Gary Numan – Berserker
Tracklist
| A1 | Berserker | 5:50 | |
| A2 | This Is New Love | 6:15 | |
| A3 | The Secret | 5:54 | |
| A4 | My Dying Machine | 5:33 | |
| B1 | Cold Warning | 4:03 | |
| B2 | Pump It Up | 4:45 | |
| B3 | The God Film | 4:41 | |
| B4 | A Child With The Ghost | 3:04 | |
| B5 | The Hunter | 4:31 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Numa Records
- Published By – Numan Music Ltd.
- Recorded At – Rock City Studios
- Mastered At – Tape One
- Mastered At – Musitech
- Pressed By – Damont
- Marketed By – Precision Records & Tapes Limited
- Distributed By – Precision Records & Tapes Limited
Credits
- Bass – Martin Elliott
- Costume Designer [Clothes] – Martin Pryce (2)
- Drums – Ced Sharpley
- Engineer [Engineered By] – Pete Buhlmann
- Guitar [Guitars] – RRussell Bell*
- Keyboards, Programmed By [Programming] – John Webb
- Keyboards, Viola – Chris Payne (2)
- Keyboards, Vocals – Gary Numan
- Lacquer Cut By – BilBo (3)
- Make-Up – Patti Burris
- Mastered By – Denis Blackham
- Mixed By – Pete Buhlmann
- Music By, Lyrics By – Gary Numan
- Photography By – Geoff Howes
- Producer – Gary Numan
- Programmed By [PPG Programming] – Mike Smith (10)
- Saxophone – Pat Kyle
- Vocals – Tracy Ackerman
- Written-By [All Tracks By] – Numan*
Notes
Printed inner sleeve of lyrics and credits.
Recorded at Rock City Sound Studios, Shepperton, Middx. England.
Mastered at Tape One, London.
Thanks to Tim Summerhayes, Sean Lynch, Mark Brown.
Marketed & Distributed by PRT printed on the centre labels.
Marketed and Distributed by Precision Records and Tapes Ltd. printed on the rear sleeve.
Marketed & Distributed by Precision Records & Tapes Ltd. on inner sleeve.
℗ & © 1984.
Recorded at Rock City Sound Studios, Shepperton, Middx. England.
Mastered at Tape One, London.
Thanks to Tim Summerhayes, Sean Lynch, Mark Brown.
Marketed & Distributed by PRT printed on the centre labels.
Marketed and Distributed by Precision Records and Tapes Ltd. printed on the rear sleeve.
Marketed & Distributed by Precision Records & Tapes Ltd. on inner sleeve.
℗ & © 1984.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, hand etched, variant 1): H 2 BILBO. TAPE ONE NUMA-1001-A1. MT. DAMONT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, hand etched, variant 1): DAMONT BILBO. TAPE ONE C NUMA-1001-B1. 2 MT.
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, hand etched, variant 2): NUMA-1001-A1. MT.1 1 BILBO.TAPE ONE DAMONT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, hand etched, variant 2): NUMA-1001-B1. 1 MT.1 DAMONT BILBO.TAPE ONE
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Berserker (LP, Album) | Powderworks | POW 6099 | Australia | 1984 | ||
| Berserker (Cassette, Album, Chrome) | Numa | NUMAC 1001 | UK | 1984 | |||
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Berserker (LP, Album) | Powderworks | POW 6099 | New Zealand | 1984 | ||
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Berserker (LP, Album) | Numa | NUMA 1001 | Finland | 1984 | ||
| Berserker (LP, Album, Teldec Pressing) | TELDEC | 6.26111, 6.26111 AP | 1985 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Gary (or Beggers) is releasing a new 2-LP set (and CD stuff if that is your thing) You can preorder on his site. Beware the shipping charges though... -
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Berserker is possibly the beginning of Gary Numan's great commercial crash. But it is definitely not one for the scrap heap. The album has its flaws but there is a uniqueness in it that makes it essential. 1984 should never be overlooked in Numan's library of sound.
https://museumhead.wordpress.com/2020/06/19/gary-numan-berserker-1984-the-iceman-cometh/
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Can anyone out there with a copy of any of the vinyl LP issues that there is actually a version of "Cold Warning" that is only 4:03? I have the U.K. Numa version, and it is the same 6:01 version as found on many of the cd reissues. There is also an extended mix of the song that was on the cassette and the initial Numa cd.
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Bought it when it came out and went to the gig in 84.Was never that into it as a kid.
Played it today and really enjoyed it.Not as bad as people make it out to be.Much better than Warriors and no worse than The Fury -
I recall some reviewer in Smash Hits awarding this LP 2/10 'for perseverance'.
In all honesty, it has never been one of my favourites, but I did revisit it after it was described as a 'classic' by Martin Gore (Depeche Mode). Musically Berserker and My Dying Machine stand out, but I do find the album on the whole rather 'droney', as is White Noise Live. I fail to see Gore's point of view, but the next album The Fury is a superior piece of work for me. -
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The 'Berserker' album is a true classic in Numan's discography, it fuses full on electronica with fretless bass and saxaphone. All songs on this album are excellent and Berserker is worthy successor to to the style Numan had developed on the previous release 'Worriors'.
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Berserker, as a complete work is astounding. And held against even the best known acts of the time, this is an extremely mature album for a 24 year old to write. The title track could be released today and sound as fresh as it did then. It's a very well constructed piece that burns from the first chord, then completley slows up, expands, and then takes off again. I first heard this track in 1992 and it was the only song in a long time that actually had me smiling from ear to ear as I left my cd player on 'repeat' for nearly an hour.
An awesome, and greatly underrated album, which features other gems such as the paranoid industrial eba of My Dying Machine, and the incredible Viola of Cold Warning, just to cite a couple of great tracks.
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