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Track Listing
1. Life Begins at the Hop
2. Making Plans For Nigel
3. Generals & Majors
4. Respectable Street
5. Senses Working Overtime
6. Ball & Chain
7. No Thugs in Our House
8. Love on a Farmboy's Wages
9. Funk Pop a Roll
10. This World Over
11. Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her
12. Grass
13. Dear God
14. Earn Enough For Us
15. Mayor of Simpleton, The
16. King For a Day
17. Chalkhills & Children
18. Disappointed, The
19. Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead, The
| Details | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
XTC: Andy Partridge, Dave Gregory, Colin Moulding.
Beginning life as a British post-punk pop band in the late '70s, XTC eventually metamorphosed into a kind of New Wave Beatles, exhibiting a mastery of both songwriting and studio techniques as well as the same disdain for live performance that made the post-'66 Beatles strictly a recording entity. This collection represents the best of the crop from XTC's voluminous catalog. While UPSY DAISY concentrates on the catchier, more accessible side of the band's repertoire, there are unusual twists and turns aplenty in every track here.
Singer-songwriters Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding share an uncanny ability for turning strange harmonies, extended melody lines and bizarre lyrics into irresistible pop songs. On "No Thugs In Our House," a young boy's parents reiterate their denial of their son's incipient fascism over a jolly backbeat. The child vocalist on "Dear God" assails the almighty with existential queries to a sinuous, infectious melody. UPSY DAISY makes a perfect introduction to the masterful work of an important band.
Industry Reviews
...these English eccentrics have graduated from spiky rhythmic quirkiness to exquisite melodic craft, while maintaining an emotional resonance rare among smart-guy popsters....this 19-song best-of does a fine job of distilling XTC's timeless charms.
Entertainment Weekly (06/20/1997)
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