GARY NUMAN
45X15: THE SINGLES COLLECTION 1978-1983
BEGGARS ARKIVE
★★★★
So game-changing and zeitgeist-defining were 1979’s hulking, synth-heavy Cars and Are ‘Friends’ Electric? that it’s easy to overlook how Gary Numan got there, and what he did in the immediate aftermath. This collection of his first 15 7" singles highlights his changing public face and, perhaps inadvertently, why he lost favour with mainstream audiences.