White Noise (album)

Infobox Album
Name = White Noise
Type = Live album
Artist = Gary Numan


Released = 27 April 1985
Recorded = Hammersmith Odeon, London December 1984
Genre = New Wave, Electronic
Length = 93:03
Label = Numa
Producer = Gary Numan
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0cfuxqqjldje link]
Last album = "The Plan"
(1984)
This album = "White Noise"
(1985)
Next album = "The Fury"
(1985)

"White Noise" is a double live album by Gary Numan and originally released in 1985. The album was reissued as a double CD in 1998 before a remastered version was released in 2003.

The "White Noise" album was recorded on 11 December 1984 - the second-last show of Numan's "Berserker" Tour. It was released on 27 April 1984 and reached number 29 in the UK album chart, [ [http://www.everyhit.com Everyhit.com] ] outperforming the "Berserker" (1984) album. "White Noise" also enjoyed great success in Belgium where it went to number 2. ["Praying to the Aliens: An Autobiography" by Gary Numan with Steve Malins. (1997, André Deutsch Limited), p.200] An edited version of the show was released on video as "The Berserker Tour" in 1985 (subsequent DVD releases featured this shortened version of the show, until the entire concert was released on DVD in early 2008 under the title "Cold Warning").

A month after the release of "White Noise", four tracks from the album ("Are 'Friends' Electric?", "Berserker", "Cars" and "We Are Glass") were released as "The Live EP". It reached #27 on the UK singles chart, outperforming the two singles released in 1984 from Numan's "Berserker" album (the title track, which reached #32, and "My Dying Machine", which reached #66).

Track listing

Disc one

#"Intro" — 1:58
#"Berserker" — 5:42
#"Metal" — 3:32
#"Me! I Disconnect From You" — 3:21
#"Remind Me to Smile" — 3:21
#"Sister Surprise" — 6:11
#"Music for Chameleons" — 6:10
#"The Iceman Comes" — 4:37
#"Cold Warning" — 6:09
#"Down in the Park" — 5:28

Disc two

#"This Prison Moon" — 3:28
#"" — 3:55
#"My Dying Machine" — 5:42
#"Cars" — 3:38
#"We Take Mystery (to Bed)" — 6:31
#"We Are Glass" — 4:57
#"This is New Love" — 6:21
#"My Shadow in Vain" — 5:45
#"Are 'Friends' Electric?" — 6:09
* Numan can be heard breaking into laughter during the show's closing number, "Are 'Friends' Electric?" This was because members of the support act, the music group Hohokam, put on women's clothing and broke onto the stage during the song's performance. One of the pranksters lifted his bra cup and "flashed" Numan, causing Numan to laugh. [ [http://www.grossmont.net/karl.sherlock/NumaRecords/Hohokam/HohokamHarlequinTears.htm HOHOKAM Harlequin Tears ] ]

Personnel

*Gary Numan – vocals, producer
*Karen Taylor – backing vocals
*Andy Coughlan – bass
*Ced Sharpley – drums
*Rrussell Bell – guitar, keyboards, violin
*John Webb – keyboards, saxophone
*Chris Payne – keyboards, viola
*Tim Summerhayes – engineer, audio mixing
*Denis Blackham – audio mastering
*John Webb – audio mixing
*Fraser Gray – photographer

Notes