Thomas Dolby discography

Studio albums| 5
EPs| 6
Soundtrack albums| 5
Live albums| 4
Compilation albums| 9
Singles| 25
Video albums| 6

This is the discography of British singer-songwriter and musician Thomas Dolby.

## Albums

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### Studio albums

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Title  | Album details  | Peak chart positions

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[1][2] | AUS
[3][4] | CAN
[5] | FIN
[6] | NL
[7] | NZ
[8] | SWE
[9] | US
[10] | US R&B
[11]
The Golden Age of Wireless |

* Released: 10 May 1982
* Label: Venice in Peril
* Formats: LP, MC

| 65  | 72  | 8  | —  | —  | 21  | —  | 13  | 45
The Flat Earth |

* Released: 6 February 1984
* Label: Parlophone, Capitol
* Formats: LP, MC

| 14  | 71  | 21  | 25  | 18  | 28  | 50  | 35  | —
Aliens Ate My Buick |

* Released: April 1988
* Label: EMI-Manhattan
* Formats: CD, LP, MC

| 30  | 76  | 76  | —  | 72  | 43  | —  | 70  | —
Astronauts & Heretics |

* Released: July 1992
* Label: Virgin
* Formats: CD, LP, MC

| 35  | 123  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
A Map of the Floating City |

* Released: 24 October 2011
* Label: Lost Toy People
* Formats: LP, digital download

| 171  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

### Live albums

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Title  | Album details

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Forty |

* Released: December 2001
* Label: Lost Toy People
* Formats: CD

The Sole Inhabitant |

* Released: November 2006
* Label: Lost Toy People
* Formats: CD

Live at SXSW |

* Released: July 2007
* Label: Lost Toy People
* Formats: CD
* With the Jazz Mafia Horns

Live in Tokyo 2012 |

* Released: 30 May 2012
* Label: Meguro
* Formats: CD+DVD
* Japan-only release

### Soundtrack albums

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Title  | Album details

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Howard the Duck |

* Released: July 1986
* Label: MCA
* Formats: LP, MC
* Split album – one side by Dolby's Cube, the other by John Barry

Gothic |

* Released: February 1987
* Label: Virgin
* Formats: CD, LP, MC

The Gate to the Mind's Eye |

* Released: 25 October 1994
* Label: Giant
* Formats: CD, MC

The Invisible Lighthouse |

* Released: 2013
* Label: Lost Toy People
* Formats: CD

Double Switch – 25 Anniversary Edition |

* Released: March 2019
* Label: Limited Run Games/Screaming Villains
* Formats: LP, MC
* Limited release of the soundtrack to the 1993 video album

### Compilation albums

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Title  | Album details

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Retrospectacle – The Best of Thomas Dolby |

* Released: 7 February 1994
* Label: EMI, Capitol
* Formats: CD, MC

Premium Gold Collection |

* Released: June 1997
* Label: EMI
* Formats: CD
* Netherlands-only release

Hyperactive |

* Released: February 1999
* Label: Disky
* Formats: CD

Hyperactive! |

* Released: 15 March 1999
* Label: EMI
* Formats: CD

12x12 Original Remixes |

* Released: 2 August 1999
* Label: EMI
* Formats: CD

Blinded with Science |

* Released: 17 July 2000
* Label: EMI
* Formats: CD

The Singular Thomas Dolby |

* Released: 18 May 2009
* Label: EMI
* Formats: CD+DVD, digital download

Original Album Series |

* Released: 11 November 2016
* Label: Parlophone
* Formats: 5xCD box set

Hyperactive |

* Released: 27 July 2018
* Label: BMG
* Formats: 2xCD

### Video albums

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Title  | Album details

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"Live Wireless" |

* Released: November 1983
* Label: Hendring, Thorn EMI Video
* Formats: VHS, Betamax, LaserDisc

Thomas Dolby |

* Released: 1984
* Label: PolyGram Video
* Formats: VHS, VHD, Betamax, LaserDisc

The Golden Age of Video – 12 of His Best Videos |

* Released: 1989
* Label: Picture Music International
* Formats: VHS, LaserDisc

The Gate to the Mind's Eye |

* Released: 1994
* Label: BMG Video, Miramar
* Formats: VHS, LaserDisc

The Sole Inhabitant |

* Released: 2006
* Label: Lost Toy People
* Formats: DVD

Live in Chicago |

* Released: 2007
* Label: Lost Toy People
* Formats: DVD

## EPs

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Title  | Album details  | Peak chart positions

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CAN
[12] | US
[10]
Blinded by Science |

* Released: January 1983
* Label: Harvest/Venice in Peril
* Formats: 12", LP, MC

| 3  | 20
One of Our Submarines |

* Released: 1 November 2002
* Label: Salz
* Formats: CD, 2x12"
* With Salz

| —  | —
Amerikana |

* Released: 16 June 2010
* Label: Lost Toy People
* Formats: digital download

| —  | —
Oceanea |

* Released: 29 November 2010
* Label: Lost Toy People
* Formats: CD, digital download

| —  | —
Return to Oceanea – Remix EP |

* Released: 2 February 2012
* Label: Lost Toy People
* Formats: digital download

| —  | —
Halloween: A Thomas Dolby Creation |

* Released: 20 October 2023
* Label: BMG
* Formats: digital download

| —  | —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

## Singles

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Title  | Year  | Peak chart positions  | Album

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[1][13] | AUS
[3][4] | CAN
[14] | FIN
[6] | GER
[15] | NL
[16] | NZ
[17] | US
[18] | US Dance
[19] | US Main
[20]
"Urges"  | 1981  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Originally a non-album release[A]
"Europa and the Pirate Twins"  | 48  | —  | 45[B] | —  | —  | —  | —  | 67[B] | —  | 37  | The Golden Ages of Wireless
"Airwaves"  | 1982  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Radio Silence"  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Windpower"  | 31  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"She Blinded Me with Science" (b/w "One of Our Submarines") | 49  | 19  | 1  | —  | 52  | —  | 7  | 5  | 3  | 6
17  | Originally a non-album release[C]
"Get Out of My Mix" (as Dolby's Cube) | 1983  | 80  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Non-album release
"Hyperactive!"  | 1984  | 17  | 26  | 16  | 21  | —  | —  | 41  | 62  | 37  | 39  | The Flat Earth
"I Scare Myself"  | 46  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 26  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Dissidents"  | 90  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 17  | —
"Field Work" (Ryuichi Sakamoto featuring Thomas Dolby) | 1985  | 98  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Originally a non-album release[D]
"May the Cube Be with You" (as Dolby's Cube) | 82  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Originally a non-album release[E]
"Howard the Duck" (as Dolby's Cube featuring Cherry Bomb) | 1986  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Howard the Duck soundtrack
"The Devil Is an Englishman" (Screamin' Lord Byron featuring Thomas Dolby and Timothy Spall) | 1987  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Gothic soundtrack
"Airhead"  | 1988  | 53  | 69  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 6  | —  | Aliens Ate My Buick
"Hot Sauce"  | 1989  | 80  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"My Brain Is Like a Sieve"  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Close but No Cigar"  | 1992  | 22  | 107  | —  | —  | 88  | —  | 14  | —  | —  | —  | Astronauts & Heretics
"I Love You Goodbye"  | 36  | 155  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Silk Pyjamas"  | 62  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
"Hyperactive!" (re-release) | 1994  | 23  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Retrospectacle
"Quantum Mechanic" (Germany-only release) | 1995  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | The Gate to the Mind's Eye soundtrack
"Blinded by Chemicals" (vs. James Doman) | 2004  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Non-album release
"Spice Train" (promo-only release) | 2011  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | A Map of the Floating City
"I'm Thomas Dolby" (with JG and the Robots) | 2021  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Non-album release
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

## Contributions

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Year  | Title  | Artist  | Contribution

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1979  | English Garden | Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club | Keyboards
1980  | Drip Dry Zone | Local Heroes SW9
1981  | "New Toy"  | Lene Lovich | Wrote, keyboards
"Dream Soldiers"  | The Fallout Club | Wrote, synthesiser, backing vocals, producer
Black Snake Diamond Röle | Robyn Hitchcock | Keyboards only on "Love"
"Ghost Train"  | Bruce Woolley  | Co-wrote, keyboards
4 | Foreigner | Main synthesiser
"Year 2000"  | Jane Kennaway  | Wrote, producer
"Jungle Line"  | Low Noise  | Vocals, electronics, producer
Walk Under Ladders | Joan Armatrading | Synthesiser on 6 tracks
"Wonderlust"  | The Fallout Club  | Wrote, synthesiser, producer
Pleasure | Girls at Our Best! | Synthesiser
1982  | "I Got You Babe"  | Holly & Joey
Set | Thompson Twins | Additional synthesiser on 3 tracks
Famous Last Words | M | Synthesiser
No Man's Land | Lene Lovich  | Synthesiser only on "Rocky Road"
"Sex Machine"  | Jack Heard  | Synthesiser
1983  | Pyromania | Def Leppard | Keyboards (credited as Booker T. Boffin)
Duck Rock | Malcolm McLaren | Keyboards
"Build Me a Bridge"  | Adele Bertei | Producer
Beauty Life | Trevor Herion | Arrangement only of "Kiss of No Return"
Whodini | Whodini | Synthesiser, co-wrote and produced 2 tracks
1984  | I Hear I See I Learn | The Group  | Co-producer of "Technology"
1985  | Steve McQueen | Prefab Sprout | Instruments, producer, mixing
Some of My Best Jokes Are Friends | George Clinton | Keyboards, synthesiser, producer and lead vocals on 2 tracks
Dog Eat Dog | Joni Mitchell | Keyboards, synthesiser, programming, vocals, co-producer
1987  | Heaven on Earth | Belinda Carlisle | Additional keyboards
1988  | From Langley Park to Memphis | Prefab Sprout  | Keyboards and producer of 4 tracks
Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm | Joni Mitchell  | Keyboards only on "Dancin' Clown"
Descanso dominical | Mecano | Engineer
Álex & Christina | Álex & Christina
Vivir al este del Edén | La Unión
1989  | Desert Wind | Ofra Haza | Keyboards, backing vocals, programming, producer, mixing, producer, writing
1990  | The Wall – Live in Berlin | Roger Waters | Keytar, vocals
Jordan: The Comeback | Prefab Sprout  | Producer
1991  | Aidalai | Mecano  | Engineer
1992  | Mirmama | Eddi Reader | Remix only of "What You Do with What You've Got"
"Funny Five Minutes"  | Chris Braide | Producer
El cielo lo sabe | Distrito 14  | Engineer
1993  | We're Back: A Dinosaur's Story | James Horner | Keyboard, writing and producer of 2 tracks
1999  | Headspace Music Library V1: Reverie | Headspace | Composer of all tracks except 2
Headspace Music Library V6: Backyard Sunset | Co-composer of "Sunlane"
2002  | Side Three | The Soft Boys | Keyboards only on "Evil Guy"
2007  | Live from New York at Studio 54 | Lene Lovich  | Keyboards; archive material
2010  | Electro Pioneers | Space Cowboy | Remix only of "My Egyptian Lover"
2017  | Dangerous Friends | The Fallout Club  | Keyboards; composer of 2 tracks, producer of 4 tracks; archive material
2022  | "I'm Not Your Dog"  | Todd Rundgren | Co-writer

## Notes

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1. ^ Later included on original US pressings of The Golden Age of Wireless.
2. ^ a b "Europa and the Pirate Twins" did not chart in the US and Canada until 1983, after the success of "She Blinded Me with Science".
3. ^ Both tracks were included on the EP Blinded by Science and were also later added to all reissues of The Golden Age of Wireless.
4. ^ Later included on Sakamoto's album Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia, which was the international release of Ongaku Zukan.
5. ^ Included on the CD release of Aliens Ate My Buick.

## References

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1. ^ a b "THOMAS DOLBY | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
2. ^ "Chart Log UK – Weekly Updates Sales 2011". www.zobbel.de. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
3. ^ a b Australian chart peaks:
* Kent Music Report peaks to June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 91\. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B ARIA licensed the top 50 portion of this chart between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
* ARIA peaks from June 1988: "Thomas Dolby chart history received from ARIA". Imgur.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.
4. ^ a b "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 15 June 1992". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
5. ^ Peak positions for the Thomas Dolby's albums in Canada:
* The Golden Age of Wireless: "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 38, no. 11\. 14 May 1983. Retrieved 13 April 2022 - via Library and Archives Canada.
* The Flat Earth: "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 40, no. 5\. 7 April 1984. Retrieved 13 April 2022 - via Library and Archives Canada.
* Aliens Ate My Buick: "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 48, no. 15\. 30 July 1988. Retrieved 13 April 2022 - via Library and Archives Canada.
6. ^ a b "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit DOG - DZE". Sisältää hitin. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
7. ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
8. ^ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
9. ^ "swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
10. ^ a b "Thomas Dolby". Billboard. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
11. ^ "Thomas Dolby". Billboard. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
12. ^ "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 38, no. 7\. 16 April 1983. Retrieved 13 April 2022 - via Library and Archives Canada.
13. ^ "DOLBY'S CUBE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
14. ^ Peak positions for Thomas Dolby's singles in Canada:
* "She Blinded Me with Science": "RPM 50 Singles". RPM. Vol. 38, no. 8\. 23 April 1983. Retrieved 13 April 2022 - via Library and Archives Canada.
* "Europa and the Pirate Twins": "RPM 50 Singles". RPM. Vol. 38, no. 18\. 2 July 1983. Retrieved 13 April 2022 - via Library and Archives Canada.
* "Hyperactive!": "RPM 50 Singles". RPM. Vol. 40, no. 5\. 7 April 1984. Retrieved 13 April 2022 - via Library and Archives Canada.
15. ^ "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
16. ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
17. ^ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
18. ^ "Thomas Dolby". Billboard. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
19. ^ "Thomas Dolby". Billboard. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
20. ^ "Thomas Dolby". Billboard. Retrieved 12 April 2022.

## External links

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* Thomas Dolby discography discography at Discogs

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Thomas Dolby

Studio albums|

* The Golden Age of Wireless
* The Flat Earth
* Aliens Ate My Buick
* Astronauts & Heretics
* A Map of the Floating City

EPs|

* Blinded by Science

Live albums|

* Forty

Singles|

* "Europa and the Pirate Twins"
* "She Blinded Me with Science"
* "One of Our Submarines"
* "Hyperactive!"
* "I Love You Goodbye"

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