Customer Reviews

Warriors

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4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
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First, I think the new cover looks sharp. For those fans who cannot handle change, don't worry. On the back side of the CD booklet is the original cover. All one has to do is turn it around. The booklet has a 5-page article, lyrics to all the tracks (save for "Nameless and Forgotten") including the B-sides, and photos of the 12" singles. The inside back of the case has photo disc for the "Warriors" single with the fighter jet. Like the other Beggars Banquet reissues, it has a photo of Numan on the spine of the case that looks so cool when stored away.

Musically, Warriors shows the direction Numan's music was to take on his Numa label. It was his most dance-oriented album to date with the female backing vocals and plenty of saxophone. I admit it is one of my least favorite Numan albums, although several songs are very pleasant ("The Iceman Comes", "Love Is Like Clock Law") and the title track is one of my favorite Numan tunes. Two versions of "Warriors" is offered on this release. As for the bonus tracks, they are not as good as the ones on Telekon, Dance, I Assassin, Berserker, etc. "My Car Slides Part 1" is a very nice slow number, though. For a killer version of "Poetry and Power", check out Gravity Kill's cover on the Gary Numan tribute CD Random. "Nameless and Forgotten" was an abandoned track which, lyrically, has elements that will find themselves on "Sister Surprise" and (the last part) on "This Is New Love" off Berserker. It is 5 minutes long and has an excellent bass beat with a lot of saxophone. To me, it is far better than just a filler track. If you already have Warriors but not this remastered issue, I recommend getting this one as it looks and sounds the best!

Gary clashed mightily with co-producer Bill Nelson while making this record, but the result closed out Numan's Beggar's years on a high.

Warriors has aged extremely well, sounding far less dated than the Berserker, The Fury and Strange Charm albums that followed. The sound here is rich, textured and strangely organic. The addition of the unfinished "Nameless and Forgotten" (nice tacked-on name, Gary and Steve) is a great bonus for those who haven't already bought the album in its earlier CD double-album-set incarnation.

I'm afraid I'll have to disagree with the other reviewer here who misses the high end on this remaster. I don't think I've heard the album sound this good before. My only quibble is more a question: Why re-design the cover? Sure, he looks a little silly on that tiny hill, but hey, it's a document of history. Nobody really thinks Gary's selling any albums based on his bleach-blond Mad Max look here, right?

the very last of numans albums i learned to enjoy. only if you like 80's zombie escapers.

If you're a Gary Numan fan, you'll love this CD.
If you're not, you still might find something to enjoy.
I have enjoyed his stuff for decades (despite Numan's tendency to get a little repetitious at times), and found this to be an excellent collection.

'Sister Surprise' 'Poetry and Power' and 'Warriors' show Gary entering a new phase of his career (jazzy fusion), this is his last essential album.

a monster of an album , not a weak opus on it, the b-sides on it are excellent,my car slides 1&2 is gigantic.rhythm of the evening
and the title track the tour de force, but then there's not a bad track on the album.

When I first heard Bill Nelson (in 1981) I thought to myself, "I'd like to hear him work with Gary Numan," for some odd reason. Unfortunately, in two years this came to pass and this, the first really awful Gary Numan album, resulted. Nelson himself was so damaged by the experience that he had his production credit removed and refuses to talk about it. This from the man who will gladly describe the circumstances of his infidelities to his wife on his website!!

Only the title cut (a single) rises to the occasion here. The style is a continuation of the synthfunk of the preceding "I, Assassin" but here it's well past its sell-by date. That well was dry. And honestly, the ridiculous Mad Max inspired cover probably has much to do with all of the bile directed at this release! Numan never looked more pathetic and sad (and that's saying something)!

One of the bonus tracks, "Poetry & Power," is notable for Nelson's backing vocals. I can't say too much about the rest of this album because it doesn't bear remembering! If this release were not part of a Japanese Boxed Set (Asylum 2) I'd certainly get rid of it!

What a disappointment for the reissue of one of Numans' best disks'. I am not sure who was responsible for the re-mastering but they seem to have lost the high end (10k+). this disk sounds like an old cassette, I had to go back and EQ it myself to get the highs back. I wonder how this mistake could get past all of the ears for approval. I would give the disk 5* but the mastering takes it down to 3*