Tubeway Army ----- Replicas

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Tubeway Army ----- Replicas

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On 6 April 1983, Tubeway Army released their second and final studio album, Replicas.

Stark lightbulbs. Synthetic beats. Crescent moons above shadowy parks. On this day in 1979, Replicas hit the shelves—a dystopian masterpiece from Tubeway Army, led by the icy, android-glam presence of Gary Numan.

Their second and final LP as Tubeway Army, Replicas marked the beginning of Numan’s “machine” phase, preceding The Pleasure Principle and Telekon, albums united by chilly synths, detached vocals, and visions of a dehumanised future. Fuelled by the surprise No. 1 hit single “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?”, the album itself claimed the top spot in July 1979.



A loose concept album inspired by the writings of Philip K. Dick, Replicas imagined a not-too-distant world of Grey Men, Machmen, and cloned control. Yet this was no Blade Runner copy—Dick never used the word replicant, and Numan’s dystopia was uniquely his.

The sleeve—with Numan as a pale Machman staring into a moonlit night above a neon-lit park—captured the alienation within. That same eerie glow glows again in the image below.



Are "Friends" Electric?

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Down in the Park

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Replicas

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I Nearly Married a Human

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classic album of 1980's !