Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)

Thomas Dolby was a real jack of all trades in the 80s. Besides his own great records, he has also produced several milestones. Joni Mitchell and Prefab Sprout are certainly worth mentioning.

Some sounds on this record have aged relatively badly in my opinion, but the songs continue to shine brightly. Thomas Dolby was ahead of his time. The lyrics are still very contemporary, especially if you replace the radio theme with internet. It's about us humans in the age of technology. That's still very touching.

The song ‘Airwaves’ gives me goose bumps every time I listen. "Be in my broadcast when this is over, give me your shoulder, I need a place to wait for morning. No it was nothing, some car backfiring, please don't ask questions, I itch all over, let me sleep. Through the airwaves, people never read the airwaves, do we only feed the airwaves or stamp them out at street level? Airwaves, the dampness of the wind, the airwaves, the tension of the skin, the airwaves, I really should have seen through the airwaves." 📻

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