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█ XTC - BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert █
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█ Year: 1980 · █
█ No. of Tracks: 12 · Rip Date: 10-23-2003 █
█ Total Playtime: 51:00 min · Ripper: TeaM SDR █
█ Genre New Wave · Size: 70,2 MB █
█ Label none · Bitrate: 192/44.1 █
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█ 01 Are You Receiving Me_ 03:18 █
█ 02 Battery Brides 07:18 █
█ 03 Burning With Optimism's Flame 04:24 █
█ 04 Generals And Majors 04:28 █
█ 05 Life Begins At The Hop 03:55 █
█ 06 Living Through Another Cuba 03:29 █
█ 07 Love At First Sight 03:10 █
█ 08 Making Plans For Nigel 04:30 █
█ 09 No Language In Our Lungs 04:59 █
█ 10 Respectible Street 03:51 █
█ 11 Scissors Man 04:49 █
█ 12 This Is Pop 02:49 █
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█ 51:00 █
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█ XTC was one of the smartest ù and catchiest ù British █
█ pop bands to emerge from the punk and new wave █
█ explosion of the late '70s. From the tense, jerky riffs █
█ of their early singles to the lushly arranged, █
█ meticulous pop of their later albums, XTC's music has █
█ always been driven by the hook-laden songwriting of █
█ guitarist Andy Partridge and bassist Colin Moulding. █
█ While popular success has eluded them in both Britain █
█ and America, the group has developed a devoted cult █
█ following in both countries that remains loyal over two █
█ decades after their first records. █
█ Partridge, Moulding, and drummer Terry Chambers formed █
█ the first version of the band around 1976, calling █
█ themselves Star Park. As punk rock took off in 1977, █
█ the group changed their name to Helium Kidz and added █
█ keyboardist Barry Andrews. After being turned down by █
█ CBS Records, the band changed their name to XTC and █
█ secured a record contract with Virgin; they released █
█ their first EP, 3-D, in October of 1977. White Music, █
█ the band's first full-length album, was recorded in a █
█ week and released by the end of the year. Critics █
█ praised the angular yet melodic pop, and the album █
█ reached number 38 in the U.K. charts. However, none of █
█ the singles released from the album charted (including █
█ "This Is Pop"), nor did "Are You Receiving Me?," the █
█ teaser single for their second album, Go 2 (1978). █
█ █
█ After returning from a brief U.S. tour, Andrews quit █
█ the band; he would eventually form the League of █
█ Gentlemen with Robert Fripp, as well as pursue a solo █
█ career. Guitarist David Gregory was added to the lineup █
█ after Andrews' departure and the group recorded their █
█ first charting single, "Life Begins at the Hop." XTC █
█ released their third album, the calmer, more █
█ pop-oriented Drums and Wires, that summer; the record █
█ climbed to number 37 on the charts, thanks to the hit █
█ single "Making Plans for Nigel." While Drums and Wires █
█ began to climb the U.S. charts, Partridge released his █
█ first solo album early in 1980; outside of the band's █
█ devoted fans, the record appeared without much fanfare. █
█ █
█ XTC continued to smooth out their edges on 1980's Black █
█ Sea, bringing in elements of mid-'60s Beatles and Kinks █
█ to their guitar-driven pop; thanks to the singles █
█ "Generals and Majors" and "Towers of London," it was █
█ the group's most successful American album, peaking at █
█ number 41 while reaching number 16 on the British █
█ charts. Released the following year, English Settlement █
█ featured more complex arrangements, as well as more █
█ intellectual lyrics, particularly from Andy Partridge. █
█ Nevertheless, the album was XTC's biggest success in █
█ the U.K., reaching number five on the album charts and █
█ launching the Top Ten single, "Senses Working █
█ Overtime." █
█ █
█ While on tour in March of 1982, Partridge collapsed █
█ while on-stage, suffering from exhaustion. Less than a █
█ month later, he collapsed again with a stomach ulcer. █
█ The band canceled the tour shortly after his second █
█ collapse, prompting Chambers to leave the group. In █
█ November, Partridge announced that XTC would never play █
█ live again, concentrating on recording instead; he also █
█ blamed his collapses on intense stage fright. As the █
█ band completed their new album, a compilation called █
█ Waxworks ù Some Singles (1977-1982) was released at the █
█ end of the year. █
█ █
█ Mummer, the first album the studio-bound XTC recorded, █
█ appeared in the summer of 1983; former Glitter Band █
█ member Pete Phipps recorded the drum tracks for the █
█ record. XTC refused to tour for the record, which █
█ caused some tension between the band and Virgin, and █
█ was presumably the reason why "Love on a Farmboy's █
█ Wages" didn't make it past number 50 on the charts. █
█ Recording under the name the Three Wise Men, the group █
█ released the holiday single "Thanks for Christmas" at █
█ the end of the year. █
█ █
█ Released in the fall of 1984, The Big Express █
█ essentially followed the same pattern as Mummer, yet it █
█ charted higher in the U.K. XTC released a psychedelic █
█ parody album, 25 O'Clock, under the name the Dukes of █
█ Stratosphear in 1985. After a difficult recording █
█ session with producer Todd Rundgren, the pastoral █
█ Skylarking appeared in the fall of 1986. Upon its █
█ release the album was hailed as a masterwork by █
█ critics, even though the band were claiming they were █
█ unsatisfied with the production. Skylarking was a █
█ bigger hit in the U.S. than it was in the U.K., █
█ spending over six months on the charts and peaking at █
█ number 70. █
█ █
█ XTC recorded another Dukes of Stratosphear album, █
█ Psonic Psunspot, in 1987; the two Stratosphear albums █
█ were collected on one disc the following year. Oranges █
█ and Lemons (1989) reworked the psychedelia of the █
█ Stratosphear side-project, leaving out much of the █
█ loopy humor and replacing it with a Ray Davies-inspired █
█ nostalgia. The album was a minor hit in both Britain █
█ and America, reaching number 28 and number 44, █
█ respectively; "Mayor of Simpleton" became XTC's only █
█ charting U.S. single, reaching number 72 while peaking █
█ at number 46 on the British charts. Three years later, █
█ the group released Nonsuch, an album that recalled both █
█ Pet Sounds and Revolver. Like every XTC record, its █
█ critical acclaim was greater than its sales ù the album █
█ dropped out of the British charts after two weeks. In █
█ America, Nonsuch was more successful, reaching number █
█ 97 and staying on the charts for 11 weeks. Years of █
█ internal difficulties and label battles kept the group █
█ from releasing any new material for much of the decade, █
█ however, and not until 1999 did the next XTC album, █
█ Apple Venus, Pt. 1, finally appear. Wasp Star (Apple █
█ Venus, Pt. 2) followed in mid-2000. █
█ █
█ XTC's lack of commercial success isn't because their █
█ music isn't accessible ù their bright, occasionally █
█ melancholy, melodies flow with more grace than most █
█ bands ù it has more to do with the group constantly █
█ being out of step with the times. However, the band has █
█ left behind a remarkably rich and varied series of █
█ albums that make a convincing argument that XTC is the █
█ great lost pop band. █
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