The support act on the UK leg of the tour was Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. The live show was captured on record as Living Ornaments ’79 and on video as The Touring Principle. Numan toured throughout the world in support of the album with a huge stage set including banks of neon lights and twin pyramids which moved across the stage via radio control. and number 1 in Canada, helping make The Pleasure Principle Numan's strongest stateside showing, but lack of a strong commercial follow up meant he was tagged a one-hit wonder there.
hip hop scene "M.E.", told by the last machine on Earth (later used as backing for Basement Jaxx’s "Where’s Your Head At?") the electronic ballad " Complex", a UK number 6 single and " Cars", a worldwide synthpop hit. Notable tracks included "Airlane", the lead-off instrumental "Metal", sung from the perspective of an android longing to be human (covered by Nine Inch Nailson Things Falling Apart, Afrika Bambaataa on Dark Matter Moving at the Speed of Light and used as backing for Planet Funk's "Who Said") "Films", acknowledged by Bambaataa as an important influence on the U.S. Numan was also influenced by Kraftwerk the track "Cars" has the same musical "glides" as "Autobahn" and both used the same synthesizers.
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Other production tricks included copious amounts of flanging, phasing and reverb, plus the unusual move of including solo viola and violin parts in the arrangements. In addition to the Minimoog synthesizer employed on his previous album, Numan made liberal use of the Polymoog keyboard, particularly its distinctive "Vox Humana" preset.
This change, coupled with frequent use of synthetic percussion, produced the most purely electronic and robotic sound of his career. Numan completely abandoned guitars on the album. 5 Track listing (30th Anniversary Edition).6 Track listing (30th Anniversary Edition).