Xtc
Active: 1979–1999
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Releases
21
Active Years
About Xtc
XTC’s journey from prickly art-punk mavericks to purveyors of brilliantly Beatles-esque pop is one of the most fascinating taken by any British band to emerge in the late ’70s.
It’s all the more remarkable that this route includes one of the New Wave era’s most idiosyncratic hits in 1979’s “Making Plans for Nigel.” One reason for their musical scope is the presence of two equally gifted singer/songwriters in guitarist Andy Partridge and bassist Colin Moulding, who, after a couple of false starts with other bands, formed XTC in Swindon in 1975.
Incorporating their shared interests in power pop, dub reggae, and psychedelia into their otherwise disparate sensibilities, they created a series of audacious and inventive albums that included their 1979 breakthrough, Drums and Wires, and 1986’s beatific yet biting Skylarking.
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Complete Discography
LIFE BEGINS AT THE HOP
Documented across 4 weeks
MAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL
Documented across 11 weeks
GENERALS AND MAJORS/DON'T LOSE YOUR TEMPER
Documented across 8 weeks
TOWERS OF LONDON
Documented across 5 weeks
SGT. ROCK (IS GOING TO HELP ME)
Documented across 9 weeks
SENSES WORKING OVERTIME
Documented across 9 weeks
BALL AND CHAIN
Documented across 4 weeks
LOVE ON A FARMBOY'S WAGES
Documented across 6 weeks
ALL YOU PRETTY GIRLS
Documented across 6 weeks
THIS WORLD OVER
Documented across 1 week
WAKE UP
Documented across 2 weeks
GRASS
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THE MEETING PLACE
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DEAR GOD
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MAYOR OF SIMPLETON
Documented across 5 weeks
KING FOR A DAY
Documented across 3 weeks
THE DISAPPOINTED
Documented across 5 weeks
THE BALLAD OF PETER PUMPKINHEAD
Documented across 1 week
I'D LIKE THAT
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