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Dance
Electronic · 1981 · 9 tracks

Dance

Gary Numan

A stark departure into slow-motion synth-jazz and murky atmospheres. Long, meditative tracks replace pop hooks with fretless bass and late-night urban melancholy.

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It's called 'Dance' but it's actually ten-minute songs for staring at rain on a windowpane.

A weary, nocturnal meditation on urban loneliness and the slow decay of human connections.

Dance · vs · Gary Numan
Melancholic+3.7σ

Melancholic saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
01
Slowcar to China
9:02
02
Night Talk
4:24
04
Cry the Clock Said
9:55
06
Crash
3:34
07
Boys Like Me
4:13
08
Stories
3:08
09
My Brother’s Time
4:34
10
You Are, You Are
3:59
11
Moral
4:31
Moments Worth Waiting For
The nearly ten-minute drift of 'Cry the Clock Said' where the synths mimic a slow-motion exhale over a ticking rhythm.
The unexpected arrival of a predatory saxophone and salsa-inflected percussion on 'She's Got Claws'.
The way the fretless bass snakes through the nine-minute opening sprawl of 'Slowcar to China' without ever picking up the pace.
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