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The Flat Earth is the second album by English new wave/synth-pop musician Thomas Dolby, released in 1984.

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The Flat Earth
Studio album by Thomas Dolby
Released	February 1984
Recorded	1982–1983
Genre	New wave, sophisti-pop
Length	37:22
Label	EMI, Capitol Records
Producer	Thomas Dolby
Thomas Dolby chronology
The Golden Age of Wireless (1982) The Flat Earth (1984) Aliens Ate My Buick (1988)
Singles from The Flat Earth
"Hyperactive!" Released: January 1984 "I Scare Myself" Released: 1984 "Dissidents" Released: 1984

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]
The Village Voice	C+[3]

A remastered "Collector's Edition" of The Flat Earth was released on 13 July 2009, featuring bonus tracks and new sleeve notes.

Reception

The Flat Earth peaked at No. 14 on the UK Albums Chart. The first single from the album was "Hyperactive!", which peaked at No. 17 in the UK Singles Chart, making it Dolby's highest-charting single in his home country. Second and third singles, "I Scare Myself" and "Dissidents", peaked at Nos. 46 and 90, respectively. The album charted at No. 35 in America.

Track listing

All songs written by Thomas Dolby, except where otherwise indicated.

Original LP

Side A

1. "Dissidents" (Thomas Dolby, Kevin Armstrong, Matthew Seligman) – 4:56
2. "The Flat Earth" – 6:41
3. "Screen Kiss" – 5:33

Side B

4. "White City" – 5:19
5. "Mulu the Rain Forest" – 5:00
6. "I Scare Myself" (Dan Hicks) – 5:40
7. "Hyperactive!" – 4:13

2009 Collector's Edition CD bonus tracks

8. "Get Out of My Mix (Dolby's Cube)" – 4:44
9. "Puppet Theatre" (Dolby, Seligman) – 4:14
10. "Dissidents (The Search for Truth Part 1)" (Dolby, Armstrong, Seligman) – 7:17
11. "Field Work (London Mix)" (With Ryuichi Sakamoto) (Dolby, Sakamoto) – 4:05
12. "Don't Turn Away" (From the film Howard the Duck) (Dolby, Allee Willis) – 5:03
13. "The Devil Is an Englishman" (From the film Gothic) (Dolby, Stephen Volk) – 3:30
14. "I Scare Myself" (Live on tour, 1984) (Hicks) – 6:17
15. "Marseille" (Live on tour, 1984) (Dolby, Adele Bertei) – 4:41

Bonus audio downloads from thomasdolby.com:

• "Audio Lecture/White City" – 8:11
• "Dissidents" (Live) (Dolby, Armstrong, Seligman) – 4:46
• "I Scare Myself" (Live) (Hicks) – 5:36
• "New Toy" (Live) – 4:22
• "Puppet Theatre" (Alternate Version) (Dolby, Seligman) – 4:19

Personnel

References

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[de] The Flat Earth

The Flat Earth ist ein 1984 erschienenes Musikalbum von Thomas Dolby, viele Kritiker und Fans bezeichnen es als sein bestes – oft wird es sogar als das beste Synthie-Pop-Album überhaupt bezeichnet.

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