Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma

Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma
Studio album by Michael Nesmith
Released May 1979
Genre Rock
Label Pacific Arts
Producer Michael Nesmith
Michael Nesmith chronology

Live At The Palais
(1978)
Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma
(1979)
The Newer Stuff
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau (B-)[2]

Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma (or simply, Infinite Rider) is Michael Nesmith's ninth post-Monkees studio album and the third studio album from his own company, Pacific Arts Records & Tapes. To continue developing Pacific Arts' multimedia projects, Nesmith originally developed the album as a "video album" (however, to date, Infinite Rider has only been released as a music album).[3] It peaked at No. 151 on the Billboard Pop albums charts.

All the tracks on Infinite Rider have only one word in their title. Yet, on the LP, Nesmith listed each song with a parenthetical subtitle for each track.

Although the album was never released on video, Nesmith has released the album on compact disc. Several songs from the album have been produced as music videos, however, which were featured in Nesmith's Elephant Parts "video album".

Promotional materials

To promote the release of Infinite Rider, Pacific Arts released a promotional album entitled "The Michael Nesmith Radio Special". The promotional album intertwines an interview with Nesmith and the anticipated slate of songs for his then-forthcoming album.

Track listing

All songs written by Michael Nesmith except "Capsule," which was written by Michael Nesmith, Al Perkins, David Mackay, Paul Leim, John Hobbs and Lenny Castro.

Tracks

  1. "Dance" – 2:32
  2. "Magic" – 3:42
  3. "Tonite" – 3:56
  4. "Flying" – 4:46 (long version - 6:56)
  5. "Carioca" – 4:06
  6. "Cruisin'" – 3:51
  7. "Factions" – 3:24
  8. "Light" – 3:21
  9. "Horserace" – 3:21
  10. "Capsule" – 5:16

Parenthetical Titles

  1. "Dance (Dance & Have a Good Time)" – 2:32
  2. "Magic (This Night Is Magic)" – 3:42
  3. "Tonite (The Television Song)" – 3:56
  4. "Flying (Silks & Satins)" – 4:46 (long version - 6:56)
  5. "Carioca (Blue Carioca)" – 4:06
  6. "Cruisin' (Lucy and Ramona and Sunset Sam)" – 3:51
  7. "Factions (The Daughter of Rock n' Roll)" – 3:24
  8. "Light (The Eclectic Light)" – 3:21
  9. "Horserace (Beauty and Magnum Force)" – 3:21
  10. "Capsule (Hello People a Hundred Years from Now)" – 5:16

Bonus tracks only available for download on Michael Nesmith's Videoranch:

Music videos

The following videos were produced from Infinite Rider:

Credits

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Robert Christgau review
  3. Michael Nesmith Radio Special