Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth (1984)
SamplesThis video was way ahead of its time!I hated this album the first time I heard it. I wanted it to sound more like "The Golden Age of Wireless - Part II". It wasn't. Not even close. I probably went 10 years without listening to it again. It's only because a friend of mine wanted to hear it on my Martin-Logan's that I played it again. I have to say I was stunned the second time around. Maybe it just took me that long to "get it", but I remember having more than one "Holy Crap!" moment while listening to it that night. I now consider it one of the best albums of the 80's.
"Aliens Ate My Buick" is still my favorite Thomas Dolby album, but this is a very close second. His first three albums are pretty incredible.