The Age of Plastic

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debut album studio album

The Age of Plastic is the 1980 debut studio album by British new wave duo The Buggles, noted for its synth-pop sound and themes of technological change.

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Label Occurrences
The Age of Plastic canonical 12
Living in the Plastic Age 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf debut album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
albumByBandType duo ⓘ
artist The Buggles ⓘ
chronologyNextTitle Adventures in Modern Recording ⓘ
chronologyNextYear 1981 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception generally positive ⓘ
era late 1970s–early 1980s new wave ⓘ
genre new wave ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ
hasCoverArt The Age of Plastic album cover ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn 1980s synth-pop artists ⓘ
hasPart Astroboy (And the Proles on Parade) ⓘ
Clean, Clean ⓘ
Elstree ⓘ
I Love You (Miss Robot) ⓘ
Johnny on the Monorail ⓘ
Kid Dynamo ⓘ
Video Killed the Radio Star ⓘ
hasSingle Clean, Clean ⓘ
Elstree ⓘ
Video Killed the Radio Star ⓘ
length approximately 36 minutes ⓘ
mainTheme futurism ⓘ
media and communication ⓘ
technological change ⓘ
medium audio cassette ⓘ
compact disc ⓘ
vinyl record ⓘ
musicBrainzType Album ⓘ
musicStyle electronic pop ⓘ
notableFor early MTV-era hit Video Killed the Radio Star ⓘ
use of synthesizers ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
performer Geoff Downes ⓘ
The Buggles ⓘ
Trevor Horn ⓘ
producer Geoff Downes ⓘ
Trevor Horn ⓘ
recordedIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
recordLabel Island Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1980 ⓘ
releaseType full-length album ⓘ

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Video Killed the Radio Star → partOfAlbum → The Age of Plastic ⓘ
The Buggles → debutAlbum → The Age of Plastic ⓘ
The Buggles → album → The Age of Plastic ⓘ
The Buggles → single → The Age of Plastic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Living in the Plastic Age
Geoff Downes → notableWork → The Age of Plastic ⓘ
Video killed the radio star → album → The Age of Plastic ⓘ
subject surface form: Video Killed the Radio Star
Video killed the radio star → followedBySingle → The Age of Plastic ⓘ
subject surface form: Video Killed the Radio Star
this entity surface form: Living in the Plastic Age
Adventures in Modern Recording → follows → The Age of Plastic ⓘ
Adventures in Modern Recording → previousWork → The Age of Plastic ⓘ
Clean, Clean → album → The Age of Plastic ⓘ
Clean, Clean → partOf → The Age of Plastic ⓘ
Gary Langan → notableWork → The Age of Plastic ⓘ
Elstree → partOfAlbum → The Age of Plastic ⓘ
Elstree → album → The Age of Plastic ⓘ
Elstree → follows → The Age of Plastic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Living in the Plastic Age