Thomas Dolby - Astronauts & Heretics

Thomas Dolby — Astronauts & Heretics

180-gram vinyl plus insert

Features the legendary Eddie Van Halen on two tracks

Limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies on pink & clear marbled vinyl

Thomas Dolby highlights his melodic tendencies on Astronauts & Heretics his fourth studio album. Containing more personal moments enhanced by his love for technology, which tracks as 'Cruel,' featuring Eddi Reader, and 'Eastern Bloc (the sequel)' help listeners connect with bits of the past forwarded into the future.

'Eastern Bloc (the sequel)' takes its rhythmic sense from the old Johnny Otis tune, 'Willie and the Hand Jive,' before it comes into its own. Eddie Van Halen's guitarskills can be haeard on 2 tracks: 'Eastern Bloc' & 'Close But No Cigar.' Astronauts & Heretics is Dolby at his finest and the album is one of the more hidden gems of his catalog. Time sometimes must catch up to foresighted performers. Astronauts & Heretics is just a perfect example of this.

Astronauts & Heretics is available as a limited numbered edition of 1,000 copies on pink & clear marbled vinyl and comes with an insert.

 

 

Side A

1. I Love You Goodbye

2. Cruel

3. Silk Pyjamas

4. I Live in a Suitcase

Side B

1. Eastern Bloc (Sequel to Europa and the Pirate Twins, 1981)

2. Close but No Cigar

3. That's Why People Fall in Love

4. Neon Sisters

5. Beauty of a Dream

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