The godfather of synth pop in the 1980s, Gary Numan had dabbled in punk with
Mean Street in 1977, before embarking on solo project Tubeway Army, releasing a
number of records with moderate success before hitting number one in the UK
singles Chart with 'Are Friends Electric' in 1979. The song was from the album
'Replicas' that also hit the top spot, and shortly after Numan found time to
record and release another number one album 'The Pleasure Principle', featuring
the famous single 'Cars'. He was on a roll and followed it with a further number
one album 'Telekon' in 1980, althoug...