Aliens Ate My Buick
Aliens Ate My Buick | ||||
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Studio album by Thomas Dolby | ||||
Released | April 1988 | |||
Studio | Soundcastle, Smoketree | |||
Genre | New wave | |||
Length | 44:52 | |||
Label | EMI-Manhattan | |||
Producer | Thomas Dolby, Bill Bottrell | |||
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Aliens Ate My Buick, released in 1988, is the third studio LP release by new wave/synthpop artist Thomas Dolby. It peaked at #30 in the UK Albums Chart. The album's sales were disappointing and reviews were mixed. The lead single from the album, "Airhead", peaked at #53. Second and third singles, "Hot Sauce" and "My Brain Is Like a Sieve", peaked at #80 and #89 respectively. In the U.S., the album peaked at #70.
Dolby has said in interviews that he believes the album's commercial failure was due to his change in musical direction, evident on the album.
Track listing
All songs by Thomas Dolby unless otherwise noted
- "The Key to Her Ferrari" – 4:39 **
- "Airhead" (Dolby, Grant Morris) – 5:07
- "Hot Sauce" (George Clinton) – 5:03
- "Pulp Culture" – 5:35
- "My Brain Is Like a Sieve" – 4:52
- "The Ability to Swing" (Thomas Dolby, Matthew Seligman) – 4:30
- "Budapest by Blimp" – 8:40
- "May the Cube Be With You" – 6:49*
Personnel
- Thomas Dolby – keyboards, vocals
- Larry Treadwell – guitar *
- Terry Jackson – bass *
- David Owens – drums *
- Mike Kapitan – synthesizer *
- Arno Lucas – congas, timbales
- Laura Creamer – percussion, vocals *
- Bill Watrous – trombone
- Robin Leach - Voice over (Track 1)
- Ed Asner - Voice over (Track 5)
- Bill Bottrell - Spaghetti Western Guitar (Track 3)
* The Lost Toy People
Backing Vocals
- Edie Lehmann, Donny Geraldo, Mendy Lee (1)
- Bruce Woolley, Colin Crabtree (2)
- Rose Banks Stone, Jean Johnson Mcgrath (3,4,5)
- Lesley Fairbairn (7)
Engineering
- Bill Bottrell
2nd Engineers
- Mike Tacci, Daryl Koutnick
References
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