As such, Buckingham turned to Roy Thomas Baker, who at the time was the senior VP of worldwide production at Elektra Records.

[4] Unlike Buckingham's previous studio album Law and Order, Go Insane did not include any acoustic drumming.

[5] He primarily used the Linndrum to establish a metronomic beat and played the Fairlight by hand to overdub additional percussive elements.

"[6] Buckingham started most of the songs with a programmed drum track and built upon them once he developed a more defined idea of what the finished product would be.

[7] Around halfway through the sessions, Buckingham transferred production work from his home to Cherokee Studios, where most of the lead vocals were recorded.

During this time, Buckingham was running low on available tracks on his Studer multi-track recorder, so he transferred his material to a Stephens 40-track machine that Roy Thomas Baker leased.

[7] While Buckingham was pleased with the final results of Go Insane, deeming it superior to his first solo album, Law and Order, he remarked that "At times the songs are too dense and people have claimed, with a certain degree of relevance, that the arrangements are too busy.

I used the Fairlight Computer on this one and it offers too many musical variations at the touch of a button, which may explain some of the LP’s more glaring faults.

[11] Part 1 of "Play in the Rain" was engineered entirely by Buckingham,[7] and on the original vinyl LP release the track ended side one and was recorded up to and onto the runoff groove creating what is known as a "continuous locked groove" where the last couple of seconds of the track play continuously until the phonograph arm is lifted (on the cassette and CD versions, the song simply fades out).

[6] Inspired by the work of Laurie Anderson, Buckingham sought to make his voice resemble an instrument on "Bang the Drum".

[9] Buckingham also played two different parts on the Fairlight CMI's harmonium/accordion setting; one was straight eighth notes while the other was gated to create "a steady throbbing effect".

[13] A nineteenth century lap harp was used on "D.W. Suite"; the instrument was gifted to Buckingham by Mick Fleetwood during the Mirage sessions for the song "Empire State".

[14] People magazine said that the record was "studded with power pop gems" reminiscent of Buckingham's work with Fleetwood Mac.

"[19] In 1985, Buckingham received seven nominations in the MTV Video Music Awards from his Go Insane album; four were for the title track and three were for "Slow Dancing".