Aliens Ate My Buick
Studio album by
Thomas Dolby
Released13 April 1988
Studio
  • Soundcastle (Los Angeles)
  • Smoketree (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length44:52
LabelEMI Manhattan
Producer
Thomas Dolby chronology
The Flat Earth
(1984) 		Aliens Ate My Buick
(1988) 		Astronauts & Heretics
(1992)
Singles from Aliens Ate My Buick
  1. "Airhead"
    Released: 1988
  2. "Hot Sauce"
    Released: 1989
  3. "My Brain Is Like a Sieve"
    Released: 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

Aliens Ate My Buick is the third studio album by English new wave/synth-pop musician Thomas Dolby, released in 1988.

Reception

The album peaked at number 30 on the UK Albums Chart. The lead single from the album, "Airhead", peaked at number 53. Second and third singles, "Hot Sauce" and "My Brain Is Like a Sieve", peaked at number 80 and number 89, respectively. In the US, the album peaked at number 70. In Canada the album reached number 76.[3]

Dolby has said in interviews that he believes the album's commercial failure was due to his change in musical direction, evident on the album.[citation needed]

Track listing

All songs by Thomas Dolby, unless otherwise indicated.

  1. "The Key to Her Ferrari" – 4:39
  2. "Airhead" (Dolby, Grant Morris) – 5:07
  3. "Hot Sauce" (George Clinton) – 5:03
  4. "Pulp Culture" – 5:35
  5. "My Brain Is Like a Sieve" – 4:52
  6. "The Ability to Swing" (Dolby, Matthew Seligman) – 4:30
  7. "Budapest by Blimp" – 8:40
  8. "May the Cube Be with You" – 6:49 (CD/cassette bonus track)

Personnel

The Lost Toy People

Additional musicians

Technical

References

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Rolling Stone review
  3. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums - July 30, 1988" (PDF).


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