The Age of Plastic

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The Age Of Plastic
The Age Of Plastic cover
Studio album by Buggles
Released 1979 1980
Recorded 1979
Genre New Wave
Length 47:43
Label Island
Producer Trevor Horn
Professional reviews
Buggles chronology
The Age Of Plastic
(1979/1980)		 Adventures in Modern Recording
(1981)
See also: Plastic Age

The Age of Plastic (1979) (1980) was the first album released by synthpop group Buggles, which consisted of Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes. The album is a concept album, with themes of intense nostalgia and anxiety about the possible effects of modern technology. It followed the success of their first single, "Video Killed The Radio Star" (1979), which had reached No. 1 in the UK singles chart. Three other singles ("Living In The Plastic Age", "Clean, Clean" and "Elstree") were released from the album, but met with considerably less success.

The title of the album ("The Age of Plastic") and the title track ("Living in the Plastic Age") allude to the 1924 novel and consequent 1925 silent movie The Plastic Age, the band name "Buggles" alludes to that movie's director Wesley Ruggles.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Living in the Plastic Age" (5:13)
  2. "Video Killed the Radio Star" (4:13)
  3. "Kid Dynamo" (3:29)
  4. "I Love You (Miss Robot)" (4:58)
  5. "Clean Clean" (3:53)
  6. "Elstree" (4:29)
  7. "Astroboy (And The Proles On Parade)" (4:41)
  8. "Johnny On The Monorail" (5:28)
  9. "Island" - CD bonus track - B-side of "The Plastic Age" UK single
  10. "Technopop" - CD bonus track - B-side of "Clean Clean" UK single
  11. "Johnny On The Monorail (A Very Different Version)" - CD bonus track - B-side of "Elstree" UK single

[edit] Personnel

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