Dramatis Project [Import]

Gary Numan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 15, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Dressed to Kill
• ASIN: B00004UEPG
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #671,518 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Oh! 2025

2. Human Sacrifice

3. I Only Find Rewind

4. No-One Lives Forever

5. Love Needs No Disguise

6. Turn

7. Take Me Hom

8. On Reflection

9. Ex Luna Scientia

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dramatis "For Future Reference" on CD at last....well, kinda, August 25, 2000

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R. Stott (Aurora, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dramatis Project (Audio CD)

Dramatis was essentially the backup band for Gary Numan in the late 70's, early 80's. They released an LP called "For Future Reference" which, if it had not been for the die-hard Numan fans, probably would have gone completely unnoticed (even if it HAD been released in the US, which it wasn't), despite some fun, hook-laden songs ("Oh 2025" for example). This CD will likely only appeal to the Numan fan masses or fans of early 80's synth/new wave material. The material does not really stand the test of time, unlike the bulk of Numan's material (check out "Replicas" or "Telekon" for a truly Numan experience). Numan appears only on the track "Love Needs No Disguise" and yet the CD is marketed as a Tubeway Army/Numan CD billing it as "Project Dramatis" for some inexplicable reason. I wish this had been released in it's original form with, perhaps, some unreleased material that may have been uncovered in the archives. On the plus side, for those of us who were never able to actually FIND the original Dramatis LP, it's a blessing to finally have this material released particularly on CD :)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Numan-style early 80's techno-pop, January 20, 2004

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Scott R. Lucado "I'm the other author named L... (Fort Worth, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dramatis Project (Audio CD)

It's great to have this album finally available on CD, because a lot of Gary's early fans (such as myself) have wanted this collection for over two decades.

If you're a fan of Gary Numan's brand of electronica from the "Telekon" era, you'll probably find this CD interesting, since (as others have pointed out) Dramatis was made up of Gary's backing band from 1980.

The synthesizer work is excellent, and the "orchestration" is quite different from a lot of Gary's work, and in some ways, better (especially on "I Only Find Rewind"). There's a lot of Chris Payne's viola on the album, and I think it adds a appealing quality.

My only quibble is that I wish that this CD included "The Shame," one of Dramatis's best songs.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars For the completist only, January 16, 2004

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Sean (Earth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dramatis Project (Audio CD)

This CD is actually a re-issue of the 1981 album called "For Future Reference" by a band called Dramatis. They were Gary Numan's backing band during the early part of his career. Numan is only featured on one track, Love Needs No Disguise, which was released as a single and reached No.33 in the UK charts. It is the main highlight here amongst some very ordinary sounding and quite dated material. The only real exception is the rather wonderful "Take Me Home" which is more of an instrumental than a lyrical song, the title being just repeated over at various intervals. However, it does show off the band's good musicianship which is consistently high throughout, even if the other songs lack some songwriting craft and a decent melody. The CD is a shameless and rather transparent attempt to cash in on Numan's name, but considering it's only likely to be of interest to the hardcore Numan completists, I guess that's OK. Apart from having nothing to do with the band Tubeway Army, my only other major complaint is that none of the B sides or other non-album singles by Dramatis are included. Now this CD is out they're unlikely ever to see a CD release which is a pity.