Gary Numan - The Beggars Banquet Singles (1978-1983)

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Poll Results

Option	Votes
Are 'Friends' Electric? (1979)	7
Down In The Park (1979)	6
Cars (1979)	5
I Die: You Die (1980)	5
Sister Surprise (1983)	2
We Are Glass (1980)	2
White Boys and Heroes (1982)	1
Complex (1979)	1
Warriors (1983)	1
Music For Chameleons (1982)	1
We Take Mystery (To Bed) (1982)	0
Love Needs No Disguise (1981)	0
She's Got Claws (1981)	0
Stormtrooper In Drag (1981)	0
This Wreckage (1980)	0
Bombers (1978)	0
That's Too Bad (1978)	0

― ...and the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe and SAW! (Turrican), Sunday, 31 August 2014 00:28 (twelve years ago)

I'll pretty much vote for Are Friends Electric any time I get the chance.

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 31 August 2014 02:04 (twelve years ago)

yep

― goth colouring book (anagram), Sunday, 31 August 2014 08:26 (twelve years ago)

Voted for 'We Are Glass', because it rules. It would have been 'We Take Mystery (To Bed)', which is awesome, but I think the single edit butchers the track a bit. Those I, Assassin tracks tend to work best in their long versions.

― Welcome To (Turrican), Sunday, 31 August 2014 19:26 (twelve years ago)

Some of the best song titles ever in here, even if many of them are cribbed from the sci-fi new wave

― a waxing interest in waning (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 1 September 2014 09:07 (twelve years ago)

two weeks pass...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 16 September 2014 00:01 (twelve years ago)

"Cars" is just about the greatest thing anybody has ever recorded so I voted for that.

― example (crüt), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 00:32 (twelve years ago)

"We Are Glass," which I discovered two years ago, is perfect.

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 00:34 (twelve years ago)

We Take Mystery (To Bed) seems to have been the blueprint for a lot of really good Thompson Twins songs.

― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 00:51 (twelve years ago)

There are really good Thompson Twins songs!?

― Welcome To (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 09:02 (twelve years ago)

Man he made some bad decisions. Putting "This Wreckage" out as a single in preference to "Remind Me To Smile" is wtf. Ditto the dreary "She's Got Claws" over some of the (admittedly few) more radio-friendly tracks on Dance i.e. "Stories" and "You Are, You Are"

― goth colouring book (anagram), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 09:26 (twelve years ago)

Yup, 'Stories', 'You Are, You Are' and 'Boys Like Me' would have made far better singles than 'She's Got Claws', in my opinion. The thing about 'She's Got Claws' is that it was the sole single from Dance and isn't quite representative of it. I think some folks would be forgiven for hearing 'She's Got Claws' and not bothering to buy the album, thinking the whole album was going to be in that vein.

― Welcome To (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 09:34 (twelve years ago)

"Stories" was even played on the 1980 tour, a year before its official release.

― goth colouring book (anagram), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 09:50 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiZqSAzPaC8

― chinavision!, Tuesday, 16 September 2014 22:49 (twelve years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 00:01 (twelve years ago)

'Sister Surprise' with two votes! Wasn't expecting that!

― Welcome To (Turrican), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 00:14 (twelve years ago)

Could never have voted anything other than "Are Friends Electric" but "Complex" deserves more love.

― goth colouring book (anagram), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 11:40 (twelve years ago)

yeah not sure if I voted in this or not but that's what I would have picked,

― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 12:17 (twelve years ago)

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