Exhibition (album)

Exhibition
Compilation album by Gary Numan / Tubeway Army
Released	September 1987
Genre	New wave, electronic, synthpop
Length	101:51 LP and Cassette 145:25 CD
Label	Beggars Banquet Records BEGA 88 (CD)
Producer	Gary Numan, Dramatis, Simon Heywood, Kenny Denton
Gary Numan / Tubeway Army chronology
Strange Charm (1986) Exhibition (1987) Radio Heart (with Radio Heart) (1987)
Singles from Exhibition
"Cars (E Reg Model)" Released: 7 September 1987

Exhibition (1987) is a double disc compilation album of Gary Numan's hits and selected other tracks released on the Beggars Banquet Records label. The songs cover Numan's career from 1978 (with Tubeway Army) to 1983.

It was released by Beggars Banquet Records in September 1987 as an LP, cassette and, with an expanded track listing, double CD.

The album peaked at #43 in the UK Album Chart.^[1] A remix of Numan's 1979 single "Cars", entitled "Cars ('E' Reg Model)" was released to promote the album and peaked at #16.^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Gary Numan except where otherwise stated.

LP and cassette

Side one

1. "Me! I Disconnect From You" (live) – 3:03
2. "That's Too Bad" – 3:17
3. "My Love is a Liquid" – 3:28
4. "Music for Chameleons" – 3:35
5. "We Are Glass" – 4:40
6. "Bombers" – 3:48
7. "Sister Surprise" – 4:57

Side two

1. "Are 'Friends' Electric?" – 5:19
2. "I Dream of Wires" – 5:05
3. "Complex" – 3:09
4. "Noise Noise" – 3:39
5. "Warriors" – 4:03
6. "Everyday I Die" (live) – 4:32

Side three

1. "Cars" – 3:53
2. "We Take Mystery (to Bed)" – 3:37
3. "I'm an Agent" – 4:17
4. "My Centurion" – 5:19
5. "Metal" – 3:26
6. "You Are in My Vision" – 3:10

Side four

1. "I Die: You Die" – 3:39
2. "She's Got Claws" – 4:53
3. "This Wreckage" – 5:21
4. "My Shadow in Vain" – 2:57
5. "Down in the Park" – 4:20
6. "The Iceman Comes" – 4:24

The cassette has the same tracks as the LP with sides 1 and 2 of the LP on side 1 of the cassette and sides 3 and 4 of the LP on side 2 of the cassette.

CD

Disc one

1. "Me! I Disconnect From You" (live) – 3:03
2. "That's Too Bad" – 3:17
3. "My Love is a Liquid" – 3:28
4. "Music for Chameleons" – 3:35
5. "We Are Glass" – 4:40
6. "Jo the Waiter" – 2:39
7. "On Broadway" (live) – 4:43
8. "Are 'Friends' Electric?" – 5:19
9. "I Dream of Wires" – 5:05
10. "Complex" – 3:09
11. "Noise Noise" – 3:39
12. "Love Needs No Disguise" (Dramatis) – 4:35
13. "Remind Me to Smile" – 3:59
14. "We Are So Fragile" – 2:50
15. "Bombers" – 3:48
16. "Moral" – 4:29
17. "Warriors" – 4:03
18. "Everyday I Die" (live) – 4:32

Disc two

1. "Cars ('E' Reg Model)" – 3:35
2. "We Take Mystery (to Bed)" – 3:37
3. "I'm an Agent" – 4:17
4. "My Centurion" – 5:19
5. "Metal" – 3:26
6. "You Are in My Vision" – 3:10
7. "This Wreckage" – 5:21
8. "Sister Surprise" – 4:57
9. "Engineers" – 3:57
10. "I Die: You Die" – 3:39
11. "She's Got Claws" – 4:53
12. "Stormtrooper in Drag" (Gary Numan, Paul Gardiner) – 4:52
13. "My Shadow in Vain" – 2:57
14. "Down in the Park" – 4:20
15. "Remember I Was Vapour" (live) – 4:41
16. "Do You Need the Service" – 3:36
17. "White Boys and Heroes" – 3:31
18. "The Iceman Comes" – 4:24

Personnel

• Gary Numan – vocals, guitar, keyboards, electric piano, percussion, producer
• Paul Gardiner – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Jess Lidyard – drums
• Barry Benn – drums
• Sean Burke – guitar
• Cedric Sharpley – drums, tambourine
• Chris Payne – viola, piano, keyboards
• Rrussell Bell – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Dennis Haines – keyboards, piano, backing vocals
• John Webb – percussion, handclaps
• Mick Karn – bass guitar, saxophone
• Kenny Denton – producer
• Mick Glossop – audio engineer, audio mixer
• Dramatis – producer
• Simon Heyworth – producer
• Zeus B. Held – remix

References