The Pleasure Principle [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Gary Numan

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 22, 2009)
• Original Release Date: September 22, 2009
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Beggars Banquet
• ASIN: B002GKC34I
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #11,402 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

The Pleasure Principle was the point where the singer became a huge international solo star, even reaching the Top 10 in the United States with 'Cars' and Top 20 with the album. The Pleasure Principle pioneered electronic pop music on a new scale it was a much bigger success worldwide than Kraftwerk's releases or anything from the influential but still relatively 'culty' Bowie/Eno Berlin trilogy. And the fact that it was different and had a major impact in US Numan performed 'Cars' and 'Praying To The Aliens' in front of 40 million people on the Saturday Night Live Show means that there'

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bravo! This is how to remaster!, September 26, 2009

By	M. Brown (U.S.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This album has always been a favorite of mine. From the hit song Cars to the lesser known tracks this album has never grown tired for me. The bonus material is absolutely awesome. I particularly am enjoying the demo version of Cars.

The sonics/mastering are wonderful. I don't detect any hard limiting at all, nor do I hear any use of noise reduction or excessive EQing. Numan's vocals truly come to life in this remaster and it trounces previous CD issues. The sonics are much improved over the original CD issue of this album and I highly recommend you upgrade.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it for the second disc, October 8, 2009

By	trystero (USA) - See all my reviews

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The album itself really needs little description -- it's excellent, groundbreaking work, and every music fan should have a copy.

This new edition uses, as far as I can tell, the same masters as did the previous Beggar's Banquet CD (BBL 10 CD, UPC 607618001025); if you have that older release, the main attraction of this one will be the demos and alternate mixes included on the second disc. These comprise almost a complete demo version of the album: there's no demo of "Tracks" included, but there are two demos of "Conversation" to make up for it. (And "Tracks" is one of the songs included in alternate-mix form, along with "M.E.".)

That said, I'd still recommend checking out the BBL 10 CD edition if you don't already have the album: I think the live tracks included with that release are a bit more interesting than the demos on this one. Me, I'm a completist and happy to have both.