Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric? b/w We Are So Fragile (1979) - single

"Are 'Friends' Electric?" is a song by English band Tubeway Army from their 1979 album “Replicas”. It was released as a single in May 1979 and reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart. It was written and produced by Gary Numan, the band's frontman and lead vocalist. Numan stumbled upon synthesizers by accident. While intending to record a punk album, he noticed a Minimoog synthesizer that had been left in the studio. The keyboard’s massive sound became the inspiration for the “Replicas” album, and is the dominant sound for this song.


A - Are Friends Electric? (5:19)
Written-By: Numan / Engineer: John Caffery / Mixed-By: Gary Numan, John Caffery, Rikki Sylvan
B - We Are So Fragile (2:45)
Written-by: Numan / Engineer: Alan Jackoby, Rob Arenstein

Label:  Beggars Banquet Records
Genre:  Electronic, Synth-pop
Catalog#  144681

© 1979