{"product_id":"thomas-dolby-aliens-ate-my-buick-red-holland-import","title":"Thomas Dolby - Aliens Ate My Buick [Red Holland Import]","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Dolby swapped the chilly synth-pop of his early hits for something brasher and funkier on Aliens Ate My Buick, the 1988 album reissued here on limited 180-gram red vinyl as a Holland import.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis third studio album finds the producer and songwriter in a playful, satirical mood, aiming his wit at fame, fast cars and the absurdities of late-eighties culture. The arrangements are dense and colourful, mixing slap bass, horn stabs, programmed beats and big-band swagger, and the whole thing plays like a sharp-tongued comedy backed by an excellent rhythm section.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Airhead\" is a gleeful skewering of a vacuous social climber, all bouncy hooks and knowing asides. \"Hot Sauce\" turns up the funk with a strutting, sweaty groove, and \"The Key to Her Ferrari\" opens the album in sleek, cinematic style. Then \"Budapest by Blimp\" drifts somewhere else entirely, a dreamy, widescreen ballad that shows the more reflective side of Dolby's imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArriving six years after his early-eighties breakthrough, it showed just how far he had travelled, and its mix of brains, humour and studio craft has aged beautifully. This red pressing makes a vivid case for rediscovery, and it rewards a close, attentive listen on a good pair of speakers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57351093354801,"sku":"8719262039643","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Thomas_Dolby-Aliens_Ate_My_Buick_Red_Holland_Import.jpg?v=1793980307","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/thomas-dolby-aliens-ate-my-buick-red-holland-import","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}