2018 interview with The Guardian that he had been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome at the age of 14. In a 2001 interview, he said, "Polite conversation has never been one of my strong points. Just recently I actually found out that I'd got a mild form of Asperger's syndrome which basically means I have trouble interacting with people. For years, I couldn't understand why people thought I was arrogant, but now it all makes more sense." Numan published his autobiography, Praying to the Aliens, in 1997 (updated in 1998), in collaboration with Steve Malins, who also wrote the liner notes for most of the CD reissues of Numan's albums in the late 1990s, as well as executive producing the Hybrid album in 2003. An updated autobiography, (R)evolution: The Autobiography, was published on 22 October 2020 and brings his career up to date from the earlier Praying to the Aliens. Discography Tubeway Army Tubeway Army (1978) Replicas (1979) Solo The Pleasure Principle (1979) Telekon (1980) Dance (1981) I, Assassin (1982) Warriors (1983) Berserker (1984) The Fury (1985) Strange Charm (1986) Metal Rhythm (1988) (New Anger in the U.S.) Automatic (1989) (with Bill Sharpe as Sharpe & Numan) Outland (1991) Machine + Soul (1992) Sacrifice (1994) (Dawn in the U.S.) Human (1995) (with Michael R. Smith) Exile (1997) Pure (2000) Jagged (2006) Dead Son Rising (2011) Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind) (2013) Savage (Songs from a Broken World) (2017) Intruder (2021) See also List of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States References Bibliography Paul Goodwin (2004). Electric Pioneer: An Armchair Guide to Gary Numan, Helter Skelter Publishing, 2004, Guinness Book of British Hit Singles, 7th Edition, External links Numanme Gary Numan Fan Site 1958 births Living people Atco Records artists Beggars Banquet Records artists British synth-pop new wave musicians Critics of Christianity English atheists Eagle Records artists English expatriates in the United States English industrial musicians English male singer-songwriters English new wave musicians English record producers English rock guitarists English rock singers Gothic rock musicians I.R.S. Records artists English male guitarists Male new wave singers Metropolis Records artists Musicians from London People educated at Ashford County Grammar School People educated at Upton Court Grammar School People from Hammersmith Second British Invasion artists Tubeway Army members 20th-century English singers 20th-century British guitarists 21st-century English singers 21st-century British guitarists 20th-century British male singers 21st-century British male singers