Thomas Dolby; The Lost Toy People
Aliens Ate My Buick

EMI    CDP 7 48075 2  (1988)

Rock/Pop
CD, 8   Tracks, 45:15  Length
01 The Key To Her Ferrari Thomas Dolby 04:39
02 Airhead Thomas Dolby; Grant Morris 05:07
03 Hot Sauce George Clinton 05:03
04 Pulp Culture Thomas Dolby 05:35
05 My Brain Is Like A Sieve Thomas Dolby 04:52
06 The Ability To Swing Thomas Dolby; Matthew Seligman 04:30
07 Budapest By Blimp Thomas Dolby 08:40
08 May The Cube Be With You Thomas Dolby 06:49
Music Details
Product Details
Packaging Jewel Case
Spars DDD
Sound Stereo
Musicians  &  Credits
Keyboards Thomas Dolby
Bass Terry Jackson
Drums David Owens
Guitar Larry Treadwell
Synthesizer Mike Kapitan
Musician The Lost Toy People
Percussion Arno Lucas
Trombone Bill Watrous
Percussion Laura Creamer
Producer Bill Bottrell; Thomas Dolby
Engineer Bill Bottrell
Personal Details
Index # 956
Owner Dave
Tags Pop Rock, Synth Pop
User Defined
Purchased New
Notes
Thomas Dolby didn't do his career much good by waiting four years between album releases. Pop music trends shifted away from the quirky synth-pop Dolby had pioneered in 1983-1984, and though he employed a heavy funk beat aimed at the discos and even covered a George Clinton song, Dolby seemed less a true dancefloor king than a commentator on the same, especially in such songs as the (non-charting) single "Airhead," "Pulp Culture," and "The Ability to Swing." Dolby's flirtation with film had also added an eclecticism to his style that embraced '40s jazz vocalese ("The Key to Her Ferrari") and European balladeering ("Budapest By Blimp"). As ever, Dolby was a man of many ideas, but on Aliens Ate My Buick they failed to add up to a coherent statement.