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Track Listing
1. Garden of Earthly Delights
2. Mayor of Simpleton, The
3. King For a Day
4. Here Comes President Kill Again
5. Loving, The
6. Poor Skeleton Steps Out
7. One of the Millons
8. Scarecrow People
9. Merely a Man
10. Cynical Days
11. Across This Antheap
12. Hold Me My Daddy
13. Pink Thing
14. Miniature Sun
15. Chalkhills and Children
| Details | | Producer: | Paul Fox, XTC | | Distributor: | Caroline Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | AAD |
Album Notes
XTC: Andy Partridge (vocals, guitar); Colin Moulding (vocals, bass); Dave Gregory.
All tracks have been digitally remastered using 24 Bit technology.
Using a 60s Milton Glaser-type cover illustration, this purported to be a retro album. In reality it was another extremely fine XTC album, their ninth in a series of classy, offbeat pop exercises from the musically fertile brain of Andy Partridge, who hated touring and loved to stay at home as a reclusive pop star. This is probably their best album and features Partridge's most complete and satisfying song. "The Loving" and "The Mayor Of Simpleton" are both excellent compositions, but they pale against the exceptional "Chalkhills And Children." On this, Partridge celebrates that his home (the nearby chalkhills) and children keep him sane and well-grounded against the possible excesses to which he would succumb as a touring popster.
Industry Reviews
5 stars out of 5 - ...A masterpiece....a rocking, modern psychedelic experience which Oasis might want to consult some time soon...
Q (07/01/2001)
Ranked #6 in CMJ's Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1989
CMJ (01/05/2004)
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