On this date in 1979, Gary Numan released his debut solo album, The Pleasure Principle. It contained the singles, "Cars" (#1 U.K., #9 U.S.) and "Complex" (#6 U.K.). The album reached the #1 spot on the U.K. albums chart and the #16 spot on the U.S. albums chart. The London new wave musician continues to record and tour.
Wikipedia: Gary Numan
Official Gary Numan Website: garynuman.co.uk
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3 comments:
Wow, didn't realise he achieved such high chart placing in the US. They were relatively accessible pop songs I guess but I would have thought still too weird sounding for US mainstream.
i love this record.
cheers
Me too, my favourite tracks are Metal, Films and Engineers but the whole album is great. Films just blows my mind.
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