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Thomas Dolby. A map of the floating city. Critique
Posted by bricameron on 25 October 2011 - 6:08am.
I'm a big fan of the man's songwriting but I can't help but wish he had taken this material to a much younger studiobound will i am man to produce rather than taking it on himself. I think it suffers from home productionitis. The material is stellar but the end result for me is rather flat & even.Could've been astounding.Still could if he'd enlist the primo young studs in LA.
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Does this look like a home studio though?
http://www.yorktillyer.com/journal/comments/thomas_dolby#!prettyPhoto[Thomas Dolby]
And TD is only one of the three people who mixed the album. I believe it was a conscious decision not to rely on synthesised sounds given the ubiquity of same in modern records.
It is a lovely album and growing on me.
Cheers
gb
Please No !
Oh please no! Stay away from Will iam.
We don't want another Aliens ate my Buick, we want another Golden Age of Wireless !
Do we?
Whilst I recognise and fully acknowledge the god-like genius of GAOW, I must declare that 'Budapest by Blimp' from Aliens Ate My Buick, is my all time favourite Dolby song.
And 'Pulp Culture' isn't too shabby neither...
Looking forward to seeing Mr D on Sunday at the Shepherd's Bush Empire!
gb
maybe
I'll give Aliens another try....