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The best of the funkier material, 10 Nov 2002
I always found that opinions on 'Metal Rhythm' fell into two categories:
A) that it was an excellent, tough piece of electro-funk
B) that it's sound had strayed too far from the sounds of 'Replicas' and 'Telekon'
While I understood the concerns of fans who were 'point B', I basically thought that 'Metal Rhythm' stands not only as one of Numan's better collections from the middle years, but is also arguably his last really well-produced album.
Numan adopted a funkier, yet more aggressive stance for this album, losing the dreaminess and occasional lack of cohesion of 'Strange Charm'. From the superb opener 'This Is Emotion' (he generally opened albums well) right through to the final track 'Don't Call My Name', Numan carves up an electro-funk feast with stuff like 'Respect', 'Hunger', 'Cold Metal Rhythm' and the now classic 'Voix'.
Although there is undoubtedly some blatant creative-copying flying around on 'Metal Rhythm' this is still a tremendous album and undoubtedly among Numan's finest.
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Gary at he's funkiest, 16 Nov 2003
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Around this time Gary Numan was getting some bad press saying that he was a retro pop star that should retire from making hisa own music. When he brought this album out I bought it on audio cassette and just a few months ago. It is an excellent album, probably one of his best in his electronic era.
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gary numan gets funky?, 3 Oct 2001
this is my favourite gary numan album .This album is more funky than his previous albums songs such as america new anger devious contain a very strong bass line with pounding drum machine beats you could call it a dance album overall excellent melodies excellent beats buy this album
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