People who think they know Thomas Dolby probably don't know who Thomas Dolby is. "She Blinded Me With Science", his gold single (in Canada), is the start and finish of most summaries of his career. Which is too bad. He's viewed as a techno-wunderkind with a penchant for using technology to create soulless music that's about as niche as you can get. The reality is more nuanced, and although I cannot claim to be a great source of intimate knowledge on all things Dolby, I have over the years accumulated a good chunk of his studio output, starting with the two different releases of his debut and ending with his 2011 album A Map of the Floating City . I don't have his soundtrack stuff outside of the stellar The Gate to the Mind's Eye that I had on compact disc and VHS. On the surface, the funk-infused sound that permeates Aliens Ate My Buick is jarring and seems at odds with what a Thomas Dolby album is supposed to be. Of course, that's a load of numpty t...
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