Thomas Dolby
discography

The Flat Earth
First Released: 1984

Album | Singles | EPs
Thomas Dolby: The Flat Earth
[1984] album

LP: 1984 UK (Parlophone Odeon; PCS 2400341)
CD: 1984 UK (Parlophone Odeon; CDP 7 46028 2)
LP: 1984 US (EMI; ST 12309)
CS: 1984 US (EMI; 4XT 512309)
CD: 1984 US (Capitol; CDP 7 46028 2)
CS: 1984 CA (Capitol/EMI; 4XT-12309)
LP: 1984 NL (Parlophone Odeon; 1A 064 2400341)
CS: 1984 NL (Parlophone Odeon; 1A 264 2400344)
LP: 1984 ?? (??; PCS 2400341)
LP: 1984 OZ (Parlophone/EMI Australia; PCSO.107820)
CD: 1984 JP (EMI; CP35-3118)
CD: 1991 JP (EMI; TOCP-6336) [25 Jul 91; "Pastmasters II" budget reissue]
4:56 Dissidents
6:41 The Flat Earth
5:34 Screen Kiss
5:20 White City
5:00 Mulu The Rain Forest
5:40 I Scare Myself
4:14 Hyperactive!

[Text from White City - Keith's Voiceover (Robyn Hitchcock):]
"The poor girl was all covered in flowers. It's a shame, 'cause there wasn't any room in her head. 'I climbed through a crack in the sky' she screamed...like this: AAARGH!"
"Where was I--Bedfordshire--that's a lousy place. It's on the A45--you go around, it's all flat and I can't summon up any enthusiasm for that sort of thing at all. I--my idea, when we started out was to have a, you know, rising up, in the form of an undulating, ovulating ground that you don't get so much nowadays, everything tends to be sort of piecemeal and staggered, which I don't think is really very exciting, do you? Ah--you're not there either."

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Thomas Dolby: I Scare Myself
[Feb 1984] single

7": 1984 UK (Parlophone; ??)
7": 1984 JP (??; ??) [tracks unconfirmed]
I Scare Myself
Cloudburst At Shingle Street

12": 1984 UK (Parlophone; 12R 6067)
5:33 I Scare Myself (long version)
4:09 Puppet Theatre
4:30 Cloudburst at Shingle Street (edit version)

7": 198? US (??; ??)
I Scare Myself
Puppet Theatre

7": 198? US (Capitol; ??)
7": 198? US (Capitol; ??) [promo]
7": 198? CA (Capitol; ??)
I Scare Myself
Dissidents

[Most of the music to "Puppet Theatre" was originally written for the Whodini track "Magic's Wand."]

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Thomas Dolby: Dissidents: The Search For Truth
[Feb 1984] single

7": 1984 UK (EMI; R 6071)
7": 1984 SP (EMI; ??) [tracks unconfirmed; titles in spanish]
Dissidents
Urges

12": 1984 UK (Parlophone; 12R 6071)
7:17 Dissidents: The Search For Truth (part 1)
5:53 Dissidents: The Search For Truth (part 2)
3:42 Urges

12": 1984 US (Capitol; V-8594)
12": 1984 CA (EMI/Capitol; V-75061)
7:17 Dissidents: The Search For Truth (part 1) ["dub"]
5:53 Dissidents: The Search For Truth (part 2) ["vocal"]

CSS: 1984 UK (Parlophone; TCR 6071)
7:17 Dissidents: The Search For Truth (part 1)
3:42 Urges
One Of Our Submarines Is Missing [time unknown]
5:00 Dissidents

7": 1984 US (Capitol; B-5374) [ps]
Dissidents: The Search For Truth (lp)
Dissidents: The Search For Truth (dub)

7": 1984 US (Capitol; ??) [2xA promo]
Dissidents: The Search For Truth (lp)

12": 1984 US (Capitol; SPRO-9168/SPRO-9178) [promo]
4:52 Dissidents: The Search For Truth (dub edit version)
3:51 Dissidents: The Search For Truth (lp edit version)