History YMMV / GaryNuman

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Lots and lots and lots. "Cars", "Are 'Friends' Electric?", "Love Hurt Bleed", etc... There is pretty much not a single Gary Numan song that is not awesome in some way or another.

* EarWorm: Being a pioneer of synth pop, this is a given. "Are 'Friends' Electric?" is an impressive example, as it manages to stick in the brain despite Numan himself claiming that it has no discernible hook.

* AwesomeMusic: Lots and lots and lots. "Cars", "Are 'Friends' Electric?", "Love Hurt Bleed", etc... There is pretty much not a single Gary Numan song that is not awesome in some way or another.

%% * {{Tearjerker}}: Most, if not all of ''Pure.''
%% ** "Not The Love We Dream of" off ''Dead Son Rising''
%% ** The album ''Jagged''.
%% ** ''Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)''

** "A Child with the Ghost" from the album Berserker is about Gary's friend and bass player Paul Gardiner, who had succumbed to his heroin addiction earlier in the year.
** "Little Invitro" from the album Pure is about the failed IVF attempts ending in miscarriages that Gary and his wife dealt with. While "A Prayer for the Unborn" is Gary showing anger at God over the deaths of what would have been his children, "Little Invitro" can be seen as Gary and his wife blaming themselves. The guitar at the end of the song is the embodiment of agony and torment, and the song has only been played live once or twice.

** "Little Invitro" from the album Pure is about the failed IVF attempts ending in miscarriages that Gary and his wife dealt with. While "A Prayer for the Unborn" is Gary showing anger at God over the deaths of what would have been his children, "Little Invitro" can be seen as Gary and his wife blaming themselves. The guitar at the end of the song is the embodiment of agony and torment, and has only been played live once or twice.

* Tearjerker:

* NightmareFuel: "Asylum", which is a predictable one, and on the Live album "Bombers", which is more depressing than the Tubeway Army version.

* NightmareFuel: "Asylu"m, which is a predictable one, and on the Live album "Bombers", which is more depressing than the Tubeway Army version.

* Nightmare Fuel: Asylum, which is a predictable one, and on the Live album, Bombers, which is more depressing than the Tubeway army version.

* ValuesResonance: "Are 'Friends' Electric?" is a surprisingly relevant concept in the digital era.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: He has reinvented himself several times, from post-punk, to electronic, to jazz and blues and funk, to electronic rock, but has maintained a darkwave/gothwave/industrial sound since 1994. Invariably, at every turn, another group of his Numanoids tune out.

* MagnumOpus: Either ''The Pleasure Principle'', his defining album in popular music and pop culture, or ''Splinter'', which is seen by many as a latter-period artistic success.

* SignatureSong: "Cars", universally. "Are Friend's Electric?" may also count in the UK.

* MagnumOpus: Either ''The Pleasure Principle'' or ''Splinter''.
* SignatureSong: "Cars", universally; "Are Friend's Electric?" may also count in the UK.

* {{Tearjerker}}: Most, if not all of ''Pure.''
** "Not The Love We Dream of" off ''Dead Son Rising''
** The album ''Jagged''.
** ''Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)''. Do I even have to say why?

** Not The Love We Dream of off ''Dead Son Rising''

** ''Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)''. Do i even have to say why?

{{Tearjerker}}: Most, if not all of ''Pure.''

** ''Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)''. Do i even have to say why?

** Not The Love We Dream of off ''Dead Son Rising''

** Not The Love We Dream of off 'Dead Son Rising'

[=Tearjerker=]: Most, if not all of ''Pure.''

TearJerker: Most, if not all of "Pure".