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Track Listing
1. Extrovert
2. Ten Feet Tall
3. Mermaid Smiled
4. Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen
5. Respectable Street
6. Looking For Footprints
7. Over Rusty Water
8. Heaven Is Paved With Broken Galss
9. World Is Full of Angry Young Men, The
10. Punch and Judy
11. Thanks For Christmas
12. Tissue Tigrs (The Arguers) - (live)
13. I Need Protection
14. Another Satellite
15. Strange Tales, Strange Tails
16. Officer Blue
17. Scissor Man
18. Cockpit Dance Mixture
19. Pulsing Pulsing
20. Happy Families
21. Countdown to Christmas Party Time
22. Blame the Weather
23. Take This Ton - (live)
24. History of Rock'n' Roll
| Details | | Producer: | Various | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | AAD |
Album Notes
A collection of B-sides, rarities and flexi-singles compiled by Andy Partridge.
This 1990 collection, far from just filling in a hole in the three-year gap between ORANGES & LEMONS and NONSUCH, is a solid set on its own terms. Comprised of b-sides, alternate versions and other rarities that span XTC's career, it plays as a nice companion to any of their other retrospectives which feature their more obvious history (UPSY DAISY, COMPLETE XTC, WAXWORKS). There are jaggedly rocking punch-outs ("Respectable Street," "Take This Town"), pop ditties ("Happy Families," "Punch And Judy"), early Farfisa-infused new wave templates ("Looking For Footprints,"), assorted experiments ("Over Rusty Water," "Pulsing Pulsing") and even a lilting waltz ("The World is Full Of Angry Young Men").
Far from being a set castoffs, RAG & BONE BUFFET shows both how furiously creative the band has been, and how carefully they've shaped each album project, even if it meant having to shelve some exemplary songs.
Industry Reviews
..entertaining songs of solid artistic significance. - Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly (08/09/1991)
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