The Buggles - Age of Plastic (+3 Bonus Tracks)
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Free Music Notes for Age of Plastic (+3 Bonus Tracks)
Free Music Review: The best album I've ever heard
Hit: 5 Stars
That's the way it is. Altought I didn't speak nor understand English the first time I listen to this amazing album (early 80's), I became surprised of this masterpiece. Recently I had the opportunity to get this album on CD format, and I have to tell you that there's nothing compared to sit down on a couch at night with the lights off, closer to the window, and turn on the CD player and listen to the songs of the Buggles. I like all the tracks of the album, specially "Elstree" song. If you are on the mood of "let your mind go", you can't miss this album.Free Music Review: A fusion of Yes, Kraftwerk and even ABBA!
Hit: 5 Stars
The Buggles first major project was an album quickly assembled following the unprepared success of Video Killed The Radio Star (here in it's entirety). Although neither subsequent follow up singles could match the commercial success of Video. Tracks such as Elstree should have had the success it deserved. A vastly overlooked song that missed its moment. However, I am pleased to inform you all that the album is remastered with fresh notes by Mr Downes himself under the Island Remasters series so and go out and buy it and hear it in near perfect CD sound!
Free Music Review: Pristine techno-pop with a sense of humor.
Hit: 5 Stars
It's interesting to think that after making this album these guys (Trever Horn & Geoff Downes) joined Yes! The Buggles and Yes were usually pretty different from eachother. Both bands were, however, managed by Brian Lane. When Trev & Geoff wrote a particularly non-Buggleish song, "Fly from Here," they wanted Yes to perform it. By that time (late '70s / early '80s), Yes was in the habit of writing all their own material, but since Yes was down by two (singer Jon Anderson and keyboardist Rick Wakeman), they convinced the Buggles to join them for a time. _Plastic Age_ is an album typical of a sound in the early '80s which offered a sharp contrast to what was typical radio fare in the '70s. Everything got very tinny, antiseptic, electronic, even quirky. This sharply contrasted with the earthy, soulful sounds of the '70s like Grand Funk, Doobie Brothers, and Seals & Crofts. I like either sort of sound, though.
Trevor provides good singing, bass, and guitar, while Geoff provides very neat keyboard parts and some additional vocals. The lyrics tend to be funny, interesting, and clever. I liked this album to begin with, and grew to like it even better with additional listenings. It's beautiful, really.
Free Music Review: I have to disagree with the review above.
Hit: 5 Stars
It's something other than "joyous optimism." Narratively it's more like the whistling in the dark of dread foreboding of an uneasy optimism tinged by the scattered remains of every decade's perrenial future naive Icaruses falling in the flames of technological failure.It's a brilliant album--studio perfect. Technically, melodically it owes a lot to a broad range of decades-old, essentially Southern California originated influences routed through English progressive synth. It's dark, conservative, engaging, rythmic, textural, powerful stuff. And a lot of good poppish hooks.
Free Music Review: Electronic Strangeness
Hit: 3 Stars
I've always thought that this release was one of the most eccentric synth albums out there. Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn came up with some strange, yet listenable tunes. Bright spots are "Video Killed the Radio Star," "I Love You (Miss Robot)," and "Astroboy." The album sounds dated, but it still is (and was) quite original. Anything with Geoff Downes on it is always worth a listen.