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Gary Numan — “The Pleasure Principle”

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In 1979, Gary Numan walked out of a recording session for a punk band and came back with something that sounded like it was recorded inside a machine. The Pleasure Principle was his debut solo album, made without a single guitar, built entirely on synthesizers and ice-cold rhythms — and it announced a completely new emotional language for pop music. “Cars” is on here, but the record is so much more than that single: it’s an entire world of alienation, control, and paranoid beauty that still sounds like the future. Numan took the cold mechanics of Kraftwerk and made them feel intensely personal.

Genre: Electronic / New Wave / Synth-Pop

Year: 1979

Label: ATCO Records / Beggars Banquet — SD 38-120

Country: US

Condition: Media: NM / Sleeve: NM

Notes: Monarch Pressing (MO) - one of the most sought-after US variants. Still in original shrink with hype sticker intact. Barely played — sounds and looks NM on both media and sleeve.