''Random'' is a double- CD tribute album featuring songs by

Gary Numan Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He entered the music industry as frontman of the New wave music, new wave band Tubeway Army. After releasing two st ...

, released in 1997 on his first label, Beggars Banquet. ''Random'' was released four months before Numan's 1997 studio album ''

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''. It played a key role in his 1990s career revival, showing the influence he had had on artists such as

Damon Albarn Damon Albarn (, ; born 23 March 1968) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the frontman, main vocalist, and lyricist of the rock band Blur (band), Blur and the co-creator and primary musical con ...

, Pop Will Eat Itself, and Jesus Jones. ''The Guardian'' wrote in retrospect that his return to form began with ''Random''. Numan himself said it "helped enormously." The album peaked at number 43 on the UK compilations chart on 21 June 1997. It was followed one year later by the remix album '' Random (02)''.

Track listing

# Saint Etienne - " Stormtrooper in Drag" (7:44) #

Matt Sharp Matthew Kelly Sharp (born September 22, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Until 1998, he was the bassist for the Rock music, rock band Weezer, which he co-founded in 1992. He appears on their first two albums, the ''Weezer (B ...

and

- "We Have a Technical" (3:20) # Gravity Kills - "Poetry and Power" (3:18) #Peck Slip - " I Can't Stop" (4:02) # An Pierlé - " Are 'Friends' Electric?" (4:06) # EMF - " We Are Glass" (4:05) #

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- " I Die: You Die" (3:10) # Jesus Jones - "We Are So Fragile" (3:44) #Posh - " She's Got Claws" (3:16) # Earl Brutus - "M.E." (3:55) #Underdog - "Films" (7:05) # Sukia - " Me! I Disconnect From You" (3:00) #

The Orb The Orb are an English electronic music group founded in 1988 by Alex Paterson and Jimmy Cauty. Known for their psychedelic sound, the Orb developed a cult following among clubbers "coming down" from drug-induced highs. Their influential ...

- " Jo The Waiter" (Bon Appétit Remix) (9:46) # Kenickie - "I'm an Agent" (4:16) # Jimi Tenor - " Down in the Park" (6:30) #

Moloko Moloko () were an English-Irish electronic music duo formed in Sheffield, England, consisting of vocalist Róisín Murphy and music producer, producer Mark Brydon. Blending elements of electronica and dance music, they are best known for their ...

- "Are 'Friends' Electric?" (6:27) # Chris Holmes - "Remember I Was Vapour" (3:15) # Towering Inferno - "

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" (5:05) # Dubstar - "Everyday I Die" (3:41) # Amanda Ghost - "Absolution" (3:50) # Deadsy - "Replicas" (5:12) # Pop Will Eat Itself - "Friends" (3:55) # Republica - "Are 'Friends' Electric?" (5:37) #Windscale - "War Songs" (3:41) # Bis - "We Are So Fragile" (2:58) # Dave Clarke - " Cars" (5:14)

References

1997 albums 1990s tribute albums Gary Numan albums Beggars Banquet Records albums {{1990s-album-stub