― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 00:37 (twenty years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 00:38 (twenty years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 00:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim Ellison, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 00:41 (twenty years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 00:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 00:53 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 00:55 (twenty years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 00:56 (twenty years ago) link
A Flock of Seagulls: A-Listen: B+
Black Sea: B+English Settlement: B+Mummer: B-
Why, it's Robert Christgau!
― Tim Ellison, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 00:57 (twenty years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 00:58 (twenty years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 00:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 00:59 (twenty years ago) link
Listen = A+
― nabiscothingy, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 01:00 (twenty years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 01:01 (twenty years ago) link
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― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 01:03 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 01:06 (twenty years ago) link
― nabiscothingy, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 01:23 (twenty years ago) link
― nabiscothingy, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 01:24 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 01:26 (twenty years ago) link
Moderator-don't let GBV and F.L. fans see these posts.
― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 01:28 (twenty years ago) link
― The Ghost at Number Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 01:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Sansai, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 03:15 (twenty years ago) link
― The Ghost at Number Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 05:11 (twenty years ago) link
My favourite XTC moment is the first 4 songs from English Settlement. You'd be hard pressed to find an album which starts off with 4 better and more appropriately programmed songs.
― mentalist (mentalist), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 05:24 (twenty years ago) link
Although he recorded "Drums and Wires" perfectly nicely, you can hear Lillywhite's increasingly bad sonic habits (cf. "War", "Steeltown") coming to the fore on "Black Sea".
Although "English Settlement" documents the band's recovery from drums-far-too-loud syndrome, full recuperation (or abreaction) resulted in the genius Chambers losing his essential place within the XTC gestalt.
Which is a bit less gestalty than it used to be. Obviously.
― Neil Willett (Neil Willett), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 05:59 (twenty years ago) link
― The Ghost at Number Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 06:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 5 February 2005 04:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bimble... (Bimble...), Saturday, 5 February 2005 04:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 5 February 2005 05:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bimble... (Bimble...), Saturday, 5 February 2005 05:57 (nineteen years ago) link
XTC fans go shopping!
*lift hands in confusion*
Guys! What's up with THAT?"
= summary of this thread.
― donut christ (donut), Saturday, 5 February 2005 08:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Saturday, 5 February 2005 22:29 (nineteen years ago) link
Anyways, it was one of those rare first listens that vindicates the time and money that is put towards finding and buying dozens (hundreds?) of lesser musiks in the hopes that there is something like this somewhere out there. Any suggestions as to where to turn next? I suppose more 80's xtc would be a good place to start, but other bands/albums?
Merci.
― thrwice (The Giant Mechanical Ant), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 03:51 (eighteen years ago) link
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