The Compact XTC
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| The Compact XTC | ||
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| Compilation album by XTC | ||
| Released | 1987 | |
| Recorded | 1977-1985 | |
| Genre | Pop rock | |
| Length | 68:33 | |
| Label | Virgin Records | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| XTC chronology | ||
| Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977-1982' (1982) |
The Compact XTC (1987) |
Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80 (1990) |
The Compact XTC is a compilation album by XTC released in 1987. It replaced Waxworks: Some Singles 1977-1982 as a Greatest Hits album, adding six singles issued between English Settlement and The Big Express. It took advantage of the compact disc's greater storage capacity to limit it to a single disc. It was superseded by the double-disc set Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-1992, on which all eighteen tracks appear.
Despite being released in 1987 (as a result of Skylarking's success), its copyright is 1985. As an A-side collection, only 1981's "Love at First Sight" and "Respectable Street" (both of which appear on Black Sea) are not included.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] UK CD: CDV 2251
All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted.
- "Science Friction" – 3:14 (from single, 1977)
- "Statue of Liberty" – 2:52 (from single, 1978)
- "This Is Pop?" – 2:40 (from single, 1978)
- "Are You Receiving Me?" – 3:04 (from single, 1978)
- "Life Begins at the Hop" (Colin Moulding) – 3:47 (from single, 1979)
- "Making Plans for Nigel" (Moulding) – 4:12 (from single, 1979)
- "Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down" – 4:20 (from single, 1980)
- "Generals and Majors" (Moulding) – 3:41 (from single, 1980)
- "Towers of London" – 4:38 (from single, 1980)
- "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" – 3:36 (from single, 1980)
- "Senses Working Overtime" – 4:34 (from single, 1982)
- "Ball and Chain" (Moulding) – 4:29 (from single, 1982)
- "Great Fire" – 3:50 (from single, 1983)
- "Wonderland (Moulding) – 4:15 (from single, 1983)
- "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" – 3:59 (from single, 1983)
- "All You Pretty Girls" – 3:59 (from single, 1983)
- "This World Over" – 4:45 (from single, 1984)
- "Wake Up" (Moulding) – 3:40 (from single, 1985)
