Numan Chartography

As mentioned earlier, the compilation album ‘The Plan’ was accredited to both Numan and the former Tubeway Army. The collection of tracks entered the music charts in the week commencing 06/10/1984 at its chart life peak position of No.29. The compilation appeared in the Top 100 for four weeks in total and was last listed in the charts at the No. 87 position in the chart for week commencing 27/10/1984.

As the title track from the album ‘Berserker’ and similarly entitled, the single version entered the UK Charts on 03/11/1984 at No.38. The following week (10/11/1984), Berserker (single) reached its highest chart position of No.32. The single spent 5 weeks appearing in the chart’s Top 75, three in the Top 40 and its last appearance was at the No.66 spot for the chart 01/12/1984.

The album ‘Berserker’ entered the music charts at No.51 for the week commencing 24/11/1984. Peaking at No.45, the album spent only three weeks in the UK’s music charts with its final appearance in the chart for the week commencing 08/12/1984 (No.78).

The single release on ‘My Dying Machine’ was the second single taken from the ‘Berserker’ album. It also spent only three weeks being listed in the UK Charts. The single first entered the music charts on 15/12/1984 at the No.80 spot. Peaking at No.66 the following week, My Dying Machine was last listed in the music chart for week commencing 29/12/1984 and appeared at its final position of No.84.