Random (album)
| Random | ||||
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| Studio album by Various artists, Gary Numan | ||||
| Released | 10 June 1997 | |||
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| Label | Beggars Banquet BBQCD 195 | |||
| Various artists, Gary Numan chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B [2] |
| Uncut | [3] |
Random is a double-CD tribute album featuring songs by Gary Numan, released in 1997 on his first label, Beggars Banquet.[4]
Random was released four months before Numan's 1997 studio album Exile. It played a key role in his 1990s career revival, showing the influence he had had on artists such as Damon Albarn, Pop Will Eat Itself, and Jesus Jones. The Guardian wrote in retrospect that his return to form began with Random.[5] Numan himself said it "helped enormously."[6]
The album peaked at number 43 on the UK compilations chart on 21 June 1997.[7] It was followed one year later by the remix album Random (02).[citation needed]
Track listing
[edit]- Saint Etienne - "Stormtrooper in Drag" (7:44)
- Matt Sharp and Damon Albarn - "We Have a Technical" (3:20)
- Gravity Kills - "Poetry and Power" (3:18)
- Peck Slip - "I Can't Stop" (4:02)
- An Pierlé - "Are 'Friends' Electric?" (4:06)
- EMF - "We Are Glass" (4:05)
- The Magnetic Fields - "I Die: You Die" (3:10)
- Jesus Jones - "We Are So Fragile" (3:44)
- Posh - "She's Got Claws" (3:16)
- Earl Brutus - "M.E." (3:55)
- Underdog - "Films" (7:05)
- Sukia - "Me! I Disconnect From You" (3:00)
- The Orb - "Jo The Waiter" (Bon Appétit Remix) (9:46)
- Kenickie - "I'm an Agent" (4:16)
- Jimi Tenor - "Down in the Park" (6:30)
- Moloko - "Are 'Friends' Electric?" (6:27)
- Chris Holmes - "Remember I Was Vapour" (3:15)
- Towering Inferno - "Metal" (5:05)
- Dubstar - "Everyday I Die" (3:41)
- Amanda Ghost - "Absolution" (3:50)
- Deadsy - "Replicas" (5:12)
- Pop Will Eat Itself - "Friends" (3:55)
- Republica - "Are 'Friends' Electric?" (5:37)
- Windscale - "War Songs" (3:41)
- Bis - "We Are So Fragile" (2:58)
- Dave Clarke - "Cars" (5:14)
References
[edit]- ^ Schulte, Tom. Various Artists: Random, Vol. 1: A Gary Numan Tribute > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Grad, David (13 June 1997). "Review: Random". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ McTaggart, Robert (July 1997). "Various Artsits: Random". Uncut. No. 2. p. 98.
- ^ "Various Artists: Random - A Gary Numan Tribute". Beggars Banquet. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "Gary Numan: Being Boring". The Guardian. 30 April 2002. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "Gary Numan: Life lessons from a synth-pop superstar - Human after all". Huck. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "Random by Various Artists: Official Compilations Chart". Official Charts Company. 28 June 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
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