I had no idea I owned this album. I was searching for something to listen to tonight and I stumbled on Gary Numan's The Pleasure Principle.
This album was just re-released and I almost downloaded it from emusic.
The original release was September of 1979. I would've been about one and a half at that time.
I don't really remember much from this record and I can guarantee you that growing up in Alabama in the 80's it would've never been too cool to play this record for your friends. I guess that's the difference between 1979 and 1980? Is that when everyone officially became a douchebag?
Now that I'm older I can very much appreciate this record. I was reading about it online and Gary recored the album without the use of any guitars and even the drums are from a machine. So in a weird way it's like a record from a robot. Probably exactly what he was going for.
This record contains the hit Cars which I'm pretty sure no one expected to be a hit. I would imagine the label sitting down and thinking, okay, we have to pick a single and Cars is the one that was most single-esque so to speak so they ran with it. And then it turned out to be a smash.
Also, remember that song Where's Your Head At? by Basement Jaxx? That contains a sample from M.E. on side 1 from this record.
One other thing I appreciate about this record is the one word song titles. Airline, Metal, Complex, Films, Tracks, Engineers, etc, etc.
And finally, here's a little fact for you...
The pleasure principle is a psychoanalytic concept originated by Sigmund Freud that continuously drives one to seek pleasure and to avoid pain.
Sounds like a regular Friday night to me...
Album #2 officially listened to.
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