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Aliens Ate My Buick
Electronic · 1988 · 8 tracks

Aliens Ate My Buick

Thomas Dolby

A high-gloss pivot into digital funk and satirical character studies. Hyper-kinetic synths meet slap-bass grooves in a neon-lit, cinematic travelogue.

April 29, 1988 · EMI

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A high-energy, satirical romp through digital funk that occasionally pauses for moments of cinematic grandeur.

Tracklist · 8 Tracks
01
The Key to Her Ferrari
4:40
02
Airhead
5:07
03
Hot Sauce
5:03
04
Pulp Culture
5:36
05
My Brain Is Like a Sieve
4:52
06
The Ability to Swing
4:30
07
Budapest by Blimp
8:40
08
May the Cube Be With You
6:49
Moments Worth Listening For
The frantic, cartoonish horn stabs and engine revs that punctuate the slap-bass groove of track 1.
The transition into the sprawling, eight-minute atmospheric drift of Budapest by Blimp.
The dense, rhythmic vocal layering and George Clinton-influenced funk breakdown in the final track.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Aliens Ate My Buick sound next to the rest of Thomas Dolby's catalogue?

Humor Satire+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into humor satire than the rest of the catalogue.

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