Telekon [Import] [Original recording remastered]

Product Description
Japanese remastered reissue of 1980 album is packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve & includes six bonus tracks, ''The Joy Circuit', 'I Die - You Die' (single A side), 'A Game Called Echo' (out-take), 'Photograph' (`B' side of 'This Wreckage' single), 'Down In The Park' (piano version, `B' side of 'You Die - I Die' single), & 'Trois Gymnopedies (First Movement)' (`B' side of 'We Are Glass' single). Beggars. 2004.

Telekon,Gary Numan,Teichiku,Rock,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: One Of The Best Albums Of All Time. This CD release has several alternate versions, too Remastered Joy. The Best of the Trilogy Telekon > Pleasure Principle >= Replicas

Telekon Gary Numan Manufacturer: Beggars UK - Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance Pop | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music New Wave | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Pure Metal Rhythm Hybrid Exile Vienna ASIN: B000006NTP Release Date: 1998-06-23

Tracks:

1. This Wreckage
2. The Aircrash Bureau
3. Telekon
4. Remind Me To Smile
5. Sleep By Windows
6. We Are Glass
7. I'm An Agent
8. I Dream Of Wires
9. Remember I Was Vapour
10. Please Push No More
11. The Joy Circuit
12. I Die: You Die (Alternate Version)
13. A Game Called Echo
14. Photograph
15. Down In The Park (Piano Version)
16. Trois Gymnopedies (First Movement)

Customer Reviews:

One Of The Best Albums Of All Time........2007-06-19

No, that's not an exaggeration. Any fan of New Wave or synth music who doesn't own this CD is missing a huge slice of the genre's history.

"Telekon" is Gary Numan at his absolute zenith. It's the sound of a master craftsman producing an unquestioned masterpiece.

Songs like "I Die: You Die" (my personal favorite), "We Are Glass", "The Joy Circuit", "I Dream of Wires", "Remember I Was Vapour", "I'm An Agent", and "This Wreckage" are some of the best tracks produced in the entire decade of the 1980s.

Numan had a few great albums before and since "Telekon", but this is the "Thriller" of New Wave. Buy it, find a quiet spot, slip on your headphones, and prepare to enter into a sonic journey of rare vintage. An unbelieveable musical accomplishment, this CD ranks as one of the best albums ever released. Five stars!

This CD release has several alternate versions, too.......2007-05-06

Not only is this one of Gary's highest points (in a career full of brilliance), but I'm surprised nobody here has noted that this new version contains several alternate versions of this classic, classic record.

Some are very subtle, like a pitch-shift effect on "Remind Me to Smile," or a different mix on "The Joy Circuit," which emphasizes the VU-style string madness at the end.

But it's really shocking to hear the COMPLETELY different "Please Push No More" (seriously -- the alternate synth lead is shocking) or to finally have the alternate take to "I Die: You Die" on CD (though its lead vocal isn't quite as powerful as the better-known version).

It'll be a tiny bit disappointing to anyone who doesn't have the original mix of the album on CD already, but the songs still carry the day effectively. Truly one of the best albums in my collection.

Remastered Joy........2006-10-13

Telekon is another must have Numan album. There is lots to admire from this album, and to hear it, in all it's remastered glory is just a sheer joy! Classic stuff indeed.

The Best of the Trilogy.......2006-08-13

Replicas was good, but patchy, Pleasure Principle was on the money, loved it. Telekon, however, has me hypnotized. Numan at his peak. The Pleasure Principle refined and perfected. Also, not big on the later industrial Numan, but did enjoy the Telekon remixes on Hybrid. Anyone who superficially thinks Gary Numan was "cold" need only listen to "Please Push No More", though the triumphant, soaring, romantic even, synth hooks should be enough. Synthesized, yes, but in my ears, warm and human juxtaposed with the Replicant persona.

Telekon > Pleasure Principle >= Replicas .......2006-05-18

Compared to its two execellent predecessors, Telekon is a much darker affair. It's a "deep" record in every sense of the word, on par with - and even surpassing in intensity and subtlety - albums such as Bowie's "Low" or Eno's "Before & after Science". A milestone in electronic music - nothing less.

Average customer rating:

Telekon//I Assassin Gary Numan Manufacturer: Bb ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00002DCXX Release Date: 1993-12-13

Album Details

2 Complete Albums. Double Cd Set.

Average customer rating:

Telekon Gary Numan Manufacturer: Teichiku ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Dance Pop | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0006BA0Y4 Release Date: 2004-12-27

Album Description

Japanese remastered reissue of 1980 album is packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve & includes six bonus tracks, ''The Joy Circuit', 'I Die - You Die' (single A side), 'A Game Called Echo' (out-take), 'Photograph' (`B' side of 'This Wreckage' single), 'Down In The Park' (piano version, `B' side of 'You Die - I Die' single), & 'Trois Gymnopedies (First Movement)' (`B' side of 'We Are Glass' single). Beggars. 2004.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase. Includes Six Bonus Tracks: 'i Die You Die', 'a Game Called Echo', 'photograph', 'down in the Park', 'trois Gymnopedies', and One Additional Track.

Average customer rating:

Telekon/I Assassin 2cd Gary Numan Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Visi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000BRAV8S Release Date: 1996-11-21

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