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| XTC White Music 1978 Virgin Records |
Radios
in Motion Cross Wires This Is Pop Do What You Do Statue of Liberty All Along the Watchtower Science Friction * She's So Square * Dance Band * |
Hang
On to the Night Heatwave Traffic Light Rock * Instant Tunes Into the Atom Age I'll Set Myself on Fire I'm Bugged New Town Animal in a ............... Furnished Cage Spinning Top Neon Shuffle * CD Bonus Tracks |
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| Very
quirky, VERY original, and very, very important. A brilliant record all
around, including some singles and B-sides. A must have for every XTC fan. |
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| XTC XTC Go 2 1978 Virgin Records |
Meccanic
Dancing (Oh We Go!) Battery Brides Buzzcity Talking Crowded Room The Rhythm Are You Receiving Me? |
Red Beatown Life is Good in the Greenhouse Jumping in Gomorrah My Weapon Super-Tuff I Am the Audience |
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| Just
couldn't get into this one. Too frenetic, too schizophrenic, and any other
'enic' you can think of. For completists only -- like me. Otherwise, don't bother. |
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| XTC
Drums and Wires 1979 Virgin Records |
making
plans for nigel helicopter day in day out * when you're near me i .................... have difficulty ten feet tall roads girdle the globe |
life
begins at the hop chain of command * limelight * real by reel millions that is the way outside world scissor man complicated game * CD Bonus Tracks |
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| The
perfect blend of quirky and pop, done to perfection. THIS is a great album!
In many ways, this can be considered the one where XTC began. |
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| XTC
Black Sea 1980 Virgin Records |
Respectable
Street Generals nad Majors Living Through Another Cuba Love at First Sight Rocket from a Bottle No Language in Our Lungs Smokeless Zone * |
Don't
Lose Your Temper * The Somnambulist * Towers of London Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins) Burning with Optimism's Flames Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me) Travels in Nihilon * CD Bonus Tracks |
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| My
favourite XTC album of all time! Every song is incredible (though
I could do without the bonus tracks - just a bunch of studio noodling and half-baked ideas for my liking), the production is great, and the song writing is arguably their best. |
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| XTC
English Settlement 1982 Virgin Records |
Runaways Ball and Chain Senses Working Overtime Jason and the Argonauts No Thugs In Our House Yacht Dance All of a Sudden (It's Too Late) |
Melt
the Guns Leisure It's Nearly Africa Knuckle Down Fly On the Wall Down in the Cockpit English Roundabout Snowman |
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| Ah, XTC's "Sgt. Pepper." A great album that has everything going for it. A definite must have. | ||||||||
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| XTC Mummer 1983 Virgin Records |
Beating
of Hearts Wonderland Love On a Farmboy's Wages Great Fire Deliver Us from the Elements Frost Circus * Jump * Toys * |
Gold
* Procession Towards ................. Learning Land * Desert Island * Human Alchemy Ladybird In Loving Memory of a Name Me and the Wind Funk Pop A Roll * CD Bonus Tracks |
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| A
strange little bird, this one. Nothing commercial here whatsoever. It's
almost as if Andy Partridge wanted to sabotage any mainstream success the band had been gathering. If so, he succeeded admirably. In the right mood, this record is great. In the wrong mood . . . |
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| XTC The Big Express 1984 Virgin Records |
Wake
Up All You Pretty Girls Shake You Donkey Up Seaguls Screaming Kiss Her, ..................... .......... Kiss Her This World Over Red Brick Dream * Washaway * |
Blue
Overall * The Everyday Story of Smalltown I Bought Myself a Liarbird Reign of Blows You're the Wish You Are I Had Remember the Sun Train Running Low on Soul Coal |
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| I
love this record just for the song titles alone! Bonus that the music's
great, but the titles are where it's at! Andy Partridge is a god. |
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| XTC Skylarking 1986 Virgin Records |
Summer'sCauldron Grass The Meeting Place That's Really Super, Supergirl Ballet for a Rainy Day 1000 Umbrellas Season Cycle |
Earn
Enough for Us Big Day Another Satellite The Man Who Sailed ................. Around His Soul Dear God CD Bonus Tracks: Dying Sacrifical Bonfire |
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| Andy
Partridge hated this album. More to the point, he hated what Todd
Rundgren did to the record while producing it. Years later, though, Andy relented somewhat saying that it wasn't that bad. I love it! From a production standpoint, it's magical. From song standpoint, it's fantatic. A winner all around. |
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| XTC Oranges and Lemons 1989 Geffen / Virgin Records |
Garden
of Earthly Delights The Mayor of Simpleton King for a Day Here Comes President Kill Again The Loving Poor Skeleton Steps Out One of the Millions |
Scarecrow
People Merely a Man Cynical Days Across This Antheap Hold Me My Daddy Pink Thing Miniature Sun Chalkhills and Children |
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| A
wonderful record that brought XTC back into the limelight with a
couple fantastic singles ('Mayor of SImpleton,' and 'King for a Day' - Colin Moulding's best song yet). And this was a commercial success, too! Imagine that - the record buying public actually into something good! |
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| XTC The Meeting Place 12" 1989 Virgin Records |
The
Meeting Place The Man Who Sailed Around ........................ His Soul |
Terrorism Let's Make a Den Find the Fox The Troubles |
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| XTC Mayor of Simpleton 12" 1989 Virgin Records |
The
Mayor of Simpleton One of the Millions |
Ella
Guru Living in a Haunted Heart The Good Things |
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| XTC
Rag & Bone Buffet 1990 Virgin Records |
Extrovert Ten Feet Tall Mermaid Smiled Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen Respectable Street Looking for Footprints __________________ |
Over
Rusty Water Heaven is Paved with ... ... ... ... ... Broken Glass The World is Full of ... ... ... ... ... Angry Young Men Punch and Judy Thanks for Christmas Tissue Tigers (The Arguers) ______________ |
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Need Protection Another Satellite Strange Tales, Strange Tails Officer Blue Scissor Man Cockpit Dance Mixture |
Pulsing
Pulsing Happy Families Countdown to Christmas ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Party Time Blame the Weather Take This Towon History of Rock 'n' Roll |
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| Virgin
Records cleaned house with this release. Legend has it that Andy Partridge
was becoming disillusioned with Virgin and reluctantly recorded what would become Nonsuch. He balked about it so, that Virgin decided not to wait and cash in on Oranges and Lemons' success by releasing this compilation. Lucky for us they did! Some great unreleased (or difficult to find) stuff here! |
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| XTC
Nonsuch 1992 Geffen Records |
The
Ballad of Peter Pumkinhead My Bird Performs Dear Madam Barnum Humble Daisy The Smartest Monkeys The Disappointed Holly Up on Poppy Crocodile |
Rook Omnibus That Wave Then She Appeared War Dance Wrapped in Grey The Ugly Underneath Bungalow Books are Burning |
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| A
lacklustre album if ever there was one. A smattering of good songs, but
not enough to sustain an entire album. Too bad the bad blood between Andy Partridge and Geffen / Virgin Records was taken out on the fans. Still, a bad XTC album is much better than a "good" album by a lesser artist anyday. |
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| XTC
Apple Venus, Volume One 1999 TVT Records |
River
of Orchids I'd Like That Easter Theatre Knights in Shining Karma Frivolous Tonight |
Green
Man Your Dictionary Fruit Nut I Can't Own Her Harvest Festival The Last Balloon |
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| Their
first record in seven years, and first without Dave Gregory (although
he does appear on a couple tracks). Surprisingly mellow and mostly acoustic. Not the return I was hoping for, but even mediocre XTC is better than most of the schlock that's out there. |
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| XTC
Wasp Star: Apple Venus, Volume Two 2000 TVT Records |
Playground Stupidly Happy In Another Life My Brown Guitar Boarded Up I'm the Man Who Murdered Love |
We're
All Light Standing in for Joe Wounded Horse You and the Clouds Will ..... ..... ..... .. Still Be Beautiful Church of Women The Wheel and the Maypole |
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| THIS
is XTC!! Finally, a great record from beginning to end. Partridge
and Moulding show they still have it and plenty of it, too. Can't wait for the next one! Just hope it isn't another 8 years . . . |
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