Jagged

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Jagged
Studio album by Gary Numan
Released	13 March 2006
Recorded	London, 2005-06
Genre	Industrial rock, dark wave
Length	62:04
Label	Cooking Vinyl (UK) Metropolis (US)
Producer	Gary Numan, Ade Fenton
Gary Numan chronology
Pure (2000) Jagged (2006) Dead Son Rising (2011)
Singles from Jagged
"In a Dark Place" Released: 29 July 2006

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Jagged is the fifteenth solo studio album by English musician Gary Numan, his first original album in over five years, following Pure in 2000. Stylistically Jagged was a development of its predecessor's chorus-driven, anthemic industrial sound, utilising heavier electronics and more prominent live drumming. Although reaction to the new record was predominantly positive, critical opinion was more heavily divided than had been the case with the almost universal praise enjoyed by Pure. Reaching number 59 in the UK album charts, Jagged charted no higher than the earlier release, some commentators and fans regarding the long time between albums as a missed opportunity for consolidation in the wake of Pure's reception and the number 13 UK chart position attained by Numan's 2003 single with Rico, "Crazier". Jagged was the first album issued on Numan's own Mortal Records label, licensed to Cooking Vinyl. The US release, on Metropolis Records, included an alternate mix of "Fold" as a bonus track. In April Numan embarked on a tour of the UK, Europe and North America to promote the album.