Gary Numan - Exile

Title: Exile Artist: Gary Numan Release Date: 2/10/1998 Re-Released On: 6/3/2008 Label: Eagle Records, Eagle Rock, Cleopatra Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPCs: 826992012728, 5034504100824, 803680417300, 829410369169 Genre: Rock Styles: Synth Pop, Experimental Electronic, Punk/New Wave Moods: Cold, Detached, Austere, Dramatic, Refined/Mannered, Restrained, Boisterous, Clinical, Hostile, Tense/Anxious, Wintry, Brooding, Hypnotic, Paranoid, Reflective, Atmospheric, Eerie, Energetic, Ominous, Rousing, Spacey, Playful Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Dominion Day
2. Prophecy
3. Dead Heaven
4. Dark
5. Innocence Bleeding
6. The Angel Wars
7. Absolution
8. An Alien Cure
9. Exile

Year Type Label Catalog # 2008 CD Eagle Records 20127 2002 CD Eagle Rock 008 1998 CD Cleopatra

Exile Extended Exile [Bonus Tracks] Exile [Bonus Track]

Instead of returning to his groundbreaking, retro (by today's standards) synth work of the early '80s, Gary Numan tackles twitching electro-rock reminiscent of Nine Inch Nails on 1998's Exile. A comeback album of sorts, Exile does the job of proving that Numan still has what it takes to remain relevant in the '90s alternative scene, but it's not exactly the magnificent return to form that Numan fanatics were expecting prior to its release. Since he is an originator (listen to 1979's Replicas and 1980s The Pleasure Principle for the proof), it's hard to accept that Exile is so familiar-sounding to his technoid contemporaries of the '90s. Still, it seems like ages since Numan has sounded so committed on record, as heard on the single "Dominion Day," plus the tracks "Dead Heaven" and "Dark." Also included on the U.S. CD version as a bonus track is a recent live reading of his 1979 classic "Down in the Park," which showed that Numan can still nail his signature sound. Exile confirms that the great Gary Numan is close to being back on the right musical track. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide

Name Credits Gary Numan Instrumentation, Keyboards, Mixing, Vocals, Producer, Performer, Engineer, Guitar Gemma Webb Assistant Engineer John Burns Remastering Joseph Cultice Photography, Cover Photo Kate Lee Make-Up Mike Smith Keyboards Rob Harris Guitar