The Pleasure Principle
Guitars gone, synths ascendant. "Cars" makes the world hum in Moog.
Includes the singles
Track Listing
- Airlane
- Metal
- Complex
- Films
- M.E.
- Tracks
- Observer
- Conversation
- Cars
- Engineers
Extra Tracks
- Random
- Oceans
- Asylum
- Me, I Disconnect From You (Live '79)
- Bombers (Live '79)
- Remember I Was Vapour (Live '79)
- On Broadway (Live '79)
Release Date
September 1979
Entered Chart
22nd September 1979
Highest Chart
#1
Weeks in Chart
21
Personnel & Credits
Band
Gary Numan (Vocals, Keyboards, Synthetic Percussion) Paul Gardiner (Bass) Christopher Payne (Keyboards, Viola) Cedric Sharpley (Drums, Percussion) Billy Currie (Fadeout Violin on "Tracks") Garry Robson (Backing Vocal on "Conversation")
Crew & Credits
Produced by Gary Numan Engineered and Mixed by Rikki Sylvan and Harvey Webb Recorded at Marcus Music AB, London
Release Index
| Catalogue | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| BEGA 10 | LP Beggars Banquet (With Free Poster At Woolworths) | Sept 1979 |
| BEGA 10 | LP Beggars Banquet (french Pressing for the UK market) | Sept 1979 |
| BEGA 10 | LP Beggars Banquet (Variant Pressing) | Sept 1979 |
| BEGC 10 | CA Beggars Banquet | Sept 1979 |
| BEG C10 | CA Beggars Banquet | 1979 |
| BEGD 1 | CA Beggars Banquet (With Replicas) | 1979 |
| BEGA 10 Reissue | LP Beggars Banquet | 1986 |
| BBL 10 | LP Beggars Banquet (Reissue) | 1986 |
| BEGA 10CD | CD Beggars Banquet [with Warriors missing track(1)] | Dec 1987 |
| BBL 10 | LP Beggars Banquet (Lowdown Series) | 1988 |
| BBL 10 Mispressing | LP Beggars Banquet (Lowdown Series) | 1988 |
| BBLC 10 | CA Beggars Banquet (Lowdown Series) | 1988 |
| BEGA 153 CD | CD UK Beggars Banquet [Double CD with Warriors] | Dec 1993 |
| BBL 10CD | CD UK Beggars Banquet (Remastered) | June 1998 |
| VIN180LP002 | LP UK Vinyl 180 (Remastered) | February 2008 |
| Test Pressing | CD Beggars Banquet White Labels | September 2009 |
| BBQCD 2063 | CD Beggars Banquet 30.th Anniversary Expanded 2 Disc Edition | 21.st September 2009 |
| VIN180LP027 | Weatherbox 4 180gram Remastered LPs Box Set | 26th July 2010 |
| BBQLP 10 | CD Beggars Banquet Remeastered Vinyl | 15th October 2015 |
| BBQLP 10 | LP Beggars Banquet Tour Edition Grey Vinyl | 22nd October 2015 |
| BBQ 2158 LP | 2 X LP Beggars Banquet Limited Sage Orange Vinyl | 11th October 2019 |
| BBQ 2158 CD | CD Beggars Banquet 2 Discs | 11th October 2019 |
| BBL 10CD | CD UK Beggars Banquet (Re-Packaged) | September 2022 |
Released In
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Columbia
France
Germany
Greece
Holland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea
New Zealand
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Spain
Taiwan
USA
ZimbabweRelease Gallery
BEGA 10 - 1979 - Rounded Inner Cover
BEGA 10 - 1979 - Square Inner Cover
BEGA 10 - 1979
BEGA 10 - 1979 - French Pressing for the UK market
BEGA 10 - 1979 - Variant Pressing
Poster (Free at Woolworths)
BEGC 10 - 1979 - 1st. Pressing
BEGC 10 - 1979 - 'Cary Numan'
BEGC 10 - 1979 - 2nd. Pressing
BEG C10 - 1979 - Blue Text
BEG C10 - 1979 - Red Text
BEGD 1 - 1979
A Side Label — see BEGD 1 on the Replicas page.