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The Best Of Thomas Dolby: Retrospectacle,Thomas Dolby

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Thomas Dolby
Released 1995

Hyperactive!
04:12
8,404 plays

Europa And The Pirate Twins
03:20
4,054 plays

One Of Our Submarines
05:07
3,414 plays

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- 1
- Europa And The Pirate Twins
- 03:20
- 4,054 plays

- 2
- Urges
- 03:40
- 2,012 plays

- 3
- Leipzig
- 03:53
- 1,827 plays

- 4
- Windpower
- 04:19
- 2,262 plays

- 5
- Airwaves (7-inch Version)
- 03:35
- 2,190 plays

- 6
- She Blinded Me With Science
- 03:41
- 28,834 plays

- 7
- One Of Our Submarines
- 05:07
- 3,414 plays

- 8
- Screen Kiss
- 05:28
- 2,022 plays

- 9
- Hyperactive!
- 04:12
- 8,404 plays

- 10
- I Scare Myself
- 05:41
- 3,279 plays

- 11
- The Flat Earth
- 06:34
- 2,440 plays

- 12
- Pulp Culture
- 05:36
- 2,013 plays

- 13
- Budapest By Blimp
- 08:39
- 1,868 plays

- 14
- Cruel
- 03:09
- 1,626 plays

- 15
- Close But No Cigar
- 04:26
- 1,669 plays

- 16
- I Love You Goodbye
- 05:57
- 3,338 plays

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album review

After what had seemed like a promising start with "She Blinded Me With Science" in 1983, Thomas Dolby only charted with two other singles in the U.S. (though he had nine chart singles in his native U.K., 1981-1992). This 16-track compilation, embracing both his Capitol/EMI and Warner Bros. recordings, demonstrates that Dolby deserved better. His synthesizer-based songs are consistently catchy and clever, and especially notable are early songs like "Urges" and "Leipzig" that have not previously appeared on a U.S. album. "One of Our Submarines," Dolby's cover of Dan Hicks' "I Scare Myself," and "Hyperactive!" all hold up well. Some of the later (non-hit) material from the albums Aliens Ate My Buick and Astronauts & Heretics is less impressive; a better choice could have been made from those records. But for the most part, this is an efficient collection that justifies its name. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide