Title: Moments of musical brilliance, killed by so so lyrics
Review: Gary Numan is a far better composer that he is a lyric writer; although he does have moments of lyric brilliance (in "Metal" for example, and in some of his songs on his previous recording "Replicas").Given the limitations of electronic music in the late 70's, it's truly amazing how well his sound has aged (it still sounds as fresh as it did then). I rank him among the Godfathers of modern electronic pop music (which includes Brian Eno, Devo and Kraftwork).The repeated motifs of alienation on this record (given 20 years of distance) begin wearing out pretty fast (David Bowie did it much better with "Low" and "Heroes" since he's a better lyric writer).I have to admit, even when I heard some of this stuff in the mid 80's, I thought it was so over the top (as far as lyrics) that I kept thinking of that old Ed Wood movie "Plan Nine From Outer Space" (is it supposed to be funny, or is it really serious?).
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