Gary Numan- Complex REACTION & REVIEW 

According to Gary himself, Billy Currie played violin throughout the whole album ( you could infer its because of record company objections that he could not be credited). Curries violin was often fed through guitar pedals into a detuned sound in the background, according to Gary in his autobiography. Those same guitar pedals were the secret sauce to this album!

For an old man, things get "Complex". For a Numan, it's simple!👴--👶----✌️&♥️

Yes, it was a phaser effect on a synthesizer - put to great use here!

One of my favorite tracks on the album, Numan shows his vulnerability in the harsh, hard world.

What Gary says very much informs his next album 'Telekon' (a sort of 'the dark side of fame' album which like this splendid track is a beautifully melancholic album).

As the single after Cars, a fantastic, heroic choice, although it's no surprise that the marketplace didn't agree. But maybe a few buyers who didn't get what they expected got turned on to something a bit more sophisticated. I see some people saying that he lost it after Telekon, but I would at least give the following album, Dance (the title is ironic) a go, it's pretty amazing.

It was Chris Payne who played the Violin on the track

plenty of atmosphere / verging on soulful? I'm impressed.

He just comes in and picks you up and takes you for a ride in his song and brings you back again, If you want come back. Ha hahaha

It's Chris Payne the keyboard player who plays the viola on this excellent mood piece.

Lovely track. Reminds me of Eno's Another Green World at the beginning.

Everything up to and including the next album "Telekon" are absolute fire. After that he lost his way. He's admitted as much himself. He started shifting to pure dance music with female backing vocals etc. and it just didn't work. He got depressed and disgusted, his hair fell out and he became a full-time airplane pilot. Jump ahead 30 years. He got hair transplants, said "fuck it" and switched to wigs. With some influence from Nine inch nails he suddenly started cranking out the best music of his career. I'd put his 2017 album "Savage" or the 2021 "Intruder" up against anything from back in the day.

Chris Payne came up with the main melody. Great track but Metal was the natural sequel to Cars.

I’m quite sure it is Chris Payne playing the violin/viola on this track. Thanks for a great review and reviewing Gary Numan from the 70-80s, not many have; don’t forget the first Tubeway Army album!😎👍

It's funny, but the violin always reminded me of Simon House's playing for High Tide.

if you like violin/viola with synth's check out Billy Currie's work with Ultravox

I forgot someone else beside Billie played strings on this album. Not my favorite track on this but still loved the vibe.

Chris Payne took the song away and composed the viola part for this song

It's not Chris payne playing the viola I think it's Billy curry from ultravox. This is a very meloncholic song but it's a sort of fav of mine 😊

I believe that's a viola you're hearing, which is credited on this album to Chris Payne. That said, I think I hear a violin duetting with the viola in parts.

I hope you progress to the likes of Jagged, Hybrid, Sacrifice, and Berserker...and even further? His early works are seminal, reaching a maturation with the albums I mentioned in his struggle with "God".

Well slap my circuits and call me an android, but this album doesn't have a bad note on it.

Yes, my favourite Gary Numan song, largely because of the leisurely instrumental opening but the vocal melody is also beautiful and rarely is the word 'plaintive' more applicable.

(Not a oblique adverse comment on Gary. I enjoyed the song. What more can I say?) but ... If you want some jazzy dabei ... *Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro* - by the guy I grew up knowing as *Dollar Brand* - now better known as *Abdullah Ibrahim* - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0UKRXzCW2PE.html