The Golden Age Of Wireless is a Electronic album by Thomas Dolby, originally released in 1982. On Gatefold: 96 pressings tracked, owned by 18 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Synth-Pop / New Wave
- synthetic
- cerebral
- art school
About
Talk to anyone who was the right age in the early '80s for both pop radio and the dawn of MTV, and "She Blinded Me with Science" will inevitably come up. The most famous song from the reissued version of the album, it's a defiantly quirky, strange number that mixes its pop hooks with unusual keyboard melodies pitched very low and a recurrent spoken word interjection ("Science!") from guest vocalist/video star Magnus Pike. To Thomas Dolby's credit, the rest of the album isn't simply that song over and over again, making The Golden Age of Wireless an intriguing and often .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Flying North3:50
- A2Commercial Breakup4:15
- A3Weightless3:45
- A4Europa And The Pirate Twins3:18
- A5Windpower4:20
Side B
- B1The Wreck Of The Fairchild3:30
- B2Airwaves5:12
- B3Radio Silence3:43
- B4Cloudburst At Shingle Street5:45
Credits
Performers
- Akiko YanoBACKING VOCALS
- Andy PartridgeHARMONICA
- Bruce WoolleyBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Dave BirchGUITAR VOCALS
- James AllenBACKING VOCALS
- John MarshVOCALS
- Judy EvansBACKING VOCALS
- Justin HildrethDRUMS PERCUSSION
- Kevin ArmstrongGUITAR
- Lene LovichBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Les ChappellBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Lesley FairbairnBACKING VOCALS
- Mark Heyward-ChaplinBASS
- Simon LloydBRASS , FLUTE
- Thomas DolbyBACKING VOCALS DRUM PROGRAMMING KALIMBA
18 collectors on Gatefold own this · 96 pressings tracked on Gatefold