Thomas Dolby, The Best of Thomas Dolby: Retrospectacle - 1h 17m 27s

Tracks & Durations

1. Europa And The Pirate Twins	3:20
2. Urges	3:40
3. Leipzig	3:53
4. Windpower	4:19
5. Airwaves (7-inch Version)	3:35
6. She Blinded Me With Science	3:41
7. One Of Our Submarines	5:07
8. Screen Kiss	5:28
9. Hyperactiv	4:12
10. I Scare Myself	5:41
11. The Flat Earth	6:34
12. Pulp Culture	5:36
13. Budapest By Blimp	8:39
14. Cruel	3:09
15. Close But No Cigar	4:26
16. I Love You Goodbye	5:56

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Review

Though he first arrived in the early '80s amid a wave of MTV-ready British electro-pop acts, Dolby had deep ties to the singer-songwriter tradition which gives his work a resonance that's kept his records sounding fresh. Despite his colorfully eccentric science-nerd image, Dolby quickly established himself as an artist of substance, with a bittersweet, introspective lyrical sensibility that set him apart from most of his video-friendly contemporaries. That didn't stop him from scoring his breakthrough hit with the wacky "She Blinded Me with Science," whose frenetic charm remains intact a decade and a half later. The 16-song Retrospectacle is a fine sampler of Dolby's '80s work, compiling such evocative numbers as "Europa and the Pirate Twins," "Airwaves," "One of Our Submarines," and the charmingly unhinged "Hyperactive!" --Scott Schinder

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