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Pleasure Principle ~ Gary Numan
Pleasure Principle ~ Gary Numan
5.0 out of 5 stars Plastic Passion, July 9 2004
"New Wave" was a woefully insufficient label for a loosely collected mass of musical acts during the time period between Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Michael Jackson's Thriller, an album which singlehandedly and oh-so corporately sounded the death knell for originality on both MTV and FM radio. Unlike psychedelia, punk, or (heaven help us) grunge, there never seemed to be a coherently constructed philosophy behind what was being released by a vast array of almost-popular artists. But when you listen to The Pleasure Principle, you begin to realize that there was some seriously profound subtext at work amongst the better artists of the period, something beyond irony and WAY beyond… Read more