Gary Numan Tracks Song By Song Album By Album

By Paul Goodwin and Paul Goodwin

Tracks Song By Song Album By Album" unveils for the first time the inspiration and the recording processes that took place behind classic Gary Numan anthem's like "Are "Friends" Electric?", "Cars", "Down In The Park" and "I Die; You Die."Complied from four decades of classic Gary Numan interviews Tracks delivers an intriguing behind the music look at the albums and the individual songs from Gary's extraordinary and innovative music career.In addition to Gary's own thoughts behind each of his compositions are commentaries from; former band members, record company executives, producers and engineers as well as a stellar cast of celebrity contributors, artists as diverse as: The Bravery, Beck, Casey chaos, Garbage, Beastie Boys, NIN, Boy George, Korn, Armand Van Helden, Weezer, Bad Religion, David Bowie, Junkie XL, Moby, Billy Corgan, Vince Clarke, Marilyn Manson, Prodigy, Feeder, Electric 6, RHCPS, QOTSA and many, many more.This unique book offers a rare chance for fan's to view, first hand, the creative process, the inspiration, the drive and stories behind many of Gary's most famous songs. Tracks takes fans into the very heart of the Numan machine as each album (over 30 in total) are examined and dissected with recordings, lyrics, images and historical events explained and poured over in extraordinary detail.Gary Numan burst onto the music scene in 1979 and has enjoyed the kind of career most artists can only dream of, after almost 5 decades in the music business he's easily out-lived his critics and the phenomenon that is Gary Numan shows no signs of stopping. Tracks details the late 70's rise of Gary Numan, his slide into obscurity in the 90's and his subsequent and heroic 21st century return as an iconic pop music legend.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475107420
• ISBN13: 9781475107425
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"