Exposure (Best of)

What a long strange trip it's been for the world's favourite android. For a brief span the world belonged to Gary Numan. Then, as the alienated electronic wastelands of Numanoid imagination fell from favour, Gary found himself floundering with little more than a pilot's license and a small but fiercely loyal fan base to support him. Nowadays the hard times are well and truly over and he has a much larger and still intensely loyal legion of metal/goth/industrial fans. What's more he can now count among them such credible luminaries as Beck, Marilyn Manson, Liam Howlett and Damon Albarn and his back catalogue (in sample form) is now helping other acts such as Basement Jaxx, Armand Van Helden and the Sugababes achieve their own chart goals. Let's face it, Electroclash and bootleg culture is about as hip as you can get in 2002. Who'd have thought it? It is, however, important to note that this new found credibility is not necessarily the most important thing on Gary's mind. Many times he has stated his desire to move on, and it's the ability to continue creating music that speaks to a newer, younger audience that's paramount. At least half of this collection does exactly that. If ever there was a career of two halves this is it, though both have their merits.