Replicas

"Are 'Friends' Electric?" — the record that redrew British pop in cold neon.

Replicas cover
Includes the singles
Down In The Park - 1979
Down In The Park - 1979
Are 'Friends' Electric? - 1979
Are 'Friends' Electric? - 1979

Track Listing

  1. Me, I Disconnect From You
  2. Are 'Friends' Electric?
  3. The Machman
  4. Praying To The Aliens
  5. Down In The Park
  6. You Are In My Vision
  7. Replicas
  8. It Must Have Been Years
  9. When The Machines Rock
  10. I Nearly Married A Human
Extra Tracks
  • Do You Need The Service?
  • The Crazies
  • Only A Downstat
  • We Have A Technical*
  • We Are So Fragile
  • I Nearly Married A Human 2
Release Date
April 1979
Entered Chart
9th June 1979
Highest Chart
#1
Weeks in Chart
31
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Personnel & Credits

Band

Gary Numan (Keyboards, Guitars, Vocals) Paul Gardiner (Bass) Jess Lidyard (Drums)

Crew & Credits

Produced by Gary Numan Engineered by John Caffery Assisted by Harvey Ishiki Mixed by Rikki Sylvan, John Caffery, and Gary Numan. Recorded at Gooseberry Studios, London Mixed at Marcus Music AB, London.

Release Index

CatalogueDescriptionDate
BEGA 7 WLTPTrack Titles Handwritten by Su Watham1979
BEGA 7LP Beggars Banquet [1st Pressing. Initial copies with poster]April 1979
BEGA 7LP Beggars Banquet [2nd Pressing]April 1979
BEGA 7LP Beggars Banquet [3rd Pressing]1979
BEGA 7LP Beggars Banquet [4th Pressing]1979
BEGA 7MispressingsApril 1979
BEGC 7CA Beggars BanquetApril 1979
BEGD 1CA Beggars Banquet [With The Pleasure Principle]1979
BEGA 7 ReissueLP Beggars Banquet1986
BEGA 7CDCD Beggars Banquet [With The Plan]Dec 1987
BBL 7LP Beggars Banquet (Lowdown Series)1988
BBLC 7CA Beggars Banquet (Lowdown Series)1988
BEGA 152CDCD Beggars Banquet [Double CD with The Plan]Dec 1993
MUSCD509CD Beggars Banquet (10 track Reissue)1995
MUSMC509CA Beggars Banquet (10 track Reissue)1995
BBL 7CDCD Beggars Banquet (Remastered)June 1998
BBQCD 2057 wlpCD White Labels - Unmastered Promos2008
BBQCD 2057CD Beggars Banquet Expanded 2 DiscsFebruary 2008
VIN180LP001LP Vinyl 180 RemasteredFebruary 2008
VIN027Weatherbox 4 180gram Remastered LPs Box Set26th July 2010
BBQLP 7LP Beggars Banquet Remastered Vinyl17th October 2015
BBQLP 7LP Beggars Banquet Tour Edition Orange Vinyl21st October 2015
BBQ 2159 LP2 x LP Beggars Banquet Limited Sage Green Vinyl11th October 2019
BBQ 2159 CDCD Beggars Banquet 2 Discs11th October 2019

Released In

Release Gallery

BEGA 7 'Su Watham' White Label Test Pressing - 1979

Su Watham personal copy. Hand written by Su.

All images belong to Complexoid.

BEGA 7 - 1979 - 1st Pressing

Initial copies with free poster.

BEGA 7 - 1979 - 2nd Pressing

BEGA 7 - 1979 - 3rd Pressing

BEGA 7 - 1979 - 4th Pressing

BEGA 7 - Lurkers Mispressing

Credits - Survival Records

BEGA 7 - Same Label Both Sides Mispressing

Credits - Nureference

BEGA 7 - Mispressing

Credits - Graham Heys

BEGC 7 - 1979 - Black Text

BEGC 7 - 1979 - Blue Text, Variant 1

Credits - Miles Kendrick

BEGC 7 - 1979 - Blue Text, Variant 2

Credits - Tony Glover

BEGC 7 - 1979 - Red Text

BEGD 1 - 1979

B Side Label — see BEGD 1 on The Pleasure Principle page.

BEGA 7 - Reissue - 1986

BEGA 7 CD - 1987

Includes The Plan

BBL 7 - 1988 Lowdown Series

BBLC 7 - 1988 Lowdown Series

BBLC 7 - 1988 Lowdown Series - Label Variant

Credits - Mac Mann

BEGA 152 CD - 1993

Includes The Plan (BEGA 152 CD)

Credits - Silvian Lassauer

MUSCD509 - 1995

Credits - Silvian Lassauer

MUSMC509 - 1995

Credits - Ian Butterfield, Mac Mann

BBL 7CD - 1998

BBQCD 2057 - White Labels - Unmastered Promos - 2008

Credits - Michael Shiels

BBQCD 2057 - White Labels - Mastered Promos - 2008

Credits - Steve Webb

BBQCD 2057 - 2008 - Expanded 2 Discs

Replicas Mixes + Versions EP (GNCD 2008)

VIN180LP001 - 2008 - Vinyl 180 Remastered

Matrix runout codes:

Side 1. (Hand etched): VIN180LP 001 A-1 - JONZ

Side 2. (Hand etched): VIN180LP 001 B-1 - PLAY LOUD

VIN027 - Weatherbox 4 180gram Remastered Boxset - 26.07.2010

BBQLP 7 - 2015 - Remastered Vinyl

Matrix runout codes:

Side 1. BBQLP7 - 134745E1/A

Side 2. BBQLP7 - 134745E2/A

BBQLP 7 - 2015 - Tour Edition Orange Vinyl

Barcode [Printed]: 6 07618 00071 4

Matrix runout codes:

Side 1. BBQLP7 - 134745E1/A

Side 2. BBQLP7 - 134745E2/A

BBQ 2159 LP - 2019 - Sage Green Double Vinyl

Barcode [Printed]: 6 07618 21591 0

Matrix runout codes:

Side A. BBQ2159LP A [MPO logo] - 19137452 JASDAFACE LOUD-UD-

Side B. BBQ2159LP B [MPO logo] - 19137450

Side C. BBQ2159LP C [MPO logo] - 19136438

Side D. BBQ2159LP D [MPO logo] - 19136396 JASDAFACE LOUD

BBQ 2159 CD - 2019 - Double CD