The Age of Plastic

Infobox Album | Name = The Age Of Plastic
Type = Album
Artist = Buggles


Released = 1980
Recorded = 1979
Genre = New Wave
Length = 47:43
Label = Island
Producer = Buggles
Reviews =
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This album = "The Age Of Plastic"
(1979/1980)
Next album = "Adventures in Modern Recording"
(1981)

"The Age of Plastic" (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.

Track listing

# "Living in the Plastic Age" (5:13)
# "Video Killed the Radio Star" (4:13)
# "Kid Dynamo" (3:29)
# "I Love You (Miss Robot)" (4:58)
# "Clean Clean" (3:53)
# "Elstree" (4:29)
# "Astroboy (And The Proles On Parade)" (4:41)
# "Johnny On The Monorail" (5:28)
# "Island" - CD bonus track - B-side of "The Plastic Age" UK single (3:33)
# "Technopop" - CD bonus track - B-side of "Clean Clean" UK single (3:50)
# "Johnny On The Monorail (A Very Different Version)" - CD bonus track - B-side of "Elstree" UK single (3:49)

Personnel

*Trevor Horn – Vocals, Bass Guitar, Guitar
*Geoff Downes – keyboards, drums, percussion
*Bruce Woolley - guitars on tracks 1 & 2.
*Richard James Burgess – drums
*Debi Doss - Vocals on track 2
*Linda Jardim - Vocals on track 2