Album: Adventures in Modern Recording
Artist: The Buggles
1993, Jimco Records, Japan (originally released in 1981)
CD: JICK-89266

Band Members:
Travor Horn: vocals, bass guitar (1/6/9), lead guitar (2), all guitars (3/4/7), electronic drum machine (4)
Geoff Downes - keyboards (2/3/4/7), electronic drum machine (7)
Simon Darlow - guitars (1/5/6/8/9), keyboards (1/5/6/8/9)
John Sinclair: electronic drum machine (1/5/6/8/9), cymbals (1/8/9), additional guitar (2), additional vocals (5)
Chris Squire - sound effects (1/9)
Anne Dudley - additional keyboards (2)
Louis Jardim - percussion (2)
Bruce Woolley - additional vocals (5)
Rod Thompson - additional keyboards (7)
Danny Schogger - additional keyboards (7)

1/2/5/6/8/9 - Produced by Trevor Horn and John Sinclair
3/4/7 - Produced by Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes

Tracks:
1. Adventures in Modern Recording [Trevor Horn/Bruce Woolley/Simon Darlow] (3:43)
2. Beatnik [Horn] (3:36)
3. Vermillion Sands [Horn/Geoff Downes] (6:46)
4. I am a Camera [Horn/Downes] (4:52)
5. On TV [Horn/Woolley/Rod Thompson] (2:48)
6. Inner City [Horn/Darlow] (3:19)
7. Lenny [Horn/Downes] (3:12)
8. Rainbow Warrior [Horn/Darlow/John Sinclair] (5:20)
9. Adventures in Modern Recording (Reprise) [Horn/Woolley/Darlow] (0:49)

CD re-release bonus tracks:
10. Fade Away
11. Blue Nylon
12. I am a Camera (12" mix)

2010 CD re-release bonus tracks:
10. Fade Away (2:37) [Horn/Sinclair]
11. Blue Nylon (2:25) [Horn/Sinclair/Darlow]
12. I am a Camera (12" mix) (4:15)
13. We Can Fly from Here Part 1 (5:09) [Horn/Downes]
14. Dion (Mix II) (5:03) [Horn/Downes]
15. Videotheque (3:34) [Horn/Darlow]
16. On TV (3:52)
17. Walking on Glass (3:14)
18. Riding a Tide (4:50) [Horn/Downes]
19. We Can Fly from Here Part 2 (4:02) [Horn/Downes]

Comments: While work begun on the second Buggles album before Horn and Downes had joined Yes, it was only finished after the Drama line-up had split up. The Buggles had brought "I am a Camera" to Yes and it became "Into the Lens" on Drama, but a Buggles version is released here and was released as a single. Downes is less involved and the album comes across more as a Horn solo project than anything else, but if you liked their first album, you'll probably like this one too.

(10) was the b-side to "I am a Camera". (11) was the b-side to "Lenny", the album's other single. (13) was also demo'd and performed by Yes on the Drama tour, but this version appears to post-date those. (15) was released by Dollar in 1982. (16) is a demo version; (17) is a demo of "Lenny". (HP, 3 Feb 2010; thanks to John Sowalsky for info)

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