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Album
The Pleasure Principle
- Peak position
- #16
- Weeks on chart
- 30
The Pleasure Principle (1980) is a Gary Numan album in the RetroVerse archive.
Why this album mattered
The Pleasure Principle (1980) is a Gary Numan album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #16 and charted for 30 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Cars".
The music
- 1
Airlane
- 2
Metal
- 3
Complex
- 4
Films
- 5
M.E.
- 6
Tracks
- 7
Observer
- 8
Conversation
9 Cars
- 10
Engineers
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
A rocket up the chart — jumping 45 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #185, exploded upward for 17 weeks to reach #16 and fell quickly across 30 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
Album facts
- Singles"Cars"
- ArtistGary Numan
- Year1980