Living Ornaments '79 and '80

Living Ornaments '79 and '80 is a box set by English musician Gary Numan that was released in April 1981. The box-set contains the two live albums Living Ornaments '79 and Living Ornaments '80 which were also released separately in April 1981. Although Living Ornaments '79 and Living Ornaments '80 only reached numbers 47 and 39 on the UK Albums Chart respectively, the box set reached number two. [2][3]

Living Ornaments '79 and '80
Box set by
ReleasedApril 1981
RecordedHammersmith Odeon, London 28 September 1979 and 16 September 1980
GenreNew wave, synthpop
LabelBeggars Banquet
ProducerGary Numan
Gary Numan chronology
Living Ornaments '80
(1981)
Living Ornaments '79 and '80
(1981)
Dance
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing edit

All tracks written by Gary Numan.

Living Ornaments '79 edit

Side one edit

  1. "Airlane" – 3:12
  2. "Cars" – 3:20
  3. "We Are So Fragile" – 2:33
  4. "Films" – 3:45
  5. "Something's in the House" – 4:08

Side two edit

  1. "My Shadow in Vain" – 2:50
  2. "Conversation" – 7:45
  3. "The Dream Police" – 4:12
  4. "Metal" – 3:25

Living Ornaments '80 edit

Side one edit

  1. "This Wreckage" – 5:20
  2. "I Die: You Die" – 3:38
  3. "M.E." – 4:27
  4. "Everyday I Die" – 4:22
  5. "Down in the Park" – 5:55

Side two edit

  1. Remind Me to Smile – 3:40
  2. The Joy Circuit – 5:47
  3. Tracks – 2:43
  4. Are 'Friends' Electric? – 5:30
  5. We Are Glass – 4:32

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ "Living Ornaments '81, by Gary Numan". Gary Numan. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  3. ^ Roberts, David, ed. (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). HIT Entertainment. p. 398. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

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