Hybrid is a remix album, consisting of songs by Gary Numan

Gary Numan

Gary Numan is an English singer, composer, and musician, most widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars". His signature sound consisted of heavy synthesizer hooks fed through guitar effects pedals.Numan is considered a pioneer of commercial electronic music...

 remixed by other artists, plus three new tracks created specifically for the album. Hybrid was recorded in autumn of 2002 and released in March 2003 with a collaboration from various industrial rock/heavy rock musicians such as Rico, Sulpher and Alan Moulder

Alan Moulder

Alan Moulder is one of Britain's premier alternative rock record producers. He has worked with such artists as Depeche Mode, Erasure, Elastica, Gary Numan, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Curve, Ride, Lush and My Bloody Valentine, Lostprophets, Shihad, Ivyrise and Placebo, as well as with many American...

. The album includes tracks originally found on the albums Tubeway Army

Tubeway Army

Tubeway Army were a London-based punk rock and new wave band led by lead singer Gary Numan. They were the first band of the post-punk era to have a synthesizer-based hit, with their single Are 'Friends' Electric? and its parent album Replicas both topping the UK Album Chart in mid-1979.-Line-up:The...

, Replicas

Replicas (album)

Replicas is an album by Tubeway Army, released in 1979. It was the second and final Tubeway Army LP, following a self-titled debut the previous year...

, The Pleasure Principle

The Pleasure Principle (Gary Numan album)

The Pleasure Principle is the third studio album, and debut album under his own name, by electronic music pioneer Gary Numan, released in 1979...

, Telekon

Telekon

Released in 1980, Telekon is the fourth studio album, and second album under his own name, by the British musician Gary Numan. It debuted at the top of the UK charts in September 1980, making it his third and consecutive no.1 album....

, Sacrifice

Sacrifice (Gary Numan album)

Sacrifice is a 1994 album by Gary Numan. Its release followed a self-acknowledged career low point, Machine + Soul , and is often cited as marking the start of a critical and artistic rejuvenation for the one-time pop star...

, Exile

Exile (Gary Numan album)

Exile is a 1997 album by Gary Numan. Its release continued a surprise critical upswing in Numan's career which began three years earlier with the release of Sacrifice....

 and Pure

Pure (Gary Numan album)

Pure is a 2000 album by Gary Numan, the follow-up to 1997's Exile.-Music and lyrics:Lyrically, Pure was seen as continuing the composer’s attacks on Christian dogma but in a somewhat more personal fashion than on Exile. Many critics considered it Numan’s most aggressive album musically, with its...

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The album was released in two different editions, a standard two-CD version and a special edition that included an extra DVD containing additional remixes as well as a video section.

The album reached number 99 on the album chart. "Crazier

Crazier (Gary Numan song)

"Crazier" is a single released in 2003 by Gary Numan in collaboration with Rico . "Crazier" reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and was one of three new tracks recorded for the album Hybrid. It was released on three CD singles. Kerrang TV playlisted the video for the song which was voted in...

", a collaboration with Rico, was released as a single and reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart, Numan's first top 20 hit since "Cars (Premier mix)

Cars (song)

Fear Factory, an American industrial metal band, recorded a version of "Cars" and released it as the second single from their third studio album, Obsolete. The song was only included as a bonus track on the limited edition digipak re-release of Obsolete and would be instrumental in breaking Fear...

" in 1996 and his first non-remix top 20 hit since "This Is Love" from 1986's Strange Charm

Strange Charm

Strange Charm is the tenth studio album, and eighth under his own name, by electronic music pioneer Gary Numan, released in 1986 through by Numa Records. The album was not released in the United States until 1999 when it was issued in a digitally remastered form with five bonus tracks by Cleopatra...

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Disc 1

1. "Hybrid" (Numan/Sulpher) — new track — 5:10
2. "Dark" — reworked by Andy Gray
   Andy Gray (musician)
   Andy Gray is a British songwriter, composer, and record producer.-Film scores:*TT3D: Closer to the Edge *CSI Miami original song*Saab Saab North America...
   
    — 4:54
3. "Crazier" (Rico/Numan) — new track — 3:55
4. "Bleed" — reworked by Sulpher — 5:33
5. "Torn" — reworked by Sulpher — 5:11
6. "Down In The Park" — reworked by Curve
   Curve (band)
   Curve was an English music group formed in 1990 chiefly around the collaboration of singer/songwriter Toni Halliday and bassist/guitarist/programmer Dean Garcia.-History:...
   
    — 5:31
7. "Everyday I Die" — reworked by Andy Gray — 4:33
8. "Absolution" — reworked by Andy Gray — 6:43
9. "Cars
   Cars (song)
   Fear Factory, an American industrial metal band, recorded a version of "Cars" and released it as the second single from their third studio album, Obsolete. The song was only included as a bonus track on the limited edition digipak re-release of Obsolete and would be instrumental in breaking Fear...
   
   " — reworked by Flood — 4:34

Disc 2

1. "Ancients" (Numan/Andy Gray) — new track — 5:10
2. "Dominion Day" — reworked by Sulpher — 4:50
3. "A Prayer for the Unborn" — remix by Andy Gray — 3:49
4. "Me! I Disconnect from You" — mixed by Alan Moulder
   Alan Moulder
   Alan Moulder is one of Britain's premier alternative rock record producers. He has worked with such artists as Depeche Mode, Erasure, Elastica, Gary Numan, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Curve, Ride, Lush and My Bloody Valentine, Lostprophets, Shihad, Ivyrise and Placebo, as well as with many American...
   
    — 4:41
5. "Listen to My Voice" — remix by Rico — 5:10
6. "Rip" — rework by Andy Gray — 5:58
7. "This Wreckage
   This Wreckage
   "This Wreckage" is a song written and performed by Gary Numan. It was featured as the opening track on his 1980 LP Telekon and was the third and final single to be released from that album .Described by Numan as a "self-portrait" song, "This Wreckage" foreshadowed his temporary retirement from...
   
   " — reworked by Mark Gemini Thwaite, mixed by Numan and Thwaite — 4:51
8. "Are 'Friends' Electric?
   Are 'Friends' Electric?
   "Are 'Friends' Electric?" is a 1979 song written by Gary Numan, released under the name of his then-band Tubeway Army as a single and on the album Replicas...
   
   " — reworked by Andy Gray — 5:41
9. "M.E." — reworked by Gary Numan — 4:41
10. "Down in the Park
    Down in the Park
    "Down in the Park" is a 1979 single written and recorded by Gary Numan with his band Tubeway Army. The first cut from the album Replicas, it was not a hit when released but has long been a critical and fan favourite and for many years was described by Numan as his best composition.-Style:Like the...
    
    " — reworked by Sulpher — 4:25

Audio section

1. "Crazier" (Rico/Numan) — remix by Steve Osborne
   Steve Osborne
   Steve Osborne is a multi-platinum selling British record producer. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, such as New Order, Doves, U2 and KT Tunstall. During the 1990s, Osborne was half of the Perfecto Records team, a production and remix collaboration with Paul Oakenfold; the artists...
   
    — 3:22
2. "All I Know" (Numan/Gray) — alternate version of "Ancients" — 4:25
3. "Rip" — original version — 5:09
4. "Are 'Friends' Electric" — metamorphosis mix — 5:17
5. "Dominion Day" — single version — 3:40
6. "Crazier" — live Arte
   Arte
   Arte is a Franco-German TV network. It is a European culture channel and aims to promote quality programming especially in areas of culture and the arts...
   
   TV — 3:55
7. "A Prayer for the Unborn" — live Arte TV — 5:28
8. "Ancients" (Numan/Gray) — Grayed Out mix — 7:08

Video section

1. "Crazier" — Steve Osborne mix
2. "Rip"
3. "Cars" (Fear Factory Mix)
4. "Dominion Day"
5. "Crazier" — live Arte TV
6. "A Prayer for the Unborn" — live Arte TV