Telekon

Telekon
Studio album by
Gary Numan
Released5 September 1980 (1980-09-05)
RecordedDecember 1979 - 1980
Studio
Genre
Length49:54
LabelBeggars Banquet
ProducerGary Numan
Gary Numan chronology
The Pleasure Principle
(1979) 		Telekon
(1980) 		Living Ornaments '79
(1981)
Singles from Telekon
  1. "We Are Glass"
    Released: 16 May 1980[1]
  2. "I Die: You Die"
    Released: 22 August 1980
  3. "This Wreckage"
    Released: 12 December 1980[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Pitchfork Media8.6/10[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
Smash Hits7/10[6]
Spin[7]

Telekon is the second solo studio album by the English new wave musician Gary Numan. It debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart in September 1980, making it his third consecutive (and to date, final) No. 1 album. It was also the third and final studio release of what Numan retrospectively termed the "machine" section of his career, following Replicas and The Pleasure Principle (both 1979).[8]

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 28.
  2. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 26.
  3. ^ Prato, Greg. Telekon at AllMusic. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  4. ^ Sandlin, Michael (31 December 1999). "Gary Numan:Telekon review". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  5. ^ Shewey, Don (2 April 1981). "Gary Numan : Telekon : Music review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  6. ^ Duff, Linda (18 September 1980). "Album Reviews". Smash Hits. London, England: EMAP. p. 35.
  7. ^ Spin Simon Price, September 1998, pp. 188-189
  8. ^ Numan, Gary (1981). Living Ornaments '79/'80 (LP liner notes).