The Buggles, The Age of Plastic - 36m 33s

Tracks & Durations

1. Living In The Plastic Age	5:08
2. Video Killed The Radio Star	4:13
3. Kid Dynamo	3:30
4. I Love You (Miss Robot)	4:59
5. Clean, Clean	3:54
6. Elstree	4:31
7. Astroboy (And The Proles On Parade)	4:47
8. Johnny On The Monorail	5:25

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Review

Part of the early-1980s great explosion of pop music (witness: Squeeze, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson) to have any real impact, an accident of fate-titled "Video Killed the Radio Star" inextricably links the Buggles to the rise of MTV. Unfortunate for the band's future, the two best Buggles tracks (the other, "Clean Clean") were cowritten with Bruce Woolley, who simultaneously released them (with less success) with his new band, The Camera Club. The artificial sound of these comparatively primitive keyboards and drum machines, once embraced by nihilist popsters on the edge of punk, has since mutated (Gary Numan, Eno, Woodentops, etc.) into the all-but-voiceless electronic music of the late '90s. Regardless, the Buggles manifested a handful of pop gems in science fiction clothing. And why not? We still read Bradbury and Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. Oddly, what once seemed such smart and jaded music now plays as the voice of joyous optimism. Go figure. --Grant AldenRemastered reissue of 1980 new wave classic includes three bonus tracks, 'Island', 'Technopop' & 'Johnny On The Monorail (A Very Different Version)'.Digitally Remastered Version of the Influential Album that Heralded the Recognition of the Music Video Age. "Video Killed the Radio Star" was the First Clip Played at the Birth of MTV in 1981 and Has Remained It's Defacto Theme Song. The Duo of Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes Created Electronic Music that Flowed Well with the New Wave They were a Part Of. They were Destined for Greater Things Though, as Both Later Joined Yes, Downes Later Joined Asia and Horn Went on to Co-found the Ztt Record Label (Home of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Art of Noise, 808state and Propaganda, Among Others). Also features Three Bonus Tracks: 'island', 'technopop', and 'johnny on the Monorail (A Very Different Version)'.

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The Age of Plastic

Tracks: 8, Disk length: 36m 36s (+0m 3s)

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