Aliens Ate My Buick Thomas Dolby

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  • Release Date: 10/27/1998
  • Original Release: 1988
  • Sales Rank: 28,012
  • Label: CAROLINE
  • UPC: 077774807524

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Aliens Ate My Buick

1LISTENKey to Her Ferrari 4:39
2LISTENAirhead 5:07
3LISTENHot Sauce 5:03
4LISTENPulp Culture 5:35
5LISTENMy Brain Is Like a Sieve 4:52
6LISTENAbility to Swing 4:30
7LISTENBudapest by Blimp 8:40
8LISTENMay the Cube Be with You 6:49

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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. William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

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Aliens Ate My Buickby Anonymous

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December 13, 2002: This album is frequently pointed to by people in the music industry as something to reference for great production, arrangement, and performance. The musicianship is superb, the engineering is superb. The tracks are recorded brilliantly and the engineering is part of the musical arrangement. It was out of print for a while which just goes to show that even the record labels and distributors do not have a clue or care for what actually is quality and should be preserved in the music industry. If you are producer of pop or engineer buy this album for reference to what sonically works and what you should look for out of musicians to make the material work the best it can with the proper performers and production.

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May 23, 2001: First, you must understand that many folks just aren't attuned to TDR's lyrical bent and multilayered tonal palette. This album requires that the listener actually have some fun. One of the other reviewers attempted to lump this into some kind of neo-disco bag. Despite the fact that it was released a decade after the disco cycle had run its course and a decade before the neo-disco revival, I think they missed the boat. The Lost Toy People burn and groove with TDR (check out the guitar licks on 'Keys to Her Ferrari' or 'Pulp Culture'). This is some genuinely fine music that too many people missed out on. By the way, while 'Airhead' may not have charted in a major way nationally, in some markets (OH, NC) it was in heavy rotation.