Telekon is the fourth studio album (and second album under his own name) by British musician Gary Numan. It debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart in September 1980, making it his third consecutive (and to date, final) No. 1 album.Telekon was also the third and final studio release of what Numan retrospectively termed the "Machine" section of his career, following 1979's Replicas and The Pleasure Principle. It was his last album before his brief "retirement" from touring.