Thomas Dolby didn't do his career much good by waiting four years between album releases.
Pop music trends shifted away from the quirky synth-pop Dolby had pioneered in 1983-1984, and though he employed a heavy funk beat aimed at the discos and even covered a George Clinton song, Dolby seemed less a true dancefloor king than a commentator on the same, especially in such songs as the (non-charting) single "Airhead," "Pulp Culture," and "The Ability to Swing." Dolby's flirtation with film had also added an eclecticism to his style that embraced '40s jazz vocalese ("The Key to Her Ferrari") and European balladeering ("Budapest By Blimp").
As ever, Dolby was a man of many ideas, but on Aliens Ate My Buick they failed to add up to a coherent statement.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AirheadThomas Dolby | Thomas Dolby | Play | 05:07 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Hot SauceGeorge Clinton | Thomas Dolby | Play | 05:03 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Pulp CultureThomas Dolby | Thomas Dolby | Play | 05:36 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | My Brain Is Like a SieveThomas Dolby | Thomas Dolby | Play | 04:50 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | The Ability to SwingThomas Dolby, Matthew Seligman | Thomas Dolby | Play | 04:27 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Budapest by BlimpThomas Dolby | Thomas Dolby | Play | 08:39 | 19 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | May the Cube Be With YouThomas Dolby | Thomas Dolby | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | The Key To Her Ferrari | Thomas Dolby | Play | 04:39 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 42 mins | 96 MB | |||||
| 0 mins | 0 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Asner | Guest Artist |
| 2 | Bill Bottrell | Producer |
| 3 | George Clinton | Composer |
| 4 | Thomas Dolby | Composer, Keyboards, Primary Artist, Producer, Synthesizer, Vocals |
| 5 | Mike Kapitan | Keyboards, Synthesizer |
| 6 | Robin Leach | Guest Artist |
| 7 | The Lost Toy People | Guest Artist |
| 8 | Matthew Seligman | Composer |
| 9 | Bill Watrous | Guest Artist |
| 10 | Bruce Woolley | Guest Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |