Cyberpunk
Studio album by Billy Idol
Released	June 29, 1993
Recorded	?
Genre	Hard rock Electronica
Length	67:23
Label	Chrysalis Records
Producer(s)	Robin Hancock
Professional reviews
All Music Guide: (link)
Billy Idol chronology
Charmed Life (1990)	Cyberpunk (1993)	Greatest Hits (Billy Idol album) (2001)

Cyberpunk is a concept album by Billy Idol. Released in 1993 (see 1993 in music) to overwhelmingly negative reviews, the album features a cyberpunk-styled storyline as well as synthesized vocals and techno influences. Image File history File links BillyIdolCyberpunk. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... Billy Idol (born William Michael Albert Broad, 30 November 1955 in Middlesex) is an English rock musician. ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Electronica is a term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Chrysalis logo (1987-2005) Chrysalis Records is a record label that was created in 1969. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 1_stars. ... Billy Idol (born William Michael Albert Broad, 30 November 1955 in Middlesex) is an English rock musician. ... Charmed Life is an album released by Billy Idol in 1990 through Chrysalis Records (see 1990 in music). ... Greatest Hits is a compilation of Billy Idols most popular singles, in addition to a live recording of one of his most popular songs, Rebel Yell. It was released by Capitol Records in 2001. ... Billy Idol (born William Michael Albert Broad, 30 November 1955 in Middlesex) is an English rock musician. ... See also: 1993 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1993 Record labels established in 1993 other events of 1993 list of years in music 1990s in music // January 8 - The U.S. Postal service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. ... Berlins Sony Center reflects the global reach of a Japanese corporation. ... Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech. ... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. ...

After the release of 1990's Charmed Life, Idol began reading the works of writer William Gibson which included the novel Neuromancer; keen to make a musical version of the novel, he combined his rock sensibilities with more techno-orientated material in order to make the album sound more contemporary. Several spoken segues were placed in between the album tracks to create a linear narrative. The effect of these segues caused the album to become a concept album. Charmed Life may refer to: Charmed Life, a 1977 novel by Diana Wynne Jones Charmed Life, a 1990 album by Billy Idol Charmed Life, a 1997 film directed by Eugene Lo Charmed Life, a 1988 album by Half Japanese. ... William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948, Conway, South Carolina) is an American-born science fiction author resident in Canada since 1968. ... Neuromancer by William Gibson is the most famous early cyberpunk novel and won the so-called science-fiction triple crown (the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award, and the Hugo Award) after being published in 1984. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Cyberpunk includes the single "Shock to the System" and a cover of The Velvet Underground's "Heroin". Neither the single nor album did well; both failed to make the top 20 in either the UK or United States. The few critics who did review the album found it pretentious and meandering and accused Idol of sounding like a man desperate to keep up with current trends. Only one song (Shock To The System) was included on Idol's recent Greatest Hits compilation. The album, regardless, is notable for being a bold and early step towards the fusion of electronic music and punk rock, perhaps ahead of its time. (Industrial rock/metal classics such as Fear Factory's Demanufacture and Front Line Assembly's Millennium followed in 1994.) The Velvet Underground (sometimes abbreviated as The Velvets or VU) was an American rock band first active from 1965 to 1973. ... Fear Factory is an American death/industrial metal band that has toured with Black Sabbath, Pantera, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Dream Theater and Rammstein; performed at three Ozzfests and the inaugural Gigantour; and had singles in the Mainstream Rock Top 40 and albums in the Billboard top 40, 100 and... Demanufacture is the second official album (not counting the previous EP Fear is the Mindkiller) by the Los Angeles groove metal/industrial band Fear Factory. ... Front Line Assembly (also known by the acronym FLA) is a Canadian Elektro/Electro-Industrial band formed in 1986 by Bill Leeb and Michael Balch after Leeb left Skinny Puppy. ... A millennium is a period of time, equal to one thousand years (from Latin mille, thousand, and annum, year). ...

Track listing

1. "Untitled" (Introduction Narration)
2. "Wasteland"
3. "Untitled" (Pre-Shock)
4. "Shock to the System"
5. "Tomorrow People"
6. "Adam in Chains"
7. "Neuromancer"
8. "Power Junkie"
9. "Untitled" (That Which Beareth Thorns)
10. "Love Labours On"
11. "Heroin"
12. "Untitled" (Injection)
13. "Shangrila"
14. "Concrete Kingdom"
15. "Untitled" (Galaxy Within)
16. "Venus"
17. "Then the Night Comes"
18. "Untitled" (Before Dawn)
19. "Mother Dawn"
20. "Untitled" (Hold Me)

Legacy

No 5 in Q Magazine's 50 worst albums of all time[1]