Strange Charm [Import]
Track Listings
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1. My Breathing
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2. Unknown and Hostile
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3. Sleeproom
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4. New Thing From London Town
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5. I Can't Stop
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6. Strange Charm
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7. Need
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8. This Is Love
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Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Originally limited to 2,000 copies on CD when first released in 1986, this highly sought after reissue features the U.K. top 30 hits 'I Can't Stop' & 'This Is Love'. Eight tracks in all. Other six: 'My Breathing', 'Un- known And Hostile', 'The Sleeproom', 'New Thing From London Town', 'Strange Charm' and 'The Need'.
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Strange Charm [Import]
Average customer rating:
- Numan's lost years
- One-track Wonder
- schizophrenic charm
- "I know that I don't sound like I should"
- Chilly elegance
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Strange Charm
Gary Numan
Manufacturer: Cleopatra
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ASIN: B00000IMRO
Release Date: 1999-04-06 |
Tracks:
- My Breathing
- Unknown And Hostile
- The Sleeproom
- New Thing From London Town
- I Can't Stop
- Strange Charm
- The Need
- This Is Love
- Bonus Track: New Thing From London Town (12in. Version)
- Bonus Track: Time To Die (New Thing From London Town B-Side)
- Bonus Track: I Can't Stop (10in. Version)
- Bonus Track: Faces (I Can't Stop B-Side)
- Bonus Track: Survival (This Is Love B-Side)
Album Description
Originally limited to 2,000 copies on CD when first released in 1986, this highly sought after reissue features the U.K. top 30 hits 'I Can't Stop' & 'This Is Love'. Eight tracks in all. Other six: 'My Breathing', 'Un- known And Hostile', 'The Sleeproom', 'New Thing From London Town', 'Strange Charm' and 'The Need'.
Customer Reviews:
Numan's lost years.......2006-06-03
I originally bought Strange Charm on cd back in the late 80s. I had heard the song My Breathing on a college radio station and was floored by the exotic sound of it - the chorus, the synthesized orchestra and the eerie violin solo. I agree with the other reviewers who say it's one of Numan's greatest songs. As it turned out My Breathing and This Is Love are the only two songs on the original album that I liked. This Is Love features one of the best saxophone solos that I've ever heard by anybody. The song also features some brilliant fretless bass playing. Another good thing about this newer release is that it includes the song Survival, which I always liked...(it was originally the b-side of the This Is Love single). The rest of the album contains mostly bland electro funk music that features those annoying female vocals that Numan was so fond of at that time.
One-track Wonder.......2005-11-01
In the US, Gary has been consigned to the one-hit-wonder file. Too bad, since he put out at least 7 solid albums, and a load of intriguing tracks scattered over the rest of his opera. When I first bought this one, the cover art put me off right away. Wayfarers and platinum blonde hair? Please. It seems Gary never quite extricated himself from the 21st century brothel-attendant look of "Dance." But I recall the very moment I flipped it onto the turntable at a friend's house and was STUNNED when I heard the first track. "My Breathing" is one of the finest tracks Numan ever produced. The string groove has a kind of Wagnerian drive to it. The wailing ladies weren't distracting attention from everything else. It was just plain fun to listen to, and the lyrics were above par for Gary in this period of his career. In short, I was certain Gary was going to make that comeback Numanoids of olden days long prophesied. Then I heard the second track.
There are two other tracks worth visiting and revisiting, "The Sleeproom" and "Time to Die" which is sort of a schlockie tribute to Ridley Scott's Bladerunner that very nearly works and certainly beats everything on the original album except the two other aforementioned tracks. I would give 5 stars to "My Breathing," 3 stars for the other two, and 1 or 2 stars for each of the others.
schizophrenic charm.......2004-10-08
Numan's dance trend reaches scattered heights in the disco-tronic 80's. Confusion and perhaps blatant redundancy cloud whatever direction Numan is trying to approach in the post-modern era. A river patrol to sax highlighted dance floors perhaps.
...however, the schizophrenic "Strange Charm" yields 3 classics in "My Breathing", "The Sleeproom" and "Time To Die". Strange in the fact that Time To Die was left off the first pressing of this CD. Even more strange is that it was only available on cassette. Did anyone still buy 45's in the mid 80's? Strange Charm indeed.
olofpalme63
"I know that I don't sound like I should".......2004-08-06
I bet more than a few Numan fans back in 1986 felt a bad trick was played on them when they plopped Strange Charm on their turntables for the first time. "My Breathing" is amazing! On my top 10 all-time Numan list. It quietly builds up and then kicks in with this powerful orchestra sound (well keyboard-generated orchestra sound) and quiet, actually very nice, female vox. Unbelievable song! Words cannot do justice. After The Fury, which disappointed many fans, this song must have sounded like a breath of fresh air (no pun intended). Numan is back on track! Then the saxophone blares and the female singers wail on the second track "Unknown and Hostile" and reality sets in. More Janet Jacksonesque music from the New Wave/synthesizer god.
"I Can't Stop" and "The Need" continues the annoying material found on The Fury ("Creatures," "This Disease"). The latter is my vote for all-time worst Numan track. Like on The Fury, though, there are some decent tracks on here, besides the excellent opener, that keeps Strange Charm from being a bust. The title track rocks! It reminds me of "The Pleasure Skin" off The Fury. "The Sleeproom" and "This is Love" are two beautiful ballads. I know a lot of fans hate Numan's very commercial work with Bill Sharpe, but I think "New Thing from London Town" is rather catchy. Cleopatra's issue even gives you a 7:57 version of the infamous single with different lyrics. Of the extra tracks, the haunting ballad "Time to Die" is the best. It reminds me a little of "I Still Remember" off The Fury. According to the liner notes, it was inspired by the movie "Blade Runner" (a clip from which begins "Call Out the Dogs"). "Faces" and "Survival" are two odd instrumentals. Strange Charm is one of my least played Numan CDs but "My Breathing" alone makes it worth the price. This issue has black & white photos of Numan from the period (one color photo with Sharpe) and lyrics.
Chilly elegance.......2003-01-29
Gary Numan conquers new territory on this album, recorded in just six days with some of the most respected talents in traditional and contemporary blue grass. A stark a capella duet with Ralph Stanley is not to be missed. Numan's lyrics remain rooted in sci-fi futurism and post-modern alienation. Their combination with "the high lonesome sound" is piquant, to say the least.
Average customer rating:
- Fantastic value, interesting material
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Berserker/Strange Charm
Gary Numan
Manufacturer: Castle
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
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Pop Rock
| Pop
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ASIN: B000H1C3U2
Release Date: 2006-10-02 |
Tracks:
- We Take Mystery (To Bed) (Live)
- We Are Glass (Live)
- Call Out The Dogs
- Your Fascination
- This Is Love
- Emotion
- Empty Bed Empty Heart
- This Disease
- Strange Charm
- London Times
- She Cries
- Generator
- Confession
- My Dying Machine
- Here I Am
- We Are Glass (Dvd)
- Berserker (Dvd)
- Remind Me To Smile (Dvd)
- Sister Surprise (Dvd)
- Music For Chameleons (Dvd)
- Iceman Comes (Dvd)
- Cold Warning (Dvd)
- Prison Moon (Dvd)
- My Dying Machine (Dvd)
- We Take Mystery (To Bed) (Dvd)
- This Is New Love (Dvd)
Album Details
2006 Issued CD/ Dvd (Pal Format) Combination Package of the Android Rocker's CD Collection of Hits, Rarities and Live Tracks Along with the Dvd of a Concert Filmed and Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London 11th December 1984.
Customer Reviews:
Fantastic value, interesting material.......2007-03-05
This is a weird little package, including neither the Berserker nor the original Strange Charm albums. What we have here instead is a CD compilation of some great Numa-years songs (also available by itself) and a PAL DVD of the Berserker Live from London concert video. I've read elsewhere that it's region-free, but my Sony Dream System says it's restricted, while it plays fine in my US Lite-On player, which I didn't realize was multiregion or multiformat. In the US, just beware it's PAL. Most computers should play it fine, though.
It's a great bargain, though a bit alien to anyone who's not a hardcore Numanoid. The classic Atco/Beggars Banquet songs in the track listing are all live versions, and the rest hits some unusual album picks and B-sides.
The real reason to buy this one, though, is that video. Shot while Gary was rocking the blue hair/white skin image, it's an 11-song concert culled mostly from the love-it-or-hate it Berserker album. The video quality is shockingly good, though the sound isn't nearly of the caliber heard on the White Noise double-disc album from the same concert.
This show is a pretty impressive feat to behold. We've got the classic Numan lighted panels and band on risers. The man's dedication to paint himself white and dye his still-new hairplugs bright blue was pretty remarkable, and I have no idea how he doesn't sweat it all off by the end of the show. The band is pretty darned tight, though I have to admit I'm not much of a fan of backup vocalist Karen Taylor (she's no Tessa Niles or Tracey Ackerman), and she looks awfully uncomfortable on her upstage center perch. It's nice not to have "Cars" included in the setlist.
It's pretty cool overall, and a great deal for the price. I'm happy to have it in my (silly big) Numan collection.
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Charm and the Strange
Simon Wilcox
Manufacturer: Maple
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000PAAIGG
Release Date: 2007-06-04 |
Tracks:
- Intro
- Bored
- Awful Badly
- Beatbox
- Eyes on You
- Anyone Close
- Disaster Strikes
- Mother's Ruin
- Sad Fool
- Nobody's Sweetheart
- Too Pretty
- Stars Are Gone
- Yeux Sur Toi
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Charm
Strange Boutique
Manufacturer: Bedazzled
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ASIN: B000001LZO
Release Date: 1995-01-01 |
Tracks:
- Ears to the Ground
- Happy Birthday Wanda June
- Hills Like White Elephants
- Unsettling
- Alekan Girl
- Solar Friend
- In a Heaven
- Glaciers Down/Keep Them Still
- Ballad for Morgaine
- Charm
- Charm
Average customer rating:
- Numan's lost years
- One-track Wonder
- schizophrenic charm
- "I know that I don't sound like I should"
- Chilly elegance
|
Strange Charm
Gary Numan
Manufacturer: Numa
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000023Y8S
Release Date: 1986-01-01 |
Tracks:
- My Breathing
- Unknown and Hostile
- Sleeproom
- New Thing from London Town
- I Can't Stop
- Strange Charm
- Need
- This Is Love
Album Description
Originally limited to 2,000 copies on CD when first released in 1986, this highly sought after reissue features the U.K. top 30 hits 'I Can't Stop' & 'This Is Love'. Eight tracks in all. Other six: 'My Breathing', 'Un- known And Hostile', 'The Sleeproom', 'New Thing From London Town', 'Strange Charm' and 'The Need'.
Customer Reviews:
Numan's lost years.......2006-06-03
I originally bought Strange Charm on cd back in the late 80s. I had heard the song My Breathing on a college radio station and was floored by the exotic sound of it - the chorus, the synthesized orchestra and the eerie violin solo. I agree with the other reviewers who say it's one of Numan's greatest songs. As it turned out My Breathing and This Is Love are the only two songs on the original album that I liked. This Is Love features one of the best saxophone solos that I've ever heard by anybody. The song also features some brilliant fretless bass playing. Another good thing about this newer release is that it includes the song Survival, which I always liked...(it was originally the b-side of the This Is Love single). The rest of the album contains mostly bland electro funk music that features those annoying female vocals that Numan was so fond of at that time.
One-track Wonder.......2005-11-01
In the US, Gary has been consigned to the one-hit-wonder file. Too bad, since he put out at least 7 solid albums, and a load of intriguing tracks scattered over the rest of his opera. When I first bought this one, the cover art put me off right away. Wayfarers and platinum blonde hair? Please. It seems Gary never quite extricated himself from the 21st century brothel-attendant look of "Dance." But I recall the very moment I flipped it onto the turntable at a friend's house and was STUNNED when I heard the first track. "My Breathing" is one of the finest tracks Numan ever produced. The string groove has a kind of Wagnerian drive to it. The wailing ladies weren't distracting attention from everything else. It was just plain fun to listen to, and the lyrics were above par for Gary in this period of his career. In short, I was certain Gary was going to make that comeback Numanoids of olden days long prophesied. Then I heard the second track.
There are two other tracks worth visiting and revisiting, "The Sleeproom" and "Time to Die" which is sort of a schlockie tribute to Ridley Scott's Bladerunner that very nearly works and certainly beats everything on the original album except the two other aforementioned tracks. I would give 5 stars to "My Breathing," 3 stars for the other two, and 1 or 2 stars for each of the others.
schizophrenic charm.......2004-10-08
Numan's dance trend reaches scattered heights in the disco-tronic 80's. Confusion and perhaps blatant redundancy cloud whatever direction Numan is trying to approach in the post-modern era. A river patrol to sax highlighted dance floors perhaps.
...however, the schizophrenic "Strange Charm" yields 3 classics in "My Breathing", "The Sleeproom" and "Time To Die". Strange in the fact that Time To Die was left off the first pressing of this CD. Even more strange is that it was only available on cassette. Did anyone still buy 45's in the mid 80's? Strange Charm indeed.
olofpalme63
"I know that I don't sound like I should".......2004-08-06
I bet more than a few Numan fans back in 1986 felt a bad trick was played on them when they plopped Strange Charm on their turntables for the first time. "My Breathing" is amazing! On my top 10 all-time Numan list. It quietly builds up and then kicks in with this powerful orchestra sound (well keyboard-generated orchestra sound) and quiet, actually very nice, female vox. Unbelievable song! Words cannot do justice. After The Fury, which disappointed many fans, this song must have sounded like a breath of fresh air (no pun intended). Numan is back on track! Then the saxophone blares and the female singers wail on the second track "Unknown and Hostile" and reality sets in. More Janet Jacksonesque music from the New Wave/synthesizer god.
"I Can't Stop" and "The Need" continues the annoying material found on The Fury ("Creatures," "This Disease"). The latter is my vote for all-time worst Numan track. Like on The Fury, though, there are some decent tracks on here, besides the excellent opener, that keeps Strange Charm from being a bust. The title track rocks! It reminds me of "The Pleasure Skin" off The Fury. "The Sleeproom" and "This is Love" are two beautiful ballads. I know a lot of fans hate Numan's very commercial work with Bill Sharpe, but I think "New Thing from London Town" is rather catchy. Cleopatra's issue even gives you a 7:57 version of the infamous single with different lyrics. Of the extra tracks, the haunting ballad "Time to Die" is the best. It reminds me a little of "I Still Remember" off The Fury. According to the liner notes, it was inspired by the movie "Blade Runner" (a clip from which begins "Call Out the Dogs"). "Faces" and "Survival" are two odd instrumentals. Strange Charm is one of my least played Numan CDs but "My Breathing" alone makes it worth the price. This issue has black & white photos of Numan from the period (one color photo with Sharpe) and lyrics.
Chilly elegance.......2003-01-29
Gary Numan conquers new territory on this album, recorded in just six days with some of the most respected talents in traditional and contemporary blue grass. A stark a capella duet with Ralph Stanley is not to be missed. Numan's lyrics remain rooted in sci-fi futurism and post-modern alienation. Their combination with "the high lonesome sound" is piquant, to say the least.
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Strange Charm
Gary Numan
Manufacturer: Big Eye Music
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Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0000DEOJS
Release Date: 2001-05-29 |
Tracks:
- My Breathing
- Unknown and Hostile
- Sleeproom
- New Thing from London Town
- I Can't Stop
- Strange Charm
- Need
- This Is Love
Customer Reviews:
DISCOEY !!!!!!.......2006-03-18
After his collaborations with keyboardist Bill Sharpe of Shakatak,Numan temporarily dropped his funk influences to record this very disco-influenced lp.There's some excellent if electronic industrial percussion job intertwined with the downright disco dance floor beats,lots of sax,
female backing vocals and the most welcome return of slick guitars to his work.Like most re-releases,the excellent choice of bonus tracks make the purchase worth the while.Superb ballads, intrumentals and 2 slow but crunching industrial songs,not unlike those he's making nowadays close the cd like a triumphant war cry.DON'T buy the Cleopatra version that substitutes the 2 instrumental with 10''and 12''of I Can't Stop and New Thing From London Town respectively because they're not worhty.An interesting buy for the Numan obsessed (like me) but unlikely to attract any new fans.
BY OLDESTPUNKINARGENTINA
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Strange Charm: Live Cuts, Hits, Rarities
Gary Numan
Manufacturer: Pulse
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
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Pop Rock
| Pop
| Styles
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ASIN: B000F8NKGI
Release Date: 2006-06-05 |
Tracks:
- We Take Mystery (To Bed)
- We Are Glass
- Call Out The Dogs
- Your Fascination
- This Is Love
- Emotion
- Empty Bed Empty Heart
- This Disease
- Strange Charm
- London Times
- She Cried
- Generator
- Confession
- My Dying Machine
- Here I Am
Album Description
Not to be confused with his mid-'80s studio album of the same name, this budget compilation features great studio tracks from his own Numa label albums as well as live versions of early '80s hits. Includes 'My Dying Machine', 'Call Out The Dogs', 'This Is Love', 'Your Fascination', 'London Times' and more. Castle Pulse. 2006.
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Charm
Strange Boutique
Manufacturer: Bedazzled
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000008L7H
Release Date: 1995-01-01 |
Tracks:
- Ears to the Ground
- Happy Birthday Wanda June
- Hills Like White Elephants
- Unsettling
- Alekan Girl
- Solar Friend
- In a Heaven
- Glaciers Down/Keep Them Still
- Ballad for Morgaine
- Charm
- Charm
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