The layers of synths are artfully constructed and anchored by a strong rhythm section, with occasional dollops of strings or piano to add dimension. And while everything here is fairly basic, it's not dumb, incompetent or tasteless, which is what I expected. Frankly, I'm surprised that more of the tunes on this album didn't make it onto the radio. The robotic beats and chilly synths from Krautrock are wedded to disaffected vocals and succinct pop structures, surely a formula for mainstream success. Interestingly, that description pretty much applies to the whole album. It's a snappy, lowest common denominator distillation of Krautrock jammed into a four minute pop song. My previous familiarity with Gary Numan is limited to his hit from this album, Cars, which while it was grotesquely overplayed at the time, I actually like.
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