Cars / Asylum
by Gary Numan
- Type: Single
- Released: 1 September 1979
- Label: Beggars Banquet
- Country: United Kingdom
- Community rating: 4.05/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Discarding electric guitars entirely in favor of the Polymoog synthesizer, this cold, mechanical transmission scored an unlikely transatlantic smash hit. The lyrical themes of urban alienation and technological isolation helped drag the experimental electronic aesthetics of Kraftwerk out of the underground and directly onto mainstream pop radio.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, repetitive, atmospheric, cars, synth
Tracklist
Credits
- Eddy Gorecki - plated by
- Gary Numan - primary artist, producer, written-by