The Plan

Gary Numan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 26, 2011)
• Original Release Date: November 16, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Beggars Banquet
• ASIN: B00002EPLV
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,094 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #40 in Music > Indie Music > Alternative Rock > New Wave

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH !!!!!!, October 20, 2005

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JUAN MARTIN GABASTOU (Weston Hills, FL United States) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: The Plan (Audio CD)

Let's get some fact straight.An experienced punk rocker won't find this ¨punkier stuff¨ as other reviewers have.Maybe a very weird form of punk-metal ? This is,nonetheless,rawer and excrutiatingly HEAVY,pre

synths,early Numan material.These aren't songs s.body

dug out and took out of a secret vault,proof to it is I have the same album on vinyl ,dated 1984.The additional value here

are the bonus tracks-which almost duplicate the original number-and the remastering,which is almost welcome,the

original sound being Ok anyway.These songs retain the robotic vocals,staccatto guitars and dry rythmic section which are so tipically Numan,with the addition of such strong,fierce playing no metalhead will be dissapointed.The accompaning booklet has much more one could ask for,and certainly makes for a heavier box indeed.I really appreciate this kind of generosity from a record label.

SIMPLY GORGEOUS.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars These Are Demos?, July 3, 2001

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Alf Kremer (Denver CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Plan (Audio CD)

Most albums filled with demos are interesting as artifacts, but don't make for great listening. This one disproves that rule. All the songs are in the post-punk, three minute mode, but Gary finds a lot of wiggle room within that format. "Bombers" and "That's Too Bad" were, indeed, the correct choices for singles - excellent electric guitar rushes with very good lyrics. The two acoustic numbers ("Monday Troop" and "Crime of Passion") are compelling, and add some welcome variety to the program. A few of the songs sound better when they were re-recorded for the TUBEWAY ARMY album ("Life Machine"), but some ("My Shadow in Vain") are significantly different enough to warrant listening to both. A few tracks don't make an impression one way or another, but generally a cool post-punk collection from someone who never really visited this style again.

5.0 out of 5 stars Tubeway Army, March 22, 2009

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Bartok Kinski "A casual stroll through the lu... (Prague) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Plan (Audio CD)

Really fun stuff from Tubeway Army (1977-1979), a new wave band led by singer/guitarist Gary Numan. Sounds like electronic new wave with a bit of punk tossed in, but all very original.