Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck
| type = Album
| artist = Flotation Toy Warning
| cover = Bluffer's_Guide_To_The_Flight_Deck.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 17, 2004
| recorded = 2004
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Indie pop, neo-psychedelia, chamber pop, dream pop, space pop
| length = 71:36
| label = Pointy, Misra, Talitres
| producer = Steve Swindon, Flotation Toy Warning
| prev_title = The Special Tape
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = The Machine That Made Us
| next_year = 2017
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r782787|first=James Christopher|last=Monger}}
| rev2 = Delusions Of Adequacy
| rev2Score = (9/10) {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060630071529/http://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewID=5807 Delusions Of Adequacy review]}}
| rev3 = Pitchfork Media
| rev3Score = (7.4/10) [http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3345-the-bluffers-guide-to-the-flight-deck/ Pitchfork Media review]
| rev4 = Stylus
}}
Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck is the 2004 debut album released by Flotation Toy Warning.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline =
| extra_column =
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics = Paul Carter
| all_music = Flotation Toy Warning
| title1 = Happy 13
| length1 = 4:51
| title2 = Popstar Researching Oblivion
| length2 = 6:13
| title3 = Losing Carolina: For Drusky
| length3 = 7:56
| title4 = Made From Tiny Boxes
| length4 = 1:29
| title5 = Donald Pleasance
| length5 = 9:27
| title6 = Fire Engine on Fire, Pt. 1
| length6 = 6:51
| title7 = Fire Engine on Fire, Pt. 2
| length7 = 6:55
| title8 = Even Fantastica
| length8 = 7:28
| title9 = Happiness Is on the Outside
| length9 = 3:28
| title10 = How the Plains Left Me Flat
| length10 = 15:39
| total_length = 71:36
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Bonus tracks on the Talitres Bandcamp release
| title11 = This Is Not A Lifesaver
| length11 = 3:53
| title12 = Even Fantastica (Goodbye To The Flight Deck Mix)
| length12 = 11:30
}}
Personnel
- Paul Carter - Lead Vocals, Samples, Programming
- Ben Clay - Guitar, Bass
- Colin Coxall - Drums, Octopad
- Nainesh Shah - Guitar, Bass, Vocals
- Vicky West - Keyboards, Samples, Vocals
- Recorded by Steve Swindon at The Old Clothes Factory.
- Mixed by Brian O'Shaughnessy and Flotation Toy Warning at Bark Studio.
- Mastered by Nick Robbins at Soundmastering.
- Produced by Steve Swindon and Flotation Toy Warning.
- All songs written by Paul Carter and Ben Clay with Flotation Toy Warning.
- Lyrics by Paul Carter. Brass and string arrangements by Vicky West.
- Sleeve design by Vicky West.
- Dominic Glover - Trumpet, Flugel
- Mat Colman - Trombone
- Gwen Cheeseman - Violin
- Anne Marie Kirby - Violin
- John Greswell - Viola
- Sarah Kaldor - Cello
- Rhys Llewellyn - Drums on Fire Engine on Fire, Pt 1