Timbuk 3

Timbuk 3

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After wandering between Wisconsin, New York and Texas, this globe-trotting couple made their vinyl debut in 1986. Their first single, "The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades", reveals a band that oscillates between tradition and modernity. Armed with acoustic guitars and percussion machines, they distill rock'n'roll with country and reggae accents.

Top tracks

01
The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
03:24
Composers: P. Macdonald
01
The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades (Re-Recorded)
Timbuk 3
The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades (Re-Recorded) - Single
03:23
10
Daddy's Down In The Mine
Timbuk 3
Edge Of Allegiance
03:09
Composers: Pat MacDonald
03
Two Medicines
Timbuk 3
Big Shot In The Dark
03:11
Composers: Pat MacDonald - Barbara MacDonald
01
National Holiday
Timbuk 3
Edge Of Allegiance
04:02
Composers: Pat MacDonald
01
God Made An Angel
Timbuk 3
Big Shot In The Dark
04:35
Composers: Pat MacDonald
09
Acid Rain
Timbuk 3
Edge Of Allegiance
03:43
Composers: Pat MacDonald
01
Tarzan Was A Bluesman
Timbuk 3
Eden Alley
01:26
Composers: Pat MacDonald
02
Sunshine
Timbuk 3
Big Shot In The Dark
04:12
Composers: Pat MacDonald
07
Count To Ten
Timbuk 3
Edge Of Allegiance
03:54
Composers: Pat MacDonald
08
Eden Alley
Timbuk 3
Eden Alley
03:30
Composers: Pat MacDonald - Barbara MacDonald
06
Looks Like Dark To Me
Timbuk 3
Looks Like Dark To Me
03:34
Writer: Pat Mcdonald / Composers: Pat Mcdonald
04
The Border Crossing
Timbuk 3
Big Shot In The Dark
03:14
Composers: Pat MacDonald - Barbara MacDonald
02
A Hundred Lovers
Timbuk 3
A Hundred Lovers
03:42
Writer: Pat Mcdonald / Composers: Pat Mcdonald
08
B-Side Of Life
Timbuk 3
Edge Of Allegiance
03:15
Composers: Pat MacDonald
09
Shame On You
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
05:08
Composers: Pat MacDonald - Barbara MacDonald
02
Easy
Timbuk 3
Eden Alley
04:31
Composers: Pat MacDonald - Barbara MacDonald
02
Waves Of Grain
Timbuk 3
Edge Of Allegiance
03:45
Composers: Pat MacDonald
04
Dance Fever
Timbuk 3
Eden Alley
02:44
Composers: Pat MacDonald
08
Cheap Black And White
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
02:55
Composers: Pat MacDonald
03
Dirty Dirty Rice
Timbuk 3
Edge Of Allegiance
02:53
Composers: Pat MacDonald
11
Don't Give Up On Me
Timbuk 3
Edge Of Allegiance
02:46
Composers: Pat MacDonald
12
Wheel Of Fortune
Timbuk 3
Edge Of Allegiance
02:30
Composers: Pat MacDonald
06
Grand Old Party
Timbuk 3
Edge Of Allegiance
03:15
Composers: Pat MacDonald - Barbara MacDonald
03
Hairstyles And Attitudes
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
02:52
Composers: Pat MacDonald
12
Assholes On Parade
Timbuk 3
Field Guide: Some Of The Best Of Timbuk 3
03:28
Composers: Pat MacDonald
02
Life Is Hard
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
04:11
Composers: Pat MacDonald
07
Friction
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
03:46
Composers: Pat MacDonald
11
Little People Make Big Mistakes
Timbuk 3
Eden Alley
02:07
Composers: Pat MacDonald
06
Too Much Sex, Not Enough Affection
Timbuk 3
Eden Alley
03:15
Composers: Pat MacDonald
05
Big Shot In The Dark
Timbuk 3
Big Shot In The Dark
06:32
Composers: Pat MacDonald
05
Standard White Jesus
Timbuk 3
Edge Of Allegiance
04:47
Composers: Pat MacDonald
06
Welcome To The Human Race
Timbuk 3
Field Guide: Some Of The Best Of Timbuk 3
03:18
Composers: Pat MacDonald
03
The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades (Re-Recorded - Slowed + Reverb)
Timbuk 3
The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades (Re-Recorded - Sped Up)
04:06
Composers: Patrick MacDonald
04
Facts About Cats
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
03:22
Composers: Pat MacDonald
05
I Need You
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
03:58
Composers: Pat MacDonald
03
Reckless Driver
Timbuk 3
Eden Alley
05:45
Composers: Pat MacDonald
06
Mudflap Girl
Timbuk 3
Big Shot In The Dark
04:50
Composers: Pat MacDonald
06
Just Another Movie
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
04:19
Composers: Pat MacDonald
10
I Love You In The Strangest Way
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
03:03
Composers: Pat MacDonald
01
Border Crossing (Live)
Timbuk 3
The Best of Mountain Stage Live (Vol. 3)
03:24
Writer: Pat MacDonald - Barbara K. MacDonald / Composers: Pat MacDonald - Barbara K. MacDonald
11
Sunshine (Instrumental)
Timbuk 3
Big Shot In The Dark
04:39
Composers: Pat MacDonald
05
Sample The Dog
Timbuk 3
Eden Alley
03:19
Composers: Pat MacDonald
08
Wake Up Little Darlin'
Timbuk 3
Big Shot In The Dark
02:45
Composers: Pat MacDonald
07
Dis---land (Was Made For You & Me)
Timbuk 3
Big Shot In The Dark
03:57
Composers: Pat MacDonald
09
'49 Plymouth
Timbuk 3
Big Shot In The Dark
04:42
Composers: Pat MacDonald
10
The Little Things
Timbuk 3
Big Shot In The Dark
03:47
Composers: Pat MacDonald
03
Bank Robber (Live at KBCO, Denver, CO - October 1994)
Timbuk 3
Legalize Our Love / Inside Out
06:16
Writer: Pat Mcdonald / Composers: Pat Mcdonald
09
Rev. Jack & His Roamin' Cadillac Church
Timbuk 3
Eden Alley
04:13
Composers: Pat MacDonald
10
A Sinful Life
Timbuk 3
Eden Alley
03:37
Composers: Pat MacDonald
12
Reprise (Don't Stop Now)
Timbuk 3
Eden Alley
00:57
Composers: Pat MacDonald

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  • Discography
Albums
Field Guide: Some Of The Best Of Timbuk 3
â„— 2006 Capitol Records Inc.
01-01-2006
Field Guide: Some Of The Best Of Timbuk 3
01
The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Timbuk 3
Field Guide: Some Of The Best Of Timbuk 3
03:23
Composers: P. Macdonald
02
Life Is Hard
Timbuk 3
Field Guide: Some Of The Best Of Timbuk 3
04:11
Composers: Pat MacDonald
03
Just Another Movie
Timbuk 3
Field Guide: Some Of The Best Of Timbuk 3
04:17
Composers: Pat MacDonald
04
Rev. Jack & His Roamin' Cadillac Church
Timbuk 3
Field Guide: Some Of The Best Of Timbuk 3
04:13
Composers: Pat MacDonald
05
Too Much Sex, Not Enough Affection
Timbuk 3
Field Guide: Some Of The Best Of Timbuk 3
03:15
Composers: Pat MacDonald
06
Welcome To The Human Race
Timbuk 3
Field Guide: Some Of The Best Of Timbuk 3
03:18
Composers: Pat MacDonald
07
National Holiday
Timbuk 3
Field Guide: Some Of The Best Of Timbuk 3
04:02
Composers: Pat MacDonald
Access the complete album info (14 songs)
A Hundred Lovers
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
14-02-1995
A Hundred Lovers
01
Sunshine Is Dangerous (Acoustic Version)
Timbuk 3
A Hundred Lovers
04:34
Writer: Pat Mcdonald - Barbara K. - Courtney Audain - Wally Ingram / Composers: Pat Mcdonald - Barbara K. - Courtney Audain - Wally Ingram
02
A Hundred Lovers
Timbuk 3
A Hundred Lovers
03:42
Writer: Pat Mcdonald / Composers: Pat Mcdonald
03
Just Wanna Funk With Your Mind
Timbuk 3
A Hundred Lovers
03:18
Writer: Pat Mcdonald - Barbara K. / Composers: Pat Mcdonald - Barbara K.
04
Legalize Our Love
Timbuk 3
A Hundred Lovers
05:19
Writer: Pat Mcdonald - Barbara K. - Wally Ingram - Courtney Audain / Composers: Pat Mcdonald - Barbara K. - Wally Ingram - Courtney Audain
05
Cynical
Timbuk 3
A Hundred Lovers
04:34
Writer: Barbara K. - Pat Mcdonald / Composers: Barbara K. - Pat Mcdonald
06
Not Yet Gone
Timbuk 3
A Hundred Lovers
04:15
Writer: Pat Mcdonald / Composers: Pat Mcdonald
07
Prey
Timbuk 3
A Hundred Lovers
03:27
Writer: Pat Mcdonald / Composers: Pat Mcdonald
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Big Shot In The Dark
â„— 1991 Capitol Records, LLC
01-01-1991
Big Shot In The Dark
01
God Made An Angel
Timbuk 3
Big Shot In The Dark
04:35
Composers: Pat MacDonald
02
Sunshine
Timbuk 3
Big Shot In The Dark
04:12
Composers: Pat MacDonald
03
Two Medicines
Timbuk 3
Big Shot In The Dark
03:11
Composers: Pat MacDonald - Barbara MacDonald
04
The Border Crossing
Timbuk 3
Big Shot In The Dark
03:14
Composers: Pat MacDonald - Barbara MacDonald
05
Big Shot In The Dark
Timbuk 3
Big Shot In The Dark
06:32
Composers: Pat MacDonald
06
Mudflap Girl
Timbuk 3
Big Shot In The Dark
04:50
Composers: Pat MacDonald
07
Dis---land (Was Made For You & Me)
Timbuk 3
Big Shot In The Dark
03:57
Composers: Pat MacDonald
Access the complete album info (11 songs)
Edge Of Allegiance
â„— 1989 Capitol Records, LLC
01-01-1989
Edge Of Allegiance
01
National Holiday
Timbuk 3
Edge Of Allegiance
04:02
Composers: Pat MacDonald
02
Waves Of Grain
Timbuk 3
Edge Of Allegiance
03:45
Composers: Pat MacDonald
03
Dirty Dirty Rice
Timbuk 3
Edge Of Allegiance
02:53
Composers: Pat MacDonald
04
Pass It On
Timbuk 3
Edge Of Allegiance
02:51
Composers: Pat MacDonald
05
Standard White Jesus
Timbuk 3
Edge Of Allegiance
04:47
Composers: Pat MacDonald
06
Grand Old Party
Timbuk 3
Edge Of Allegiance
03:15
Composers: Pat MacDonald - Barbara MacDonald
07
Count To Ten
Timbuk 3
Edge Of Allegiance
03:54
Composers: Pat MacDonald
Access the complete album info (12 songs)
Eden Alley
â„— 1988 Capitol Records, LLC
01-01-1988
Eden Alley
01
Tarzan Was A Bluesman
Timbuk 3
Eden Alley
01:26
Composers: Pat MacDonald
02
Easy
Timbuk 3
Eden Alley
04:31
Composers: Pat MacDonald - Barbara MacDonald
03
Reckless Driver
Timbuk 3
Eden Alley
05:45
Composers: Pat MacDonald
04
Dance Fever
Timbuk 3
Eden Alley
02:44
Composers: Pat MacDonald
05
Sample The Dog
Timbuk 3
Eden Alley
03:19
Composers: Pat MacDonald
06
Too Much Sex, Not Enough Affection
Timbuk 3
Eden Alley
03:15
Composers: Pat MacDonald
07
Welcome To The Human Race
Timbuk 3
Eden Alley
03:17
Composers: Pat MacDonald
Access the complete album info (12 songs)
Greetings From Timbuk 3
â„— 1986 Capitol Records, LLC
01-01-1986
Greetings From Timbuk 3
01
The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
03:24
Composers: P. Macdonald
02
Life Is Hard
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
04:11
Composers: Pat MacDonald
03
Hairstyles And Attitudes
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
02:52
Composers: Pat MacDonald
04
Facts About Cats
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
03:22
Composers: Pat MacDonald
05
I Need You
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
03:58
Composers: Pat MacDonald
06
Just Another Movie
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
04:19
Composers: Pat MacDonald
07
Friction
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
03:46
Composers: Pat MacDonald
Access the complete album info (10 songs)
EPs
Legalize Our Love / Inside Out
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
14-02-1995
Legalize Our Love / Inside Out
01
Legalize Our Love (Single Version)
Timbuk 3
Legalize Our Love / Inside Out
04:22
Writer: Pat Mcdonald - Barbara K. - Wally Ingram - Courtney Audain / Composers: Pat Mcdonald - Barbara K. - Wally Ingram - Courtney Audain
02
Inside Out
Timbuk 3
Legalize Our Love / Inside Out
04:29
Writer: Pat Mcdonald / Composers: Pat Mcdonald
03
Bank Robber (Live at KBCO, Denver, CO - October 1994)
Timbuk 3
Legalize Our Love / Inside Out
06:16
Writer: Pat Mcdonald / Composers: Pat Mcdonald
04
Easy (Live at KFOG, San Francisco, CA - February 1995)
Timbuk 3
Legalize Our Love / Inside Out
04:39
Writer: Pat MacDonald - K. MacDonald / Composers: Pat MacDonald - K. MacDonald
05
Inside Out (Live at KFOG, San Francisco, CA - February 1995)
Timbuk 3
Legalize Our Love / Inside Out
04:26
Writer: Pat Mcdonald / Composers: Pat Mcdonald
Looks Like Dark To Me
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
27-09-1994
Looks Like Dark To Me
01
Born To Be Wild
Timbuk 3
Looks Like Dark To Me
03:13
Writer: Morris Bonfire / Composers: Morris Bonfire
02
Cynical (Alternate Version)
Timbuk 3
Looks Like Dark To Me
04:37
Writer: Barbara K. - Pat Mcdonald / Composers: Barbara K. - Pat Mcdonald
03
The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades (New Version)
Timbuk 3
Looks Like Dark To Me
03:47
Writer: Pat Mcdonald / Composers: Pat Mcdonald
04
Sunshine Is Dangerous (Acoustic Version)
Timbuk 3
Looks Like Dark To Me
04:34
Writer: Pat Mcdonald - Barbara K. - Courtney Audain - Wally Ingram / Composers: Pat Mcdonald - Barbara K. - Courtney Audain - Wally Ingram
05
Bank Robber
Timbuk 3
Looks Like Dark To Me
06:14
Writer: Pat Mcdonald / Composers: Pat Mcdonald
06
Looks Like Dark To Me
Timbuk 3
Looks Like Dark To Me
03:34
Writer: Pat Mcdonald / Composers: Pat Mcdonald
Singles
The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades (Re-Recorded - Sped Up)
(P) 2023 San Juan Music, under exclusive license to Cleopatra Records Inc.
09-05-2023
The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades (Re-Recorded - Sped Up)
01
The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades (Re-Recorded - Sped Up)
Timbuk 3
The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades (Re-Recorded - Sped Up)
02:44
Composers: Patrick MacDonald
02
The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades (Re-Recorded)
Timbuk 3
The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades (Re-Recorded - Sped Up)
03:23
Composers: Patrick MacDonald
03
The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades (Re-Recorded - Slowed + Reverb)
Timbuk 3
The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades (Re-Recorded - Sped Up)
04:06
Composers: Patrick MacDonald
The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades (Re-Recorded) - Single
26-11-2012
The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades (Re-Recorded) - Single
01
The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades (Re-Recorded)
Timbuk 3
The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades (Re-Recorded) - Single
03:23
Just Wanna Funk With Your Mind
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
14-02-1995
Just Wanna Funk With Your Mind
01
Just Wanna Funk With Your Mind
Timbuk 3
Just Wanna Funk With Your Mind
03:18
Writer: Pat Mcdonald - Barbara K. / Composers: Pat Mcdonald - Barbara K.
02
Cynical (Alternate Version)
Timbuk 3
Just Wanna Funk With Your Mind
04:37
Writer: Barbara K. - Pat Mcdonald / Composers: Barbara K. - Pat Mcdonald
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Guilty Pleasures
(P) (C) 2010 EMI Music Canada. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by EMI Music Canada, 109 Atlantic Ave. Suite 301, Toronto, ON M6K 1E2
24-08-2010
Guilty Pleasures
01
Ice Ice Baby
Vanilla Ice
Guilty Pleasures
04:31
Composers: Roger Taylor - R. Van Winkle - Freddie Mercury - Brian May - Mario Lavell Johnson - J.R. Deacon - Floyd Brown - David Bowie
02
U Can't Touch This (Club Mix)
MC Hammer
Guilty Pleasures
04:15
Composers: MC Hammer - Rick James - Alonzo Miller
03
I Touch Myself
Divinyls
Guilty Pleasures
03:46
Composers: Wilhelm Hans Steinberg - Mark McEntee - Thomas Kelly - Christina Amphlett
04
Mexican Radio
Wall Of Voodoo
Guilty Pleasures
04:10
Composers: Stan Ridgway - Oliver Nanini - Mark Moreland - Charles Gray
05
Spirit In The Sky (Single Version)
Doctor & The Medics
Guilty Pleasures
03:29
Composers: Norman Greenbaum
06
The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Timbuk 3
Guilty Pleasures
03:23
Composers: Patrick MacDonald
07
Turning Japanese
The Vapors
Guilty Pleasures
03:45
Composers: David Fenton
Access the complete album info (15 songs)
Dirty Blues & Swamp Rock
â„— 2025 UMG Recordings, Inc.
30-05-2025
Dirty Blues & Swamp Rock
01
Off The Ground
The Record Company
Dirty Blues & Swamp Rock
04:13
Writer: Chris Vos - Alex Stiff - Marc Cazorla / Composers: Chris Vos - Alex Stiff - Marc Cazorla
02
You Got To Move
Fred McDowell
Dirty Blues & Swamp Rock
02:46
Composers: Fred McDowell - Rev. Gary Davis
03
Ventilator Blues
The Rolling Stones
Dirty Blues & Swamp Rock
03:24
Writer: Mick Jagger - Keith Richards - Mick Taylor / Composers: Mick Jagger - Keith Richards - Mick Taylor
04
Home
Marc Broussard
Dirty Blues & Swamp Rock
05:03
Writer: Marshall Altman - Marc Broussard - Ted Broussard - Drew Ramsey - Shannon Sanders / Composers: Marshall Altman - Marc Broussard - Ted Broussard - Drew Ramsey - Shannon Sanders
05
Bubba Jones
Tony Joe White
Dirty Blues & Swamp Rock
04:26
Writer: Tony Joe White / Composers: Tony Joe White
06
Sinners
Barns Courtney
Dirty Blues & Swamp Rock
02:51
Writer: Carl Barat - Barns Courtney / Composers: Carl Barat - Barns Courtney
07
Born On The Bayou
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Dirty Blues & Swamp Rock
05:16
Writer: John Fogerty / Composers: John Fogerty
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Summer Cruisin' - 80s Style
(P) 2013 Goldenlane Records
20-05-2013
Summer Cruisin' - 80s Style
01
I Ran (So Far Away) [Re-Recorded]
A Flock Of Seagulls
Summer Cruisin' - 80s Style
05:11
Composers: A. Score - P. Reynolds - M. Score - F. Maudsley
02
The Glamorous Life (Re-Recorded)
Sheila E.
Summer Cruisin' - 80s Style
03:39
Composers: Prince Roger Nelson
03
The Future's so Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades (Re-Recorded)
Timbuk 3
Summer Cruisin' - 80s Style
03:23
Composers: Patrick Lee Mac Macdonald
04
Salt in My Tears (Re-Recorded)
Martin Briley
Summer Cruisin' - 80s Style
04:01
Composers: Martin Briley
05
Naughty Naughty (Re-Recorded)
John Parr
Summer Cruisin' - 80s Style
05:02
Composers: John Parr
06
Walking on Sunshine (Re-Recorded)
Katrina
Summer Cruisin' - 80s Style
03:39
Composers: Eddy Grant
07
Flashdance...What a Feeling (Re-Recorded)
Irene Cara
Summer Cruisin' - 80s Style
04:06
Composers: Giorgio Moroder - Keith Forsey - Irene Cara
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Music from Tv Commercials
(P) 2013 Soundtrack Classics Records
09-07-2013
Music from Tv Commercials
01
Meow Meow Meow Meow
Meow Mix Cat Food
Music from Tv Commercials
00:32
Composers: Will provide later
02
The Gummy Bear Song
Happy Playtime
Music from Tv Commercials
02:28
Composers: Will provide later
03
Mr. Clean, Mr. Clean
Mr. Clean All-Purpose Cleaner
Music from Tv Commercials
00:57
Composers: Will provide later
04
I Like to Move It
DJ Lace
Music from Tv Commercials
03:49
Composers: Will provide later
05
When You're out of Schlitz
Schlitz Beer
Music from Tv Commercials
00:49
Composers: Will provide later
06
Tequila
The Champs
Music from Tv Commercials
02:11
Composers: Will provide later
07
When You Say Bud
Budweiser Beer
Music from Tv Commercials
01:02
Composers: Will provide later
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