Gary Numan celebrates his 30th year in music and turns 50, and to celebrate this the pioneering electronic album 'Replicas' has been re-issued. Different generations have identified with 'Replicas' atmospheric music, images of technology out of control and a ripped-up London of the near future. The album includes the breakthrough single "Are 'Friends' Electric?", which gave Numan his first simultaneous Number 1 single and album when 'Replicas' joined it at the top of the charts a few weeks later. The new re-issue also features for the first time a complete earlier version of the 'Replicas' album recorded in late 1978 and January 1979, along with the original B-sides and further outtakes, adding up to 27 tracks across the two CDs.