1980-2010: 30 Years of (arguably) The Greatest Sci-Fi Album of All Time

Hot on the heels of his successful 1979 release THE PLEASURE PRINCIPAL, Gary Numan's next studio album, TELEKON, took topics hinted at on PRINCIPAL and drove them to darker depths. While the absent guitars on PRINCIPAL returned for TELEKON, the album is no less futuristic in its sound and scope, with Rrusell Bell's electric strings (both guitar and violin) used sparingly. Numan's minimoog and piano provide cold, eerie backgrounds for his bleak lyrics; while many are sci-fi in nature...