The Buggles – The Age Of Plastic (1980/2014)
Жанр: Synthpop, New Wave
Носитель: SACD
Год издания: 1980/2014
Издатель: Island
Номер по каталогу: UIGY-9553
Аудиокодек: DSD64 2.0
Тип рипа: image (iso)
Продолжительность: 00:48:03
Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: да
Образ снят с помощью: Sony PlayStation 3 и утилиты sacd-ripper version 0.21
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Треклист:
01.Living In The Plastic Age 05:14
02.Video Killed The Radio Star 04:14
03.Kid Dynamo 03:31
04.I Love You (Miss Robot) 04:58
05.Clean, Clean 03:54
06.Elstree 04:30
07.Astroboy (And The Proles On Parade) 04:49
08.Johnny On The Monorail 05:31
09.Island 03:35
10.Technopop 03:51
11.Johnny On The Monorail (A Very Different Version) 03:57
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The Age of Plastic
The Age of Plastic is the debut studio album written, produced and performed by British new wave duo The Buggles, which consisted of Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes. The album was produced on a budget of £60,000. The songs were written by The Buggles between 1977–1979, with a help from Bruce Woolley on a couple of tracks. The backing tracks were recorded at Virgin’s Town House in West London, while the mixing and vocal recording was done at Sarm East Studios. Mixing was completed before Christmas 1979.
The name of the record was conceived from the group’s intention of being a “plastic group”. The album has lyrical themes of intense nostalgia and anxiety about the possible effects of modern technology. Examples would include the album’s title track, “Living in the Plastic Age”, which views plastic experiences from watching media about the Vietnam War, and “Kid Dynamo”, which follows a kid exposed by all media and the affects on him. Marked by writers as the first technopop landmark, the record is an electropop new wave album that includes musical elements and influences of disco, punk, progressive rock and 1960s pop music. In a 1979 interview, Downes defined the album as “science fiction music. It’s like modern psychedelic music. It’s very futuristic.” Horn used pre-dated technology for the album to have sounds different from what was typical in records that were released at the time.
The Age of Plastic was released by Island Records in Australia in January 1980, and later in February in the UK. The album’s release followed the success of the group’s 1979 first single, “Video Killed the Radio Star”, which reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart. Most of the songs for the album were written during promotion of the song. Three subsequent singles, “The Plastic Age”, “Clean, Clean” and “Elstree”, all released in 1980, followed “Video”, and also charted in the UK, reaching number 16, 38 and 55 respectively.
In Europe, The Age of Plastic reached the Top 20 in Italy and the Top 40 in France, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. In other continents, the album reached the top 40 in Japan and was number 83 on the Canadian RPM albums chart. It has been met with positive critical response, with some critics comparing it to other albums of its genre. There have been two reissues of the album, in 2000 and in 2010. A September 2010 performance of the album by the Buggles, a gig live at the “Ladbroke Grove’s Supperclub” in Notting Hill, London, marked the first time the group performed it in its entirety.
All Music Review
The fun, quirky single “Video Killed the Radio Star” garnered The Buggles international attention in 1980, but it was just one of The Age of Plastic’s fascinating, futuristic visions. From the title track’s opening strains, Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes transform your living room into a world of Jetson-like proportions. It’s a world, though, where technology is seen for what it is — full of both promise and frightening implications. On “I Love You Miss Robot,” a metaphorical love affair with a robot explores modern man’s relationship to, and dependence on, technology. “Kid Dynamo”‘s spirited tempo, biting lyrics, and menacing vocal track questions the loss of imagination plaguing the mass media age. For the most part, The Age of Plastic is a fun record that doesn’t need to be taken too seriously, though a subtle sense of loss is woven throughout. Variety is the constant and tracks vary from the giddy “Video,” to the dark and pulsating “Johnny on the Monorail..” The vision here is so beautifully articulated that the superb musicianship and production wizardry is easily overlooked. Paradoxically, Horn and Downes employed electronic devices (which were considered new and cutting edge in the late seventies) to create an album which, at times, spoke eloquently about their drawbacks. With The Age of Plastic, Horn and Downes stamped an indelible image in the collective pop psyche. What is equally impressive is the sound of this disc given its analog origins and 1980-release date. While hiss can be heard in some of the quieter passages, it would be difficult to find a record from this era that sounds half as good. Pop rarely reaches these heights.
Musicians:
Geoff Downes – keyboards, drums, percussion
Trevor Horn – vocals, bass guitar, guitar
Paul Robinson - drums
Richard James Burgess – drums
Debi Doss – background vocals, on "Video Killed the Radio Star"
Linda Jardim – background vocals on "Video Killed the Radio Star"
Bruce Woolley – guitars on "The Plastic Age" and "Video Killed the Radio Star"
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