Gary Numan – The Pleasure Principle
Label: |
Beggars Banquet – K 50646 |
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Format: |
Vinyl
, LP, Album, Stereo
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Country: |
UK |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
New Wave |
Tracklist
| A1 | Airlane | 3:18 | |
| A2 | Metal | 3:33 | |
| A3 | Complex | 3:14 | |
| A4 | Films | 4:09 | |
| A5 | M.E. | 5:37 | |
| B1 | Tracks | 2:52 | |
| B2 | Observer | 2:53 | |
| B3 | Conversation | 7:38 | |
| B4 | Cars | 3:53 | |
| B5 | Engineers | 4:00 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Marcus Recording Studios
- Mastered At – Strawberry Mastering
- Published By – Beggars Banquet Music Ltd.
- Published By – Andrew Heath Music Ltd.
- Pressed By – WEA Records Pressing Plant, West Drayton
- Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
- Marketed By – WEA Records Ltd.
- Distributed By – WEA Records Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Beggars Banquet
- Copyright © – Beggars Banquet
Credits
- Art Direction [Art Directed By] – Malti Kidia
- Bass – Paul Gardiner
- Calligraphy – Su Wathan
- Drums, Percussion – Cedric Sharpley*
- Engineer, Mixed By – Rikki Sylvan
- Illustration [Illustrated By] – Tony Escott
- Keyboards, Viola – Christopher Payne*
- Lacquer Cut By – H.W.*
- Make-Up – Patti Burris
- Mastered By – Melvyn Abrahams
- Photography By [Photographed By] – Geoff Howes
- Plated By – EG*
- Producer – Gary Numan
- Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion [Synthetic Percussion] – Gary Numan
- Written-By [All Songs Written By] – Gary Numan
Notes
Comes with a printed inner sleeve (rounded corners) containing album lyrics on one side and band picture on the other.
℗ 1979 Beggars Banquet.
© 1979 A Beggars Banquet Recording.
All songs © 1979
Distributed by WEA Records Ltd. A Warner Communications Company.
All titles:- Beggars Banquet / Andrew Heath Music Ltd.
℗ 1979 Beggars Banquet.
© 1979 A Beggars Banquet Recording.
All songs © 1979
Distributed by WEA Records Ltd. A Warner Communications Company.
All titles:- Beggars Banquet / Andrew Heath Music Ltd.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): BEGA 10 A*
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): BEGA 10 B*
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched variant 1): BEGA 10 A1 -eg -STRAWBERRY- H.W. S-58
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched variant 1): BEGA 10 B1 H.W. -eg -STRAWBERRY- S-46
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched variant 2): BEGA 10 A1 EG -STRAWBERRY- H.W. 2
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched variant 2): BEGA 10 B1 H.W. EG -STRAWBERRY- 2
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched variant 3): BEGA 10 A1 EG STRAWBERRY H.W. S-34
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched variant 3): BEGA 10 B1 H.W. EG S-31 STRAWBERRY
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched variant 4): BEGA 10 A1 EG STRAWBERRY H.W. W-2
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched variant 4): BEGA 10 B1 H.W. EG STRAWBERRY S-27
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched variant 5): BEGA 10 A1 1 EG STRAWBERRY. H.W. S-38
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched variant 5): BEGA 10 B H.W.1 S-37 STRAWBERRY
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched variant 6): BEGA 10 A1 -EG .STRAWBERRY. H.W. S-52
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched variant 6): BEGA 10 B1 H.W. -EG S-58 .STRAWBERRY.
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched variant 7): BEGA 10 A1 S-87 -EG .STRAWBERRY. H.W.
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched variant 7): BEGA 10 B1 H.W. -EG .STRAWBERRY. S-85
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched variant 8): BEGA 10 A1 S-2 -EG .STRAWBERRY. H.W.
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched variant 8): BEGA 10 B1 H.W. -EG .STRAWBERRY. S-5 HARTLEY
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched variant 9): BEGA 10 A1 EG .STRAWBERRY. H.W. S-23
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched variant 9): BEGA 10 B1 H.W. -EG .STRAWBERRY. S-14
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched variant 10): BEGA 10 A1 EG .STRAWBERRY. H.W. S-73
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched variant 10): BEGA 10 B1 H.W. 1EG .STRAWBERRY. S-78
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched variant 11): BEGA 10 A1 EG .STRAWBERRY. H.W. S-23
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched variant 11): BEGA 10 B1 H.W. EG S-27 STRAWBERRY
- Matrix / Runout (Side A variant 12): BEGA 10 A1 -eg -STRAWBERRY- H.W. S-6
- Matrix / Runout (Side B variant 12): BEGA 10 B HW EG 5 STRAWBERRY S-16
Other Versions (5 of 101)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| The Pleasure Principle (LP, Album, Stereo) | Beggars Banquet | INT 146.522 | 1979 | ||||
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The Pleasure Principle (LP, Album, Stereo, SP - Specialty Pressing) | Beggars Banquet | SD 38-120 | US | 1979 | ||
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The Pleasure Principle (LP, Album, Stereo) | Beggars Banquet | 660.049 | Netherlands | 1979 | ||
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The Pleasure Principle (Cassette, Album, Blue Text) | Beggars Banquet | BEGC 10 | UK | 1979 | ||
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The Pleasure Principle (LP, Album, Stereo) | Atlantic | ATL 50 646 | 1979 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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This is an incredible album, and this first UK pressing is top rate. I cannot believe it has taken me this long to discover this - for far too long saw Numan as a one-hit wonder for "Cars" - this album (and recently picking up "Replicas") has opened my eyes. There is a driving, dystopian feel to many of these songs, which in in its own electronic way, has echoes of Black Sabbath, as crazy as that sounds. Agree with others...a must-buy.
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Picked up a VG+ copy today, what a great album and listen. Anyone interested in Electronic music should own a copy of this. Enjoy. -
Picked this up today, but my copy doesn't appear to match with any of the listed runout variants...
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched): BEGA 10 A1 -eg -STRAWBERRY- H.W. S-50
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched): BEGA 10 B1 H.W. -eg -STRAWBERRY- S-43 -
Grabbed this for £8 odd today and am thrilled I did. Bloody fantastic. Mine’s a tidy EX, very happy for the price. -
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Absolute classic record. Bought mine the very first day it came and is variant 6 above.
I cannot believe the lukewarm reviews here. Talk of repetition is a little odd. Do not Sabbath''s guitar riffs repeat ad infinitum ?!?! Yet nobody moans about them ! It's a fact of riff based music people ! Tribal and even acoustic folk music repeats very very much. So what !?!?
All the songs on this album are perfectly placed for the mood that is created here. No filler, no padding. A prime example of early synth rock.
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Gone through three pressings of this record, bad distortion throughout, especially on Complex, Films and M.E. Bad enough that I've barely bothered listening to side 2, just pack it up and send it back. Just an unlucky album for me I think
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If anyone has a spare inner sleeve for any uk/euro early press please message me. Thanks. -
Edited 5 years agoM.E. What a tune.......haunting sounds that are warm and inviting....Combined with lyrics that paint a dystopian future, You cant go wrong -
I like it was yesterday when this album came out. I was 15 and heard it at our local record shop and immediately bought it on cassette. My dad had just installed an aftermarket pioneer head unit, pioneer speakers + a small amp in our new 79 Honda accord. Just blown away at how loud I could crank up this tape. Recently bought a really good condition original lp, and once again I'm blown away with it. The mastering on the original is just fantastic!
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