Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 18/04/2026 Hope Bleeds – Gary Numan This week we move into double figures with the tenth Gary Numan album to be selected as my album of the week with the 2004 live release, Hope Bleeds. As we saw with my last Numan album to be selected, Exile, Gary Numan had a dramatic attitude shift in the later 1990’s with him adopting a more personal approach to his music rather than looking to recapture previous chart success. By the time we got to 2004 his shift into darker, industrial music had rejuvenated his career and ironically he was getting more attention as well as maintaining an improved commercial interest. The recording of the gig that the Hope Bleeds album became was made in 2003 and the initial release was as a concert DVD in 2004 and then as a live album in 2005. The show itself featured songs from his most current album at the time, the acclaimed 2000 release Pure as well as songs from the turn around albums Sacri...
