History Music / GaryNuman

** ''Berserker'' is Numan's first jump into sampler-heavy synthpop that screams "EIGHTIES" to the average listener. Though previous albums ''I, Assassin'' and ''Warriors'' incorporated female backup singers and saxophone solos, this one kicked off the run from 1984-1992 where Numan was really trying to find commercial success by being a full-fledged pop artist. Later albums of this period were highly influenced by Music/{{Prince}} and the production team of Jam & Lewis (famous for producing all of Music/JanetJackson's work.) ''Machine + Soul'' even included a CoverVersion of Prince's "U Got The Look" (And a 1999 reissue fittingly included a version of "1999" one of the bonus tracks)

** ''Berserker'' is Numan's first jump into sampler-heavy synthpop that screams "EIGHTIES" to the average listener. Though previous albums ''I, Assassin'' and ''Warriors'' incorporated female backup singers and saxophone solos, this one kicked off the run from 1984-1992 where Numan was really trying to find commercial success by being a full-fledged pop artist. Later albums of this period were highly influenced by Music/{{Prince}} and the production team of Jam & Lewis (famous for producing all of Music/JanetJackson's work.) ''Machine + Soul'' even included a CoverVersion of Prince's "U Got The Look" (And a 1999 reissue included a version of "1999" as a bonus track)

** ''Berserker'' is Numan's first jump into sampler-heavy synthpop that screams "EIGHTIES" to the average listener. Though previous albums ''I, Assassin'' and ''Warriors'' incorporated female backup singers and saxophone solos, this one kicked off the run from 1984-1992 where Numan was really trying to find commercial success by being a full-fledged pop artist. Later albums of this period were highly influenced by Music/{{Prince}} and the production team of Jam & Lewis (famous for producing all of Music/JanetJackson's work.)

* DreamTeam:
** He and Music/FearFactory did a cover of "Cars" together, appearing in their album ''Obsolete'' as a bonus track.
** Any time he and [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] get together live blows the roof off the venue. That and the very obscure hints that they may collaborate on a future album together.

He began his career under the [[IAmTheBand band moniker]] Tubeway Army, their early PunkRock singles recorded with the sole intent of becoming famous. He discovered a Moog synthesizer in the studio, and he was so impressed by the sound that he incorporated synths into his music with their first SelfTitledAlbum, slowly transitioning his style to that with which he ''did'' become famous. Their second album, ''Replicas'', broke them into the mainstream in the U.K., aided by Gary's striking RobotOrSpacemanAlterEgo; "Are Friends Electric" went to number one on the UK Singles Chart and was one of the first SynthPop singles on ''Series/TopOfThePops'', pissing off some other synth-based bands that were well established before him. He dropped the Tubeway Army name for his third album, ''The Pleasure Principle'', which gave his sole U.S. hit "Cars".

He began his career under the [[IAmTheBand band moniker]] Tubeway Army, their early PunkRock singles recorded with the sole intent of becoming famous. He discovered a Moog synthesizer in the studio, and he was so impressed by the sound that he incorporated synths into his music with their first SelfTitledAlbum, slowly transitioning his style to that with which he ''did'' become famous. Their second album, ''Replicas'', broke them into the mainstream in the U.K., aided by Gary's striking RobotOrSpacemanAlterEgo; "Are Friends Electric" was one of the first SynthPop singles on ''Series/TopOfThePops'', pissing off some other synth-based bands that were well established before him. He dropped the Tubeway Army name for his third album, ''The Pleasure Principle'', which gave his sole U.S. hit "Cars".

He began his career under the [[IAmTheBand band moniker]] Tubeway Army, their early PunkRock singles recorded with the sole intent of becoming famous. He discovered a Moog synthesizer in the studio, and he was so impressed by the sound that he incorporated synths into his music with their first SelfTitledAlbum, slowly transitioning his style to that with which he ''did'' become famous. Their second album, ''Replicas'', broke them into the mainstream in the U.K., aided by Gary's striking RobotOrSpacemanAlterEgo; "Are Friends Electric" was one of the first SynthPop singles on ''Series/TopOfThePops'', pissing off some other synth-based bands that were well established before him. He dropped the Tubeway Army for his third album, ''The Pleasure Principle'', which gave his sole U.S. hit "Cars".

* ApprovalOfGod: Was happy for Sugababes and Richard X to sample the synth line from 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' in their 2002 hit 'Freak Like Me', even going as far to say he prefers those vocals to his own.

Following his fourth album, ''Telekon'', Gary began incorporating {{Jazz}} and accessible pop sounds into his albums, and his chart success waned. He hit his personal nadir with 1992's ''Machine and Soul'', after which he dropped the feeble attempts at chart success and transitioned to a DarkWave / [[{Industrial}} Industrial Rock]] sound with ''Sacrifice'', which persists to this day.

Following his fourth album, ''Telekon'', Gary began incorporating {{Jazz}} and accessible pop sounds into his albums, and his chart success waned. He hit his personal nadir with 1992's ''Machine and Soul'', after which he dropped the feeble attempts at chart success and transitioned to a DarkWave / [[[{Industrial}} Industrial Rock]] sound with ''Sacrifice'', which persists to this day.

Following his fourth album, ''Telekon'', Gary began incorporating {{Jazz}} and accessible pop sounds into his albums, and his chart success waned. He hit his personal nadir with 1992's ''Machine and Soul'', after which he dropped the feeble attempts at chart success and transitioned to a DarkWave / [[Industrial IndustrialRock]] sound with ''Sacrifice'', which persists to this day.

Following his fourth album, ''Telekon'', Gary began incorporating {{Jazz}} and accessible pop sounds into his albums, and his chart success waned. He hit his personal nadir with 1992's ''Machine and Soul'', after which he dropped the feeble attempts at chart success and transitioned to a DarkWave/IndustrialRock sound with ''Sacrifice'', which persists to this day.

Following his fourth album, ''Telekon'', Gary began incorporating {{Jazz}} and accessible pop sounds into his albums, and his chart success waned. He hit his personal nadir with 1992's ''Machine and Soul'', after which he dropped the feeble attempts at chart success and transitioned to a DarkWave sound with ''Sacrifice'', which persists to this day.

** ''Replicas'' moved Numan away from post-punk and into New Wave territory.

* PostPunk: ''Tubeway Army'' through ''Replicas'', which still prominently featured guitar but incorporated the synths and robotic rhythms that he would become known for when moving to full Synth Pop.

** Averted slightly, While his albums after Telekon were different from his original sound, they used the same 'style' of instrumentation and were all made by ex-Tubeway Army members of his backing band.

** ''Berserker'' is Numan's first jump into sampler-heavy synthpop that screams "EIGHTIES" to the average listener. Though previous albums ''I, Assassin'' and ''Warriors'' incorporated female backup singers and saxophone solos, this one kicked off the run from 1984-1992 where Numan was really trying to WinBackTheCrowd by being a full-fledged pop artist. Later albums of this period were highly influenced by Music/{{Prince}} and the production team of Jam & Lewis (famous for producing all of Music/JanetJackson's work.)