White Noise

Artist: Gary Numan
Label: Cleopatra
Category: Music

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Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 741157030327
EAN: 0741157030327
ASIN: B000007OEN

Release Date: 1998-06-16

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My Favorite Gary Numan Albums
Essential New Wave Albums Part 1
Favorite New Age / Pop of the 80s

Tracks:

Intro
Berserker
Metal
Me, I Disconnect From You
Remind Me To Smile
Sister Surprise
Music For Chameleons
The Iceman Comes
Cold Warning
Down In The Park

Tracks:

This Prison Moon
I Die; You Die
My Dying Machine
Cars
We Take Mystery (To Bed)
We Are Glass
This Is New Love
My Shadow In Vain
Are 'Friends' Electric?

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Customer Reviews:

Cold Warning.......2006-08-22

Disc One of this set is flawless. One of the best Numan recordings bar none. Disk Two is slightly less perfect, but still worth the low price, by itself. Think of it as an "extras" collection for a great concert. This concert weaves together some of the best moments from the later Beggars Banquet albums and the first Numa album, "Berserker". The recording is a bit raw, but this increases the enjoyment.

WHITE NOISE,BLUE LIGHTS !!!!.......2006-01-17

A corker of a double live album (93'+ ) recorded on the last night of the Berserker tour at the Hammersmith Odeon.The tracklist comprises 25% of songs from that album,25% of songs from I,assassin and Warriors and the other half are the usual classics reworkerd in the funkier,eurodancey way Numan introduced with Berserker.The whole of the songs are played with fretless bass,providing for a marked and welcome variation.The whole set transpires energy but the sound is not top notch,but very good overall.The mix sounds different as those on the DVD making me wonder whether the takes on the cd are the same as those.Voices are very echoey but get the job done.I love live records,especially Numan's,but understand people who stick to studio work for the sake of perfectionism or the fact that live albums are almost always ¨doctored¨in order to round the sound up.Get this one if you like Gazza.Plus,at the moment this review was written,I got the cd for very little money !!!!!

Gary Numan - 'White Noise' (Cleopatra) 2-CD.......2004-11-26

I don't know whose idea it was of taking an archive show performed live by someone like Gary Numan and keeping the sticker price pretty reasonable,but he should be held in the very highest regard by all employed in the music business and in the marketing firms.'White Noise' is an eighteen track concert that was recorded live in London,UK in December,1984 in front of a very loud&noisy crowd.If you're a Gary Numan fan(like myself),you're in luck.This release almost makes you feel like you're AT the show.There are several Numan classics here like "Cars","Metal","Me,Disconnect From You","Down In The Park"(remember seeing the video on late-night TV),"We Are Glass" and his signature song "Are Friends Electric?".I've noticed there are several cuts here that I have never heard,such as "Sister Surprize",the very cool-sounding "Music For Chameleons","The Iceman Comes" and "Prison Moon".Numan apparently had two main keyboard players on this tour,Chris Payne and his brother John Webb.Would make a nice gift for someone who was a fan of '80's new wave.

I wish he'd done a DVD of the concert too!!!.......2004-03-15

I bought the LP of this concert back in the '80s and it still is exciting to listen to. I am working my way across the 'net tonight checking out Numan sites. I've listened to four or five different versions of "We Are Glass", "Me, I Disconnect From You", "Are Friends Electric", and, uggh, even a live version of "Cars" performed at an Oregon concert (I dread listening to that song anymore because it's so overplayed in the U.S. and it's the only one most tourists know Numan by).

I think this album has the best versions of these songs by far. Very tight bass, very good control of the instruments, Numan laughs and I think he lets the audience clue him in to the words occasionally during one of the songs.
I couldn't really listen to more than 5 or so songs on this album all these years. I never fell in love with all his music. Maybe now that I can actually find lyrics on the net for them I'll revisit his album so I can understand what the heck he's saying!
The lyrics I *could* make out, plus like I said the very tight performance, made this a really good album anyway.
Now that I'm older I wish I could get more material such as concert tapes, but I'm guessing he probably didn't do much filming of his concerts. That would have been expensive at the time and from what I read he lost money during his tours as it was. Bummer. Gary - you were ahead of your time in some ways.
On the other hand, there's so many anti-depressants on the market today that kids wouldn't be able to understand and relate to some of your songs as I did while you were doing well back then.

White Noise not background music.......2002-11-28

This is my very favorite Gary Numan album. True, Karen Taylor's voice is off key at times, but it makes the album human. I'm also charmed by the moments he breaks into laughter, and I always wonder what made him break his concentration and burst into genuine laughter. Always makes me smile.

This was taped during his "Berzerker" phase - one that explored the takeover of robots and an interest in sci-fi. The flaws make it real and not so, well, electronic, an ironic thing to say about the godfather of the electronic music genre.

The melodies and the rhythms are captivating. The album includes everyone's all-time favorites such as I Die: You Die, My Shadow in Vain, and, of course, Are Friends Electric. Includes violin and saxophone players who are not in his current line up which shows Gary's versatility to exploring music as well as eclecticism. If you're interested in owning essential Gary Numan, this is an absolute must.

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