For Future Reference is the only studio album to be released by the British synthpop

Synthpop

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 band Dramatis

Dramatis

Dramatis were an English synthpop band from the early 1980s. Chris Payne , Russell Bell , Cedric Sharpley , and Denis Haines were all originally members of Gary Numan's backing band. They formed Dramatis following Numan's announced retirement in April 1981.They released six singles and one album...

. The album itself failed to reach the UK Albums Chart

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, however, one of the three singles released from the album, "Love Needs No Disguise

Love Needs No Disguise

"Love Needs No Disguise" is a 1981 single by Dramatis featuring Gary Numan on vocals. It charted at number 33 on the UK Singles Chart. It got its live debut on The Warriors Tour in 1983...

" with 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...

 providing vocals

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 reached number 33 on the UK Singles Chart

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. The other singles from the album were "Ex Luna Scientia" and "Oh! Twenty Twenty Five"—titled "Oh! 2025" on the album. The album was reissue

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d on CD

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 in 2000 and retitled The Dramatis Project. The reissue was also credited to 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...

 featuring 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...

, despite Numan's only contribution being the vocal to "Love Needs No Disguise".

Track listing

All tracks written by Dramatis.

1. "Oh! 2025"
2. "Human Sacrifice"
3. "I Only Find Rewind"
4. "No-One Lives Forever"
5. "Love Needs No Disguise"
6. "Turn"
7. "Take Me Home"
8. "On Reflection"
9. "Ex Luna Scientia"

Personnel

• Chris Payne – keyboards
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  , viola
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  , cornamuse
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  , recorder
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  s, backing vocals
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• Rrussell Bell – guitar
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  , Chapman Stick
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  , synthesizer
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  , Vi-tar
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  , saxophone
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  , backing vocals
• Cedric Sharpley – drums
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  , percussion
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  , electronic drum
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  s, backing vocals
• Denis Haines – keyboards, vocal noises, backing vocals
• 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...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
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   ("Love Needs No Disguise")
• Dramatis
  Dramatis
  Dramatis were an English synthpop band from the early 1980s. Chris Payne , Russell Bell , Cedric Sharpley , and Denis Haines were all originally members of Gary Numan's backing band. They formed Dramatis following Numan's announced retirement in April 1981.They released six singles and one album...
  
   – producer
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  , arrangement
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• Simon Heyworth – producer, engineer
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• Simon Smart – engineer