Town" (with Bill Sharpe) | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "I Still Remember" | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Fury | ||||
| 1987 | "Radio Heart" (with Radio Heart) | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Radio Heart Featuring Gary Numan | |||
| "London Times" (with Radio Heart) | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Cars (E Reg Model)" / "Are Friends Electric?" (remixes) | 36 | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | Non-album single | ||||
| "All Across the Nation" (with Radio Heart) | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Radio Heart Featuring Gary Numan | ||||
| 1988 | "No More Lies" (with Bill Sharpe) | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Automatic | |||
| "New Anger" | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Metal Rhythm | ||||
| "America" | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1989 | "I'm on Automatic" (with Bill Sharpe) | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Automatic | |||
| 1990 | "Adrenalin" (with Yen) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| 1991 | "Heart" | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Outland | |||
| "My World Storm" | — | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Emotion" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Machine + Soul | ||||
| 1992 | "The Skin Game" | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Machine + Soul" | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1993 | "Cars" (1993 remix) | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Best of Gary Numan 1978–1983 | |||
| 1994 | "Like a Refugee (I Won't Cry)" (with Dadadang) | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "A Question of Faith" | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sacrifice | ||||
| 1995 | "Absolution" | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Exile | |||
| 1995 | "Dark Light (The Live LP)" | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dark Light | |||
| 1996 | "Cars" (re-issue) | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Premier Hits | |||
| 1998 | "Dominion Day" | 89 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Exile | |||
| 2002 | "Rip" | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Pure | |||
| 2003 | "Crazier" | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hybrid | |||
| 2006 | "In a Dark Place" | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Jagged | |||
| 2007 | "Healing" (with Ade Fenton) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Artificial Perfect (Ade Fenton album) | |||
| "The Leather Sea" (with Ade Fenton) | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2008 | "Are 'Friends' Electric?" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Replicas Redux | |||
| 2011 | "My Machines" (with Battles) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Gloss Drop (Battles album) | |||
| 2013 | "Love Hurt Bleed" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind) | |||
| 2014 | "I Am Dust" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind) | |||
| "—" denotes releases that failed to chart | ||||||||||||
Single certifications
- Are 'Friends' Electric?: BPI (UK) Gold 500,000+
- Cars: BPI (UK) Gold 500,000+
- Complex: BPI (UK) Silver 250,000+
Extended plays
- "1978" (2/4/1983) - (12" vinyl only, reissued 1985 as 1978 Volume 1) - as Gary Numan and Tubeway Army UK #97
- "The Peel Sessions" (-/-/1989) - as Gary Numan and Tubeway Army - 'Cars' / 'Airlane' / 'Films' / 'Me I Disconnect From You' / 'Down In The Park' / 'I Nearly Married A Human'
- "Selection" (-/11/1989) - 'Cars ('E' Reg Extended Model)' / 'Down In The Park' / 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' / 'I Die: You Die' / 'We Are Glass' / 'Music For Chameleons'
- "1978-79 Volume 2" (16/3/1985) - (12" vinyl only) - as Gary Numan and Tubeway Army UK #76
- "1978-79 Volume 3" (23/3/1985) - (12" vinyl only) - as Gary Numan and Tubeway Army UK #82
- "The Live EP" (25/5/1985) - 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' / 'Berserker' / 'Cars' / 'We Are Glass' UK #27
- "Dream Corrosion - The Live EP" (-/7/1994) - 'Noise Noise' / 'It Must Have Been Years' / 'I'm An Agent' / 'Jo The Waiter' #111
- "Dark Light - The Live EP" (-/5/1995) - 'Bleed' / 'Every Day I Die' / 'The Dream Police' / 'Listen to the Sirens' #136
- "Babylon 1" (-/-/1995) - 'Berserker' / 'My Dying Machine' / 'Empty Bed, Empty Heart' / 'Here Am I' / 'She Cries' / 'Rumour'
- "Babylon 2" (-/-/1995) - 'Your Fascination' / 'Call Out The Dogs' / 'We Need It' / 'Anthem' / 'This Ship Comes Apart' / 'Mistasax 1'
- "Babylon 3" (-/-/1995) - 'Miracles' / 'I Still Remember' / 'The Fear (95 Remix)' / 'Puppets' / 'Tribal' / 'Shame'
- "Babylon 4" (-/-/1995) - 'This Is Love' / 'I Can't Stop' / 'Survival' / 'Faces' / 'Time To Die' / 'Mistasax 2'
- "Babylon 5" (-/-/1995) - 'New Anger' / 'America' / 'Heart' / 'I Don't Believe' / 'Children' / 'Icehouse' / 'Tread Careful'
- "Babylon 6" (-/-/1995) - 'The Skin Game' / 'Emotion' / 'Dark Mountain' / 'In A Glasshouse' / 'Hanoi' / 'River'
- "Babylon 7" (-/-/1995) - 'Machine And Soul' / 'A Question Of Faith' / 'The Hauntings' / 'Metal Beat' / 'Whisper Of Truth' / 'Play Like God' / 'Absolution'
- "Dominion Day" (-/-/1998) (US only CD EP) - 'Dominion Day (Extended)' / 'Metal (20th Anniversary Version' / 'Down In The Park (20th Anniversary Version)' / 'Dominion Day (Live)' / 'Dominion Day (Video Edit)' / 'Voix (20th Anniversary Version)' / 'Dead Heaven (Extended)' / 'Cars (Live)'
- The Babylon series are fanclub only CD EPs featuring (then) exclusive to CD 12" versions, b-sides and rare tracks. 'This Ship Comes Apart' from 1985, remains exclusive to 'Babylon 2'. Although credited as such, 'I Still Remember' was not the 12" version.
- The Dominion Day US CD EP incorrectly lists only seven tracks and in the incorrect order.
Guest appearances
Albums and singles by other artists on which Numan appears in some form.
- 1980 Robert Palmer: Clues (keyboards and writer, "I Dream of Wires"; co-writer, "Found You Now")
- 1981 Claire Hamill: Ultra Violet Light (single, Numan on keyboards)
- 1982 Dramatis: For Future Reference (lead vocals on "Love Needs No Disguise")
- 1982 Robert Palmer: Maybe It's Live (co-writer, "Style Kills")
- 1984 Tik and Tok: Intolerance (backing vocals and keyboards on "Show Me Something Real") UK #89
- 1982 Nicky Robson: "Stars" (single, co-written by Numan, co-vocals and keyboards)
- 1987 Radio Heart: Radio Heart (lead vocals on three tracks)
- 1994 Dadadang: "Like a Refugee" (lead vocals)
- 1998 Fear Factory: Obsolete (vocals on the cover of "Cars", spoken intro of "Obsolete")
- 1998 The High Kings Of Tara: I Can't Believe It's Not Plankton (Spoken vocals by Numan and wife Gemma Webb on "Mars Is heaven")
- 2000 The 6ths: Hyacinths and Thistles (lead vocals on "A Sailor In Love With The Sea")
- 2000 Dubstar: The Self Same Thing EP (Lead vocals on "Redirected Mail")
- 2003 Rico: Violent Silences (lead vocals on "Crazier")
- 2003 Plump DJs Eargasm (lead vocals on "Pray For You") UK #89
- 2003 Junkie XL: A Broadcast From The Computer Hell Cabin (lead vocals on "Angels")
- 2004 Afrika Bambaataa: Dark Matter Moving at the Speed of Light (vocals on the cover of "Metal")
- 2007 Ade Fenton: Artificial Perfect (vocals on four tracks)
- 2011 Battles "Gloss Drop" (vocals on 'My Machine').
- 2011 South Central (band) "Society Of The Spectacle" (vocals on 'Crawl').
Videos
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions |
Sales | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | ||||
| 1979 | The Touring Principle '79
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1 | ||
| 1982 | Micromusic
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1 | ||
Newman Numan The Best Of Gary Numan
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1 | |||
| 1985 | The Berserker Tour
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2 | ||
| 1990 | The Skin Mechanic
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20 | ||
| 1994 | Dream Corrosion
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Shadow Man
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| 2004 | Hope Bleeds
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| 2005 | Fragment 1/04 - Birmingham Academy Live [2004]
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Fragment 2/04 - Shepherds Bush Empire Live [2004]
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| 2007 | Jagged Live
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| 2008 | Cold Warning
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Telekon Live
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| 2009 | Replicas Live
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Conversation: The Pleasure Principle Tour 2009 DVD Programme
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| 2010 | The Pleasure Principle Live
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| 2011 | Decoder
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| 2012 | Machine Music
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Big Noise Transmission
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| 2013 | Machine Music Live
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Splintered - The Making of Splinter
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