Chips from the Chocolate Fireball

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Chips from the Chocolate Fireball
Compilation album by The Dukes of Stratosphear
Released	August, 1987
Genre	Pop rock
Length	62:59
Label	Virgin Records
Producer(s)	John Leckie and ‘The Dukes’
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The Dukes of Stratosphear chronology
Psonic Psunspot (1987)	Chips from the Chocolate Fireball (1987)
Negative version of the album cover

Chips from the Chocolate Fireball: An Anthology is a CD-only compilation album by The Dukes of Stratosphear, XTC's mid-eighties alter-ego. It includes both their 1985 EP 25 O'Clock and the Psonic Psunspot album from 1987.

It was re-released as a part of the XTC reissue series in 2001 with songwriters Sir John Johns and The Red Curtain credited under their real names.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Sir John Johns, except where noted.

1. "25 O'Clock" – 5:03
2. "Bike Ride To The Moon" – 2:23
3. "My Love Explodes" – 3:49
4. "What In The World??..." – 5:01 (The Red Curtain)
5. "Your Gold Dress" – 4:42
6. "The Mole From The Ministry" – 5:58
7. "Vanishing Girl" – 2:59 (Curtain)
8. "Have You Seen Jackie?" – 3:21
9. "Little Lighthouse" – 4:31
10. "You're A Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)" – 3:38
11. "Collideascope" – 3:22
12. "You're My Drug" – 3:19
13. "Shiny Cage" – 3:17 (Curtain)
14. "Brainiac's Daughter" – 3:59
15. "The Affiliated" – 2:31 (Curtain)
16. "Pale And Precious" – 4:58

[edit] Personnel

• Sir John Johns - vocals, guitar
• The Red Curtain - vocals, bass
• Lord Cornelius Plum - mellotron, piano, organ, fuzz-tone guitar
• E.I.E.I. Owen - drum set

[edit] Credits

• Produced by John Leckie and the Dukes

XTC
Andy Partridge | Colin Moulding Dave Gregory | Terry Chambers | Barry Andrews
Discography
Studio albums White Music (1978) | Go 2 (1978) | Drums and Wires (1979) | Black Sea (1980) | English Settlement (1982) | Mummer (1983) | The Big Express (1984) | Skylarking (1986) | Oranges and Lemons (1989) | Nonsuch (1992) | Apple Venus Volume 1 (1999) | Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) (2000) The Dukes of Stratosphear releases: 25 O'Clock (1985) | Psonic Psunspot (1987) | Chips from the Chocolate Fireball (1987) Compilations, instrumentals, demos, live and tribute albums: Take Away / The Lure of Salvage (1980) | Waxworks: Some Singles 1977-1982 (1982) | Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977-1982 (1982) | The Compact XTC (1987) | Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80 (1990) | Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers (1990) | BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1992) | Drums and Wireless: BBC Radio Sessions 77-89 (1994) | A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC (1995) | Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-92 (1996) | Upsy Daisy Assortment (1997) | Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions (1998) | Homespun (1999) | Homegrown (2001) | Coat of Many Cupboards (2002) | Instruvenus (2002) | Waspstrumental (2002) | Apple Box 2005 Fuzzy Warbles albums: Fuzzy Warbles Volume 1 (2002) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 2 (2002) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 3 (2003) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 4 | (2003) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 5 (2004) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 6 (2004) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 7 (2006) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 8 (2006) | Hinges (2006)
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