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

03
Reckless Driver
Timbuk 3
Eden Alley
05:45
Composers: Pat MacDonald
01
The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
03:24
Composers: P. Macdonald
12
Assholes On Parade
Timbuk 3
Field Guide: Some Of The Best Of Timbuk 3
03:28
Composers: Pat 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
I Love You In The Strangest Way
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
03:03
Composers: Pat MacDonald
05
I Need You
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
03:58
Composers: Pat MacDonald
03
Hairstyles And Attitudes
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
02:52
Composers: Pat MacDonald
08
Cheap Black And White
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
02:55
Composers: Pat MacDonald
02
Life Is Hard
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
04:11
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
04
Facts About Cats
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
03:22
Composers: Pat MacDonald
02
Sunshine
Timbuk 3
Big Shot In The Dark
04:12
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
09
Shame On You
Timbuk 3
Greetings From Timbuk 3
05:08
Composers: Pat MacDonald - Barbara MacDonald
12
Reprise (Don't Stop Now)
Timbuk 3
Eden Alley
00:57
Composers: Pat MacDonald
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
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
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
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
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
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
06
Mudflap Girl
Timbuk 3
Big Shot In The Dark
04:50
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

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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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101 Punk & New Wave Anthem
(P) 2013 Goldenlane Records
15-04-2013
101 Punk & New Wave Anthem
01
Tight Pants
Iggy & the Stooges
101 Punk & New Wave Anthem
02:11
Composers: James Osterberg - James Williamson - Iggy Pop
02
You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) [Re-Recorded]
Dead Or Alive
101 Punk & New Wave Anthem
04:27
Composers: Stephen Coy - Peter Jozzepi Burns - Michael David Percy - Timothy John Lever
03
Pretty Vacant
Sex Pistols
101 Punk & New Wave Anthem
03:00
Composers: STEVE (GB 1) JONES - John Lydon - Paul Thomas Cook - Glen Matlock
04
Walking in L.A. (Re-Recorded)
Missing Persons
101 Punk & New Wave Anthem
03:58
Composers: Terry Bozzio
05
Partytime
45 Grave
101 Punk & New Wave Anthem
02:40
Composers: Paul Cutler - MARY CUTLER - Dinah Cancer - Don Bolles
06
The Look of Love (Re-Recorded)
ABC
101 Punk & New Wave Anthem
03:30
Composers: Martin Fry - David Palmer - Steve Singleton - Mark White
07
Kick out the Jams
MC5
101 Punk & New Wave Anthem
03:03
Composers: Rob Tyner - Dennis Tomich - Frederick Smith - Wayne Kramer - Michael Davis
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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
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2013 New Year's Eve
(P) 2012 Goldenlane Records
14-12-2012
2013 New Year's Eve
01
Auld Lang Syne
André Rieu
2013 New Year's Eve
01:43
02
Hello DJ (Music Never Stops) [Radio]
Pierre Real
2013 New Year's Eve
03:43
03
New Year's Day
Effcee
2013 New Year's Eve
05:05
Composers: U2
04
Planet Earth Attack
Blackburner
2013 New Year's Eve
05:52
05
Time Tonight
Dj Razcal
2013 New Year's Eve
03:58
06
Sun Is Shining (Smoke Out Dubstep Mix)
Bob Marley & The Wailers
2013 New Year's Eve
04:53
Composers: Bob Marley
07
New Years Illusions
New Years Dj Picks
2013 New Year's Eve
04:15
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101 Hits of the 80s & 90s
(P) 2013 Goldenlane Records
15-04-2013
101 Hits of the 80s & 90s
01
You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) [Re-Recorded]
Dead Or Alive
101 Hits of the 80s & 90s
04:27
Composers: Stephen Coy - Peter Jozzepi Burns - Michael David Percy - Timothy John Lever
02
Santa Monica (Re-Recorded)
Everclear
101 Hits of the 80s & 90s
03:14
Composers: Art Alexakis - Greg Eklund - Craig Montoya
03
Set Adrift on Memory Bliss (Re-Recorded)
P.M. Dawn
101 Hits of the 80s & 90s
04:12
Composers: Attrell Stephen Cordes Jr.
04
Walking in L.A. (Re-Recorded)
Missing Persons
101 Hits of the 80s & 90s
03:58
Composers: Terry Bozzio
05
Cha Cha Slide (Re-Recorded)
Mr. C
101 Hits of the 80s & 90s
06:26
Composers: Willie Perry Jr. Casper - Hudson Beaudy
06
Silent Lucidity (Re-Recorded)
Queensrÿche
101 Hits of the 80s & 90s
05:45
Composers: Chris DeGarmo - Geoff Tate
07
Push It (Re-Recorded) [Remastered]
Salt-N-Pepa
101 Hits of the 80s & 90s
04:33
Composers: Herby E. Azor
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