Early '80s novelty pop that turned arcade cabinets into radio hits and somehow charted. "Pac-Man Fever" is the one everyone knows, that bouncy synth-pop earworm with actual Pac-Man sound effects baked in. But the deep cuts are where it gets fun.
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"Froggy's Lament" is a slow jam about Frogger, which is a sentence that exists now. "Do the Donkey Kong" has this goofy funk energy. "Goin' berzerk" leans into new wave territory. The whole album treats arcade games like soap opera characters and it's weirdly endearing.
Buckner & Garcia committed fully to the bit. Pure time capsule material. If you've ever wondered what the intersection of pop music and quarter-munching looked like, this is literally that artifact.