Gary Numan / Tubeway Army - The Plan album flac

The Plan (Tubeway Army album). The Plan is an archival compilation album of early demo recordings by British new wave band Tubeway Army (the band name originally used by Gary Numan), released in 1984. While the demos on The Plan were originally recorded in 1977 and 1978, they remained unreleased until September 1984 when Numan's former label, Beggars Banquet Records, issued them a year after Numan left the label.

Tubeway Army is the debut album by Tubeway Army, released in 1978. When reissued in mid-1979, following the success of the follow-up Replicas (1979), the more commonly known cover art featuring a stylised portrait of Gary Numan was introduced. This release made No. 14 in the UK album charts.

Exclusive discount for Prime members. Sample this album Artist - Artist (Sample). It's like getting more, better of the first Tubeway album. I like Numan a lot all the way through Telekon. Pleasure principal MAY be the superior album ( or the 'down in the park'predecessor ) but this is harder, rocking and synths both.

The Plan is a retrospective album of early demo recordings by Tubeway Army (the band name originally used by Gary Numan) released in 1984. The demos were originally recorded in 1978. In the album's sleevenotes, Numan states that they were deliberately written and recorded in the then-popular punk rock style (clipped vocals, buzzsaw guitar mainly playing barre chords, bass and drums), with the express aim of securing a record deal. Two months after The Plan's release, Numan issued Berserker, his first album through his own record label, Numa Records. Chartwise, The Plan outperformed Berserker, the latter reaching on the UK album chart. For later CD releases of The Plan, bonus tracks were added such as Tubeway Army's debut single "That's Too Bad" and an early version of the Tubeway Army album track "The Life Machine".

In mid-1979, Gary Numan and Tubeway Army emerged as the last true superstar of the 1970s on the back of an icicle synth sound that seemingly slammed the future into the face of everyone who turned on the radio. Less than 18 months earlier, however, they were just another ragtag punk band, demoing a clutch of songs in the hope that their record label would let them make another record. That particular crime is not too apparent on The Plan - at least when compared to Replicas et al. But an enjoyable album should not be allowed to suffer for the success of its successors and, though you never really discover precisely what the titular plan might have been, you can at least applaud Numan for hatching it.

Tubeway Army's main claim to fame is that Gary Webb (aka Gary Numan) first came to the public's attention here. The band was formed in London, UK in 1977 by Gary Numan and the late Paul Gardiner. What started as a British punk band would evolve into something quite different.

This is a collection of early Gary Numan songs that were penned, recorded, and released (as singles or live) in 1977 and 1978.