Living Ornaments '81

Infobox Album
Name = Living Ornaments '81
Type = Live album
Artist = Gary Numan


Released = 1998
Recorded = April 28, 1981
Genre = New Wave, Synthpop
Length = 121:28
Label = Beggars Banquet Records
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:xtduak3kam3z link]
Last album = "Exile" (1997)
This album = "Living Ornaments '81" (1998)
Next album = "The Mix" (1998)

"Living Ornaments '81" is a live album recorded at a 1981 concert by Gary Numan. It was released as a double CD in 1998.

The show on 28 April 1981 was the third and last of Numan's 'Farewell Concerts' staged at Wembley Arena (although he would return to performing live shows the following year). It was filmed and released on VHS as "Micromusic" in April 1982; "Living Ornaments '81" is essentially an audio release of the video.

Track listing

Disc one

# "Intro/This Wreckage" – 7:40
# "Remind Me to Smile" – 3:22
# "Moral" – 3:14
# "Me! I Disconnect from You" – 3:03
# "Complex" – 3:10
# "The Aircrash Bureau" – 5:24
# "Airlane" – 3:24
# "M.E." – 4:32
# "Everyday I Die" – 4:38
# "Films" – 5:47
# "Remember I Was Vapour" – 4:34
# "Trois Gymnopedies (First Movement)" – 3:04
# "Conversation" – 7:39

Disc two

# "She's Got Claws" – 4:51
# "Cars" – 3:39
# "I Dream of Wires" – 4:37
# "I'm an Agent" – 3:57
# "The Joy Circuit" – 5:56
# "" – 3:43
# "Cry the Clock Said" – 5:26
# "Tracks" – 2:19
# "Down in the Park" – 5:59
# "My Shadow in Vain" – 2:38
# "Please Push No More" – 5:29
# "Are 'Friends' Electric?" – 5:40
# "We Are Glass/Outro" – 7:43

The song "Conversation", included at the end of disc one, is a bonus track. It was played at the first two Wembley shows but replaced by "Complex" for the 28 April show. The version included on the "Living Ornaments '81" set is from the 26 April show, and is a mono mix of noticeably poor audio quality. [Paul Goodwin (2004). "Electric Pioneer: An Armchair Guide To Gary Numan": pp.62-63.]

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