XTC
Contenders for "best pop band on the planet" during the '80s, which means visited by the same muse that rode with The Beatles, ELO, Cheap Trick, Squeeze, etc. XTC actually started as punks, sort of, but when keyboardist Barry Andrews left after Go 2 (he went to Shriekback in case you're interested), the band stopped making noisy music and started letting the quirky pop songwriting of Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding speak for itself. The band has released at least five brilliant albums (Drums And Wires, Black Sea, English Settlement, Skylarking, Oranges And Lemons) and tons of wonderful songs, any one of which could make an instant fan out of you. "Making Plans For Nigel" did it for me, and it's been ecstasy ever since.
| Date | ALBUMS / Singles |
|---|---|
| 1977 October | Science Friction |
| 1978 January | Statue of Liberty |
| 1978 January 20 | WHITE MUSIC |
| 1978 April | This Is Pop |
| 1978 October | Are You Receiving Me? |
| 1978 October 13 | GO 2 |
| 1978 October 13 | GO+ (EP) |
| 1979 April 27 | Life Begins At The Hop |
| 1979 August 17 | DRUMS AND WIRES |
| 1979 September | Making Plans For Nigel |
| 1979 November | Ten Feet Tall |
| 1980 March | Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down |
| 1980 August | Generals And Majors |
| 1980 September 12 | BLACK SEA |
| 1980 October | Towers of London |
| 1980 November | Take This Town |
| 1980 | Love At First Sight |
| 1981 January | Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me) |
| 1981 March | Respectable Street |
| 1981 | 5 SENSES (EP) |
| 1982 January | Senses Working Overtime |
| 1982 February 12 | ENGLISH SETTLEMENT |
| 1982 March | Ball And Chain |
| 1982 May | No Thugs In Our House |
| 1982 November | WAXWORKS: SOME SINGLES 1977-1982 |
| 1982 November | BEESWAX: B SIDES |
| 1983 April 22 | Great Fire |
| 1983 June 24 | Wonderland |
| 1983 August 30 | MUMMER |
| 1983 September 19 | Love On A Farmboy's Wages |
| 1983 November | Thanks For Christmas |
| 1984 | SELECTIONS FROM MUMMER (EP) |
| 1984 September | All You Pretty Girls |
| 1984 October | THE BIG EXPRESS |
| 1984 October | This World Over |
| 1985 January | Wake Up |
| 1985 April | The Mole From The Ministry |
| 1985 April | 25 O'CLOCK (EP) |
| 1986 August 16 | Grass |
| 1986 October 27 | SKYLARKING |
| 1987 February 2 | The Meeting Place |
| 1987 January | THE COMPACT XTC: THE SINGLES 1978-1985 |
| 1987 June | Dear God |
| 1987 July | Vanishing Girl |
| 1987 August | PSONIC PSUNSPOT |
| 1988 | Funkin' For The UK |
| 1989 January | Mayor of Simpleton |
| 1989 February 27 | ORANGES & LEMONS |
| 1989 April | King For A Day |
| 1989 August | The Loving |
| 1990 August | EXPLODE TOGETHER (THE DUB EXPERIMENTS 1978-1980) |
| 1990 August | RAG & BONE BUFFET |
| 1992 March | The Disappointed |
| 1992 May | NONSUCH |
| 1992 June | The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead |
| 1992 June | DEMO TRACKS (EP) |
| 1992 | RADIOS IN MOTION: A HISTORY OF XTC |
| 1992 | Dear Madam Barnum |
| 1992 | THE TINY CIRCUS OF LIFE |
| 1994 | LIVE IN CONCERT |
| 1994 November | DRUMS AND WIRELESS: BBC RADIO SESSIONS 77-89 |
| 1996 | FOSSIL FUEL: THE XTC SINGLES 1977-1992 |
| 1998 March | THE GREATEST |
| 1998 November 24 | TRANSISTOR BLAST: THE BEST OF THE BBC SESSIONS |
| 1998 | WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT NOISE? |
| 1999 February 23 | APPLE VENUS |
| 1999 October 5 | HOMESPUN |
| 1999 | Easter Theatre |
| 1999 | I'd Like That |
| 1999 | Greenman |
| 2000 May 20 | WASP STAR |
| 2000 | I'm The Man Who Murdered Love |
| 2001 May 22 | HOMEGROWN |
| 2002 March 25 | COAT OF MANY CUPBOARDS |
| 2002 | INSTRUVENUS |
| 2002 | WASP STRUMENTAL |
| 2005 October 31 | APPLE BOX |
SEE ALSO...
ANDY PARTRIDGE discography
SHRIEKBACK discography
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