new wave, synth-pop 49 min 10 tracks Beggars Banquet
Telekon is the second solo studio album by the English new wave musician Gary Numan. It debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart in September 1980, making it his third consecutive No. 1 album. It was also the third and final studio release of what Numan retrospectively termed the "machine" section of his career, following Replicas and The Pleasure Principle.
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Grave, cool, character-led and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
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Tracks
- A1This Wreckage5:21
- A2The Aircrash Bureau5:35
- A3Telekon4:21
- A4Remind Me to Smile3:59
- A5Sleep by Windows4:54
- B1I’m an Agent4:17
- B2I Dream of Wires5:03
- B3Remember I Was Vapour5:05
- B4Please Push No More5:31
- B5The Joy Circuit5:07
10 tracks, 49 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Gary Numan
- Label
- Beggars Banquet
- Released
- 1980
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- DE
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