Next Generation - Gary Burton

Advantages: Great listening,Richard Burton.
Disadvantages: None (though perhaps a bit dated for the younger listener)

...voice has a mesmerising quality that draws you into the whole experience; along with Jeff Wayne’s musical composition he sets the tone of the whole album. The music is big, bold, and orchestral at times and completely in keeping with the whole venture. The Lyrics for the songs, written by Gary Osborne and Paul Vigrass, capture the essence and romance of Well’s original story, even if Wayne has played around with the characterisation a wee bit, (in the book the narrator tells the story of his brother, the journalist, whilst here Burton plays the part of the journalist as the narrator himself) but it doesn’t matter a jot, this isn’t trying to be just an audio book, it’s a musical experience using a well known story as a theme, so a little tweaking is allowed and does no harm. Musically this is a concept album using many different artists... Read review

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Advantages: great mixture of live songs
Disadvantages: not enough songs

...a microphone upto his mouth wearing his black leather jacket with the words to the top"GARY NUMAN " and to the bottom "DREAM CORROSION".Inside cd leaflet are 4 black and white photo's of Gary in concert.He gives a brief and interesting insight on himself talking about touring on Dream Corrosion. On the back of the leaflet are two colour photo's on stage.Gary is a small dot really ,should have been bigger.This cd was released on 1994 by NUMA RECORDS. Tracks on disc 1 1.Mission(intro) 2.Machine And Soul 3.Outland 4 Me,I Disconnect From You 5 We are so fragile 6 Respect 7 Shame 8 Films 9 Dream Killer 10 Down in the park 11My world Storm 12 The Machman 13 Generator 14 Noise noise Tracks on disc 2 1.Cars 2.voix 3.You are in my vision 4It must have been years 5 Thats to bad 6 Remind me to smile 7 I'm an agent 8 Are friends electric ? 9 My breathing... Read review

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Advantages: Just a fantastic album. Sheer quality.
Disadvantages: none.

...Last year Pure saw Eighties King, Gary Numan, make a triumphant entry into the new millennium. No retro- eighties stylings here, rather a full circle of influences taking him to a new place. 15 years ago Numan was inspiring the likes of Trent Resnor, Burton C Bell, and a whole raft of other people, who then spun off into the dark 'n' heavy hinterland, well away from the shiny pop world Numan had started out in. The turn of the century spun the wheel so it was them influencing him. 1999 saw Numan working in collaboration with the guys of Industrial-metal behemoths Fear Factory to produce the truly stunning cover of Cars. If you've seen the adverts for American Express Blue card recently - you've heard the beginning of that cover version. Halloween 1999 he made a guest appearance at Fear Factory's gig to perform it live at the Brixton... Read review

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