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XTC - Fossil Fuel (The XTC Singles Collection 1977-1992) (CD 1996)

XTC - Fossil Fuel (The XTC Singles Collection 1977-1992) (CD 1996)
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Track Listing
1. Science Friction
2. Statue Of Liberty
3. This Is Pop
4. Are You Receiving Me
5. Life Begins At The Hop
6. Making Plans For Nigel
7. Ten Feet Tall
8. Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down
9. Generals And Majors
10. Towers Of London
11. Sgt Rock (Is Going To Help Me)
12. Love At First Sight
13. Respectable Street
14. Senses Working Overtime
15. Ball And Chain
16. No Thugs In Our House

1. Great Fire
2. Wonderland
3. Love On A Farmboy's Wages
4. All You Pretty Girls
5. This World Over
6. Wake Up
7. Grass
8. Meeting Place
9. Dear God
10. Mayor Of Simpleton
11. King For A Day
12. Loving
13. Disappointed
14. Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead
15. Wrapped In Grey

Details
Number of CDs:2
Recording Type:Studio
Distributor:EMI
Recording Mode:Stereo

Album Notes
This two-disc set delivers exactly what is promised in its parenthetical subtitle. The collection updates XTC's previous singles set, WAXWORKS, with an additional ten year's worth of selections blasted out towards the hit parade. That all of these didn't make a climb to anywhere near the top of the charts is no reflection on their quality--on the contrary, few bands have ever offered this breadth of sterling songs. From the bristly energy in their earliest sides ("Science Friction," "Statue Of Liberty, "This Is Pop,"), to mid-period streamlined powerhouses ("Generals And Majors," "Towers Of London," "Senses Working Overtime") to stunning, mature confidence ("Grass," "All You Pretty Girls," "The Disappointed,"). The singles stopped in 1992 because the band entered a period of public inactivity, embroiled in legal disputes with their then-label. That silence was finally broken in 1999, so look for a further chapter of singles to be added in another decade. FOSSIL FUEL makes a completely convincing case for the continuing importance of a rare and superb band.


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