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Machine + Soul
Electronic · 1992 · 8 tracks

Machine + Soul

Gary Numan

A curious collision of nineties funk-pop and robotic synth-pop. Gary Numan trades dystopian dread for danceable grooves and high-gloss digital production.

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It's Gary Numan trying to be Prince in a 1992 digital studio, and it's weirder than you think.

A glossy, rhythmic attempt at pop relevance that can't quite hide a deep sense of personal yearning.

Machine + Soul · vs · Gary Numan
Restless+2.8σ

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

Tracklist · 8 Tracks
02
Generator
6:14
03
The Skin Game
6:18
04
Poison
5:05
05
I Wonder
4:34
06
Emotion
5:37
07
Cry
4:40
08
U Got the Look
3:59
09
Love Isolation
4:42
Moments Worth Waiting For
The aggressive, mechanical rhythm of Generator shifting into a desperate vocal plea about memory.
The unexpected Prince cover U Got the Look where Numan's icy delivery meets a purple funk groove.
The vulnerable, stripped-back synth pads on Love Isolation that recall his classic late-seventies melancholia.
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