Gary Numan – I, Assassin
(Beggars Banquet Records 1982 BEGA40)
Matrix No’s: A2/B2 – UK Pressing
Sleeve in Very Good+ condition
– some wear to edges/corners, ringwear & some marks/rubbing along top on back
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb on 8 March 1958) is an English singer, composer and musician. His most known hits were “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” (as Tubeway Army) and “Cars”.
I, Assassin is the fourth solo studio album by the English new wave musician Gary Numan, released on 10 September 1982 by Beggars Banquet. It peaked at No. 8 on the UK Album Chart. Three singles were released from the album: “Music for Chameleons”, “We Take Mystery (To Bed)” and “White Boys and Heroes”, all of which reached the UK Top 20 (“We Take Mystery” peaked at No. 9, and is Numan’s last Top 10 single to date).
Track listing
All songs are written by Gary Numan.
Side A
- “White Boys and Heroes” – 6:23
- “War Songs” – 5:05
- “A Dream of Siam” – 6:13
- “Music for Chameleons” – 6:06
Side B
- “This Is My House” – 4:52
- “I, Assassin” – 5:26
- “The 1930’s Rust” – 3:55
- “We Take Mystery (To Bed)” – 6:10
Personnel
- Gary Numan– vocals; synthesisers; guitar
- Roger Mason – synthesizers
- Pino Palladino – fretless bass
- Chris Slade – drums; percussion
- John Webb – percussion
- Mike – saxophone; harmonica
- David Van Day – handclaps on “Noise Noise”
- Thereza Bazar – backing vocals on “Noise Noise”
- Nick Robson – backing vocals on “Bridge? What Bridge?”
- Michelle Adams – backing vocals on “Bridge? What Bridge?”
- Mick Karn – uncredited (& unpaid) fretless bass on: ” We Take Mystery to Bed ” early version 1981 + drunken backing vocals on “Bridge? What Bridge?”
Production and artwork
- Gary Numan – producer
- Nick Smith – engineer
- Sean Lynch – assistant engineer
- Geoff Howes – photography
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