Released July 1992 Artist Thomas Dolby Producer Thomas Dolby Genre New wave | Length 43:16 Release date July 1992 Label Giant Records | |
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Astronauts & Heretics
(1992) A Map of the Floating City
(2011) Similar Thomas Dolby albums, New wave albums | ||
Astronauts & Heretics, released in 1992, was the fourth studio album by Thomas Dolby. It was Dolby's last studio album proper until 2011's A Map Of The Floating City.
Contents
Astronauts & Heretics contained the singles "I Love You Goodbye", "Close But No Cigar" and "Silk Pyjamas".
The album was reasonably popular in the UK and was Dolby's last album to be released on vinyl. According to Dolby, the album went largely unnoticed in the US due to poor distribution by Giant Records and the popularity of grunge at the time.
After asking Thomas Dolby for help with his studio equipment, Eddie Van Halen agreed to play guitar on two of Dolby's songs, "Eastern Bloc" and "Close but no Cigar" on Astronauts & Heretics including a Van Halen style solo on "Eastern Bloc".
Track listing
All tracks by Dolby unless noted
- "I Love You Goodbye" – 5:58
- "Cruel" – 3:08
- "Silk Pyjamas" – 3:38
- "I Live in a Suitcase" – 5:29
- "Eastern Bloc" ("Europa and the Pirate Twins Part II") – 5:19
- "Close But No Cigar" – 4:27
- "That's Why People Fall in Love" – 5:28
- "Neon Sisters" (Dolby, Matthew Seligman) – 4:54
- "Beauty of a Dream" – 5:04
Personnel
Songs
1I Love You Goodbye5:59
2Cruel
3Silk Pyjamas3:38