I want to buy an album by XTC

Zom Zom · Post by **Zom Zom** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 5:08 pm

Any recommendations?

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 5:14 pm

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The single taken from this.."this is pop"is brilliant

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 5:17 pm

'Fossil Fuel' Singles Collection.

hampsteadclaret · Post by **hampsteadclaret** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 5:33 pm

Year's ago I got their 'Greatest Hits' or whatever it was called.

- a very under-rated band aren't they?

Athletico mtoto · Post by **Athletico mtoto** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 5:40 pm

Top band.
Some good tracks on drums and wires and also black sea

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 5:43 pm

Black Sea is wonderful.

cutsy123 · Post by **cutsy123** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 6:04 pm

Illegally download it for free like every1 else

Zom Zom · Post by **Zom Zom** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 6:14 pm

cutsy123 wrote:Illegally download it for free like every1 else

Can't play downloads on my turntable..

Zom Zom · Post by **Zom Zom** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 6:15 pm

Fossil Fuels is an interesting one, maybe later. Black Sea looks a good introduction.

Thanks all.

cutsy123 · Post by **cutsy123** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 6:17 pm

Zom Zom wrote:Can't play downloads on my turntable..

Great answer

spanishclaret · Post by **spanishclaret** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 6:33 pm

My personal Top 3...

Skylarking
Apple Venus Vol 1
Wasp Star - Apple Venus Vol 2

XTC are one of the most criminally underrated bands the UK has ever produced, mainly down to their refusal to tour due to Andy Partridge's severe stage fright. It's such a shame as he was/is one of our great songwriters.

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 6:34 pm

Try vinylnet. They're pretty good on old punk, new wave & reggae.

djt2006 · Post by **djt2006** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 8:16 pm

Always loved XTC and was lucky enough to see them in the early days. One of the few bands who got better as their career progressed. I would recommend Skylarking and Oranges and Lemons which includes Mayor of Simpleton one of my favourite songs.

Alanstevensonsgloves · Post by **Alanstevensonsgloves** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 8:21 pm

Ask Sergeant Rock, he has helped me in the past.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 9:38 pm

Forget the turntable, Zom Zom.

Get it on Spotify Free and you can play it through your telly.

RingoMcCartney · Post by **RingoMcCartney** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 9:39 pm

Here's a wild card suggestion-

Check out The Dukes of Stratosphear.

It's the alter ego of the members of XTC. They did a couple of albums I think.

Summat different.

AndrewJB · Post by **AndrewJB** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 10:30 pm

I have a friend who is into The Temples (same kind of sixties psychedelia), and he loved the Dukes.

Waxworks and Beeswax has some good songs you won't find on their albums. Drums and Wires and Black Sea are great albums.

Man of Kent · Post by **Man of Kent** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 10:41 pm

I have Science Friction on a coloured 12-inch vinyl disc - but that's an EP. Weren't they from Swindon?

boiledclaret · Post by **boiledclaret** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 10:45 pm

No one's mentioned 'English Settlement' yet, another good album.
They were indeed from Swindon.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 10:45 pm

Yep, formed in Swindon in the early seventies, i think
and split around 2006.

ashtonlongsider · Post by **ashtonlongsider** » Tue Mar 14, 2017 1:03 pm

Oranges and Lemons my personal favourite from 1989. Some good tracks and quite a longish album from memory. Well worth a listen.

Ightenclaret · Post by **Ightenclaret** » Tue Mar 14, 2017 1:15 pm

ElectroClaret wrote:Forget the turntable, Zom Zom.

Get it on Spotify Free and you can play it through your telly.

Forget Spotify, Electro.
Buy a turntable and you can play it through that.

Wilsdenclaret · Post by **Wilsdenclaret** » Tue Mar 14, 2017 2:23 pm

Apple Venus Wasp Star
Skylarking
Nonsuch
Black Sea
Dukes Of Stratosphere

Can't go wrong with any of them

Wilsdenclaret · Post by **Wilsdenclaret** » Tue Mar 14, 2017 2:25 pm

There's a documentary in production about them at the moment which should be terrific, Colin Moulding has also contributed vocals to great tracks by Days Without Stations (The Man Who Died Two Times-amazing song) and Billy Sherwood

spanishclaret · Post by **spanishclaret** » Tue Mar 14, 2017 3:36 pm

I'm looking forward to the doc.

This Partridge-penned Monkees track from last year's fantastic Good Times album is pure '90s pop XTC.

https://youtu.be/mbf6HbKZSMk

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Tue Mar 14, 2017 3:38 pm

Ightenclaret wrote:Forget Spotify, Electro.
Buy a turntable and you can play it through that.

But not for free.

Zom Zom · Post by **Zom Zom** » Tue Apr 04, 2017 10:58 am

Well folks, I plumped for Oranges and Lemons after all that

Halfway through what is a double vinyl album. It is unmistakably XTC. Garden of Earthly Delights is odd but an excellent opener.

Thanks all for your opinions. I think a copy of Drums and Wires might be the next stop.

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Tue Apr 04, 2017 11:15 am

Discogs - see link

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