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Re: Album of the day (#4718): Replicas by Tubeway Army

Brigand99 — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 15:25:54 GMT

Author: Brigand99

Posted: 11/21/2023 20:25

Are Friends Electric? still sounds as breathtaking as it always did. There's a couple other great ones too like Down in the Park and Replicas .

Re: Album of the day (#4718): Replicas by Tubeway Army

Romanelli — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 09:42:42 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 11/21/2023 14:42

MadhattanJack wrote:

No problem! I actually see a fair amount of that just from browsing around here, though it's usually with albums that are less prominent than this one.

Should I make a habit of editing out obvious cases of reissue bonus tracks and what-not myself, or should I bring it to y'all's attention first in a comment or something? I don't like to do "destructive editing" myself unless it's a really egregious case, but maybe I'm just being needlessly timid.

(I realize this is getting off-topic and I should probably ask in a PM, but I figured there might be others who come across this too and aren't sure what the preferred procedure is. Also, Gary probably doesn't mind.)

If you see something, you can absolutely fix it. Or you can flag it by leaving a comment in the data history of the album, or PM someone...whichever you feel comfortable with. And it's really not destructive editing...it's more corrective editing. It will get fixed at some point by someone...it may as well be by you! I fix track lists all the time...there's nothing to feel bad about doing that at all.

Re: Album of the day (#4718): Replicas by Tubeway Army

MadhattanJack — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:46:49 GMT

Author: MadhattanJack

Posted: 11/20/2023 20:46

Romanelli wrote:

The tracklist has been corrected. Thanks for pointing that out!

Re: Album of the day (#4718): Replicas by Tubeway Army

Romanelli — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 08:53:39 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 11/20/2023 13:53

MadhattanJack wrote:

The original album had only 10 tracks — this track list is for the 1998 reissue, I believe. (Personally I prefer the original, but ol' Gary was never on my "must be a completist at all costs" list.)

Also, I once tried to find the same light fixture as the one on the cover at the local Contemporary Italian Furniture Boutique, but they just laughed at me.

The tracklist has been corrected. Thanks for pointing that out!

Today's album of the day

doombringer — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 08:44:16 GMT

Author: doombringer

Posted: 11/20/2023 13:44

This album kickstarted the whole New Wave/ Electro-pop genre.
Including the all-time great ''Are Friends electric ?`` with it's haunting Moog-sound
Still makes me shiver...Great Album.Period:

Re: Album of the day (#4718): Replicas by Tubeway Army

MadhattanJack — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 02:35:51 GMT

Author: MadhattanJack

Posted: 11/20/2023 07:35

The original album had only 10 tracks — this track list is for the 1998 reissue, I believe. (Personally I prefer the original, but ol' Gary was never on my "must be a completist at all costs" list.)

Also, I once tried to find the same light fixture as the one on the cover at the local Contemporary Italian Furniture Boutique, but they just laughed at me.

Album of the day (#4718): Replicas by Tubeway Army

BestEverAlbums — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 16:00:46 GMT

Author: BestEverAlbums

Posted: 11/19/2023 21:00

Today's album of the day

Replicas by Tubeway Army (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1979.
Country:
Overall rank: 1,424
Average rating: 78/100 (from 153 votes).

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Tracks:
1. Me! I Disconnect From You
2. Are 'Friends' Electric?
3. Machman
4. Praying To The Aliens
5. Down In The Park
6. You Are In My Vision
7. Replicas
8. It Must Have Been Years
9. When The Machines Rock
10. I Nearly Married A Human
11. Do You Need The Service?
12. The Crazies
13. Only A Downstat
14. We Have A Technical
15. We Are So Fragile
16. I Nearly Married A Human [2]

About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.