THOMAS DOLBY The Flat Earth (2009 issue UK 15-track digitally remastered album - 'The Flat Earth' was Dolby's sophomore album release, in 1984, its sophisticated sound was a battle cry to any doubters, combining Dolby's signature keyboards into amore organic, layered sound. The epic 'Dissidents' [felt most at home as a 12"] revisits Dolby's love of cold war espionage, and at the other end of the spectrum, the haunting Dan Hicks' ballad 'I Scare Myself' is turned into a piano-led affair with a sexy, sultry video. The latter is a solo embodiment of the shimmering, breathy sound that would form the heart of the Prefab Sprout sound he was integral to creating, production values which he has said he ranks amongst his personal career highs)