Tubeway Army＜数量限定盤＞

ゲイリー・ニューマンが率いた伝説のニューウェーヴ・バンド
チューブウェイ・アーミー1stがリマスター再発!!

プリンス、トレント・レズナー、カニエ・ウェストといった多くの天才たちから愛される天才ゲイリー・ニューマンがポール・ガーディナー(ベース)、ジェス・リドヤードとともに結成した伝説のニューウェーヴ・バンド、チューブウェイ・アーミーの1stアルバムがアナログ盤でリマスター再発!!

1978年にリリースされた本作は当時"ガレージなSFロック"と形容され、「That's Too Bad」や「Bombers」といったシングルで発露されていたパンク寄りのナンバーから、スタジオでミニムーグとの邂逅を果たし、のちのゲイリー・ニューマンのソロ作品へと繋がっていくエレクトロニックな作風までを記録した歴史的作品。
今回のリイシューにあたり、アビー・ロード・スタジオでオリジナル・マスター・テープからに最新リマスターを施しリリース。ニューウェーヴ好きは必携の1枚!

The classic self-titled debut by Gary Numan's Tubeway Army was finally reissued by Beggars Banquet, who have done a masterful job remastering the tracks and adding a live set from 1978 as a bonus. In the past, many have felt that Numan's debut disc didn't measure up to his later triumphs (1979's Replicas, 1980's Telekon, etc.), but listening to it today, you discover that it's the most underrated of all his early albums. Numan & the Tubeway Army were one of the first new wave/punk bands (along with Kraftwerk and Devo) to successfully fuse robotic synthesizers with rock & roll. Gary Numan's guitar riffing is more prominent here than on any other of his albums, which gives the tunes a splendid Ziggy Stardust feel at times. Kicking things off with several strong compositions -- "Listen to the Sirens," "The Life Machine," and "Friends" -- the album sags momentarily in the middle ("My Love Is Liquid"), but soon returns to its high standards with "Are You Real?" and "Jo the Waiter." The reissue of Tubeway Army wraps up with the 13-track Living Ornaments '78: Live at the Roxy set, which was previously released only as a bootleg. Although lo-fi, it's an audience recording containing songs that didn't make it to the debut. [Note: In addition to bonus tracks, all of the Gary Numan/Begggars Banquet re-releases contain classic photographs and informative liner notes by Numan biographer Steve Malins.] ~ Greg Prato