Astronauts And Heretics
by Thomas Dolby

Astronauts And Heretics by Thomas Dolby
Year: 1992
Overall rank: 11,926th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 20 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1992 (197th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,897th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,926th)

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Thomas Dolby bestography

Astronauts And Heretics is ranked 4th best out of 12 albums by Thomas Dolby on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Thomas Dolby is The Golden Age Of Wireless which is ranked number 4556 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 313.

Thomas Dolby album bestography « Higher ranked (9,221st)
Aliens Ate My Buick
This album (11,926th)
Astronauts And Heretics
Lower ranked (26,725th) »
A Map Of The Floating City

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Overall rank: 11,926th | 1990s rank: 1,897th | 1992 rank: 197th

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70/100 (from 20 votes)
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From 06/17/2018 19:57 | #216937
Quite an interesting collection of songs. The music is quite diverse and the songwriting is clever. Thomas Dolby is an underrated songwriter in my opinion. Personally I prefer tracks like 'Beauty of a Dream' and 'I Love You Goodbye' to the more 'rocky' 'Close But No Cigar', although the Eddie Van Halen Guitar solo makes the track.
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From 01/24/2016 23:07 | #157561
Not his best record but worth a listen.
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