Gary Numan - Hybrid
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- Gary Numan - Savage CD
- Gary Numan - Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind) CD
- Gary Numan - Dead Moon Falling CD
- Gary Numan - Exile Limited 2LP Vinyl
- Gary Numan - Dead Son Rising CD
- Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle Live 2CD
- Gary Numan - Micromusic DVD
- Gary Numan - Disconnection 3CD
- Gary Numan - Photograph The Best Of CD
- Gary Numan - Jagged Edge 2CD
- Gary Numan - Engineers CD Limited Edition
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- Gary Numan - The Complete John Peel Sessions CD
- Gary Numan - Jagged Live CD
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- Gary Numan - Jagged (US Version) CD
- Gary Numan - Fragment 1/04 2CD
- Gary Numan - Living Ornaments 79 2CD
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- Gary Numan - I Assassin (Japanese) CD
- Gary Numan - Pleasure Principle (Japanese) CD
- Gary Numan - Telekon (Japanese) CD
- Gary Numan - Anthology (Dual Disc) DualDisc
- Gary Numan - Resonator (Pioneer Of Sound) CD
- Gary Numan - Reconnected Live & More 2CD
- Gary Numan - Ghost (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1987) 2CD
- Gary Numan - Hybrid 2CD
- Gary Numan - Scarred Live At Brixton Accademy 2CD
- Gary Numan - Scarred 2CD
- Gary Numan - Anthology DVD
- Gary Numan - U Got The Look CD
- Gary Numan - Purified CD
- Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric? CD
- Gary Numan - Pure CD
- Gary Numan - New Dreams For Old 84 : 98 CD
- Gary Numan - Exile / Extended CD
- Gary Numan - Living Ornaments '81 2CD
- Gary Numan - Telekon CD
- Gary Numan - The Numa Years 5CD Limited Edition
- Gary Numan - Exile CD
- Gary Numan - Dawn CD
- Gary Numan - The Story So Far 3CD Box Set
- Gary Numan - The Sleeproom CD
- Gary Numan - Dark Light 2CD
- Gary Numan - Sacrifice CD
- Gary Numan - Dream Corrosion 2CD Comp.
- Gary Numan - Replicas / The Plan 2CD
- Gary Numan - The Best Of Gary Numan 1978 - 1983 2CD
- Gary Numan - Machine And Soul CD
- Gary Numan - Document Series Presents CD Comp
- Gary Numan - Isolate (The Numa Years) CD
- Gary Numan - Outland CD
- Gary Numan - Asylum 1 4CD
- Gary Numan - The Skin Mechanic Live CD
- Gary Numan - New Anger CD
- Gary Numan - Metal Rhythm CD
- Gary Numan - Ghost CD
- Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle / Warriors CD
- Gary Numan - Images One & Two 2Vinyl Limited Edition
- Gary Numan - Strange Charm CD
- Gary Numan - The Fury CD
- Gary Numan - White Noise 2CD
- Gary Numan - Berserker CD
- Gary Numan - Warriors CD
- Gary Numan - I, Assassin CD
- Gary Numan - Photograph The Best Of CD Comp
- Gary Numan - Dance CD
- Gary Numan - Tubeway Army CD
- Gary Numan - The Touring Principle '79 VHS
- Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle CD
- Gary Numan - Replicas CD
Numan’s industrial trilogy - "Sacrifice", "Exile" and "Pure" – has shown how good the artist feels in his new style and restored him to grace. Thus Gary decided to release a double CD album-hybrid, which contains remixes of his latest works, as well as new, darker and completely rearranged versions of his older songs. In overall we will find eight tracks of two categories mentioned above and three brand new tracks on those two CDs. At first, let’s focus on them. The title track "Hybrid" is just a harder, scratched version of the title track from "Pure". The single hit "Crazier" is something like "Cars" with guitars instead of synthesizers. Undoubtedly, the best track from those new ones is the opening song from the second CD: "Ancients" with an orchestral intro, rising tension and a really nice atmosphere. As for remixes – the best are new versions of tracks from the "Exile". "Dark" has some new ambient sound, "Dominion Day" is more keyboards-oriented and "Absolution" is even more sad and melancholic. The "Pure" ones, like "Torn" or "Rip", are merely average, not to mention completely damaged "Listen To My Voice", where some dude is rapping "It'll send dark angels for ya'", or fully stripped from emotions and changed into a shallow techno "A Prayer For The Unborn". Numan’s classics were completely rearranged. There’s no synthesizer space in "Cars" anymore – now there’s an industrial claustrophobia. Both versions of "Down In The Park" are just softer and modernized extensions to the original. "Are Friends Electric?" has gained some new taste with barely changed melody and redesigned vocals. Actually I think those tracks are the most expressive on this compilation – they were slightly modernized to current sound trends, but desecrating the holiness was avoided. "Hybrid" is a very interesting album, not without blunders, but worth attention.
Tracklist:
CD 1:
1. Hybrid
2. Dark
3. Crazier
4. Bleed
5. Torn
6. Down in the Park
7. Everyday I Die
8. Absolution
9. Cars
CD 2:
1. Ancients
2. Dominion Day
3. A Prayer for the Unborn
4. Me! I Disconnect from You
5. Listen to My Voice
6. Rip
7. This Wreckage
8. Are Friends Electric?
9. M.E.
10. Down in the Park
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Tracklist:
CD 1:
1. Hybrid
2. Dark
3. Crazier
4. Bleed
5. Torn
6. Down in the Park
7. Everyday I Die
8. Absolution
9. Cars
CD 2:
1. Ancients
2. Dominion Day
3. A Prayer for the Unborn
4. Me! I Disconnect from You
5. Listen to My Voice
6. Rip
7. This Wreckage
8. Are Friends Electric?
9. M.E.
10. Down in the Park
Other articles:
- Gary Numan - Intruder - 2021-07-01 (Music reviews)
- Gary Numan - Splinter - 2014-05-08 (Music reviews)
- Gary Numan - Pure - 2009-08-14 (Music reviews)
- Gary Numan - Exile - 2008-12-18 (Music reviews)
