Re: sophomores (non-Kate post)

[Glenn Duley Smith <smith@midsoft.com>]

On 2 Feb 1996, the icon of coherence wrote:

> RansomGroup1@eworld.com sez:
> 
> >Actually, after having heard "Under the Pink", I thought "Little 
> >Earthquakes" might be a lot like Thomas Dolby's "Golden Age of Wireless" 
> >-- so good at being what it is that a follow up begs comparison and 
> >rarely reaches the same degree of personal and/or popular and/or 
> >ciritical success of the previous work.
> 
> while i understand your point, i completely disagree with your example
> of tom dolby. _the flat earth_ and _the golden age of wireless_ are so
> strikingly different (with the exception of "hyperactive") that comparing 
> the two is ludicrous.
> 
> nevermind my opinion that _the flat earth_ is just plain stunning. ;)
> 
> woj
> 

    ..And what's more, Dolby's third LP, _Aliens Ate My Buick_, was not
    only a remarkable change for Dolby (hire an L.A. rhythm section, and
    record a funk-based album!  Oh, and let's invite George Clinton, what
    the hooey!)  but it is also a fantastic album.  Just brilliant.

    While his fourth, _Astronauts and Heretics_ left me a bit cold, 
    Dolby's first three albums strike me as must-haves.


-Pogo