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A1. This Is Emotion 4:05
A2. Hunger 4:30
A3. New Anger 3:22
A4. Devious 4:19
A5. America 3:32
B1. Voix 5:00
B2. Respect 4:10
B3. Young Heart 5:04
B4. Cold Metal Rhythm 4:28
B5. Don’t Call My Name 3:42
How old:
This LP is old!
Release Date:
September 26th 1988
Format:
LP Picture Disc
Record Label:
IRS Records
Catalogue No:
ILP PD 035
Price Guide:
£7.00
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional info:
Deleted Picture Disc,5000 issued
Highest Chart Position:
48
Credits:
Gary Numan (Vocals, Keyboards, Drum Programming)
Keith Beauvais (Guitar)
Ian Herron (Percussion)
Mike Smith (Keyboards)
Tessa Niles (Vocals)
Andy Coughlan (Bass)
Dick Morrisey (Saxophone)
Peter Haycock (Guitar, Slide Guitar)
RRussell Bell (Guitar)
Martin Elliott (Bass)
Chris Payne (Violin)
Recorded at Black Barn Studios, Studio House, The Factory, Rock City Sound Studios
Engineered by Ted Miller, Ray Hedges, Tim Summerhayes Assisted by Julie Gibson
Mixed at Popps Farm by Nick Smith, Ben Fenner, Assisted by Robin Black
Metal Rhythm's programmed beats, hustling vocals and 'slippery' guitar throw futuristic funk shapes but the music is also raw, pysched up and brutal. The rock power chords recall Numan's first Tubeway Army album and his adolescent enthusiasm for Iggy Pop and Queen.
Metal Rhythm's mix of sampling technology and guitars is a development from the artist's earlier work, which was never pure synthesizer music. Numan's aggressive production, bitter vocals and dark lyrics pitch it in an artistically fertile area somewhere between Janet Jackson's Control and Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine. Like Reznor's NIN debut, the persona projected on Metal Rhythm is restless, emotionally unstable, scathing about human frailties and flaws, self loathing about his own.
In 1988, after a decade in and out of the spotlight, Numan had changed very little from the edgy young man Jon Savage had interviewed for the Melody Maker in 1979. "Numan talks, white t-shirt, wary eyes, soft voice, in a hotel room," wrote Savage. "He doesn't really understand human nature, or even like people very much - he worries about getting close to people, becoming a product."
Text by Steve Malins. (From the Metal Rhythm sleeve notes)
