The Flat Earth [Collector's Edition]
Download links and information about The Flat Earth [Collector's Edition] by Thomas Dolby. This album was released in 1984 and it belongs to Electronica, Rock, New Wave, Alternative genres. It contains 15 tracks with total duration of 01:17:16 minutes.
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| Artist: | Thomas Dolby |
| Release date: | 1984 |
| Genre: | Electronica, Rock, New Wave, Alternative |
| Tracks: | 15 |
| Duration: | 01:17:16 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | Dissidents (2009 Remastered Version) | 4:56 |
| 2. | The Flat Earth (2009 Remastered Version) | 6:40 |
| 3. | Screen Kiss (2009 Remastered Version) | 5:35 |
| 4. | White City (2009 Remastered Version) | 5:22 |
| 5. | Mulu the Rain Forest (2009 Remastered Version) | 4:55 |
| 6. | I Scare Myself (2009 Remastered Version) | 5:40 |
| 7. | Hyperactive! (2009 Remastered Version) | 4:17 |
| 8. | Get Out of My Mix (Dolby's Cube) (2009 Remastered Version) | 4:44 |
| 9. | Puppet Theatre (2009 Remastered Version) | 4:14 |
| 10. | Dissidents (The Search For Truth Part 1) (2009 Remastered Version) | 7:17 |
| 11. | Field Work (London Mix;2009 Remastered Version Feat. Thomas Dolby) (featuring Ryuichi Sakamoto) | 4:05 |
| 12. | Don't Turn Away (featuring Dolby's Cube, Cherry Bomb) | 5:03 |
| 13. | The Devil Is an Englishman (2009 Remastered Version) | 3:30 |
| 14. | I Scare Myself (Live On Tour, 1984) | 6:17 |
| 15. | Marseille (Live On Tour, 1984) | 4:41 |
Details
[Edit]Exceptionally mature for a sophomore effort, The Flat Earth has held up considerably well since its 1984 release. This staying power belongs to a fantastic ensemble of supporting players as much as to Thomas Dolby's songwriting and crisp production. "Dissidents" steps in cautiously and conjures images of blacklisted authors and ugly snow, gray from oppression. Here and elsewhere, Matthew Seligman's bass is a welcome addition — throughout the album his work is lavish, growling, popping through octaves, funk-a-fied and twinkling with harmonics. The title track, "The Flat Earth," is a wondrous R&B daydream of piano and Motown stabs of rhythm guitar. "Screen Kiss" has a similarly ethereal quality, and the lyrics are lush with imagery, if occasionally cryptic. "White City"'s drug reference and chugging groove are as murky as they are energizing, so new wavers might find themselves frowning a bit on the dancefloor. Then there is "Mulu the Rain Forest," a globally minded curiosity of foreboding and disorienting samples that certainly feels a long way off from The Golden Age of Wireless. Dolby gets points for shrugging off any obligation to formula, but this voodoo spell has an adverse effect on the rest of the album. What follows is certainly a graceful recovery — his rendition of 1967's "I Scare Myself" is a balmy jazz club cocktail — faithfully nostalgic, right down to a bittersweet trombone solo from Peter Thomas. "Hyperactive" is, and always was, one part bizarre to two parts infectious. Guest vocalist Adele Bertei fuels the fire of what was already destined to be a memorable diversion, beyond the reach of Top 40. Thomas Dolby's work on The Flat Earth harks back to a time when songs mattered more than videos, even as MTV was discovering its strength. Last time the songwriter blinded us with science; this time it's musicianship. [The remastered version of Flat Earth comes with bonus remixed and live tracks, as well as Dolby's singles from the soundtracks of Howard the Duck and Gothic.]