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| Track Listing 1. Wake Up 2. All You Pretty Girls 3. Shake You Donkey Up 4. Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her 5. This World Over 6. Everyday Story Of Smalltown 7. I Bought Myself A Liarbird 8. Reign Of Blows 9. You're The Wish (You Are) I Had 10. I Remember The Sun 11. Train Running Low On Soul Coal 12. Red Brick Dream 13. Wash Away 14. Blue Overall
Album Notes XTC includes: Andy Partridge (vocals, electric guitar, harmonica, electronic drums); Colin Moulding (vocals, bass); David Gregory (electric guitar, piano, Mellotron, synthesizer).Additional personnel includes: Annie Huchrak (vocals); Stuart Gordon (violin, viola); Steve Saunders (euphonium); Peter Phipps (drums).Recorded at Crescent Studios, Bath, England in 1984.All tracks have been digitally remastered.In the XTC canon, THE BIG EXPRESS (1984) and its predecessor MUMMER are generally overlooked as merely the two albums between the more commercially successful ENGLISH SETTLEMENT and SKYLARKING. THE BIG EXPRESS is, in fact, a more consistent album--if only because it isn't quite as ambitious--and it contains at least two absolute classic XTC songs, "All You Pretty Girls" and "Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her." The latter of these spawned an unlikely number of covers and at least one band who took the track's title as their unwieldy moniker. Standouts include the barreling music-hall approach of Colin Moulding's "Washaway," Andy Partridge's "The Everyday Story of Smalltown," and the weird, herky-jerky rhythm of "I Bought Myself a Liarbird." Shot through with the band's trademark take on English psychedelia, THE BIG EXPRESS should not be passed over. Rock & roll trainspotters will appreciate both the similarities between this album's "Wake Up" and Kate Bush's "Waking the Witch" from her 1985 album THE HOUNDS OF LOVE, and those of "Shake Your Donkey Up" and "Ride Your Donkey" from Joe Strummer's 1989 album EARTHQUAKE WEATHER. | |||||||||||||
Reviews  XTC - truly a hidden gem of a band!!!Review created: 07/12/07 by:  Over the years bands have come and gone...some good...some bad...nothing unusual in that...but XTC have been around since the late 70's producing album after album of true quality, but for some reason they have never had the success that they fully deserve...and that is unusual!! A good friend of mine got me 'into' XTC with their early work and i have been a big fan ever since! The song writing skills of Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding are first rate...ranging from true gems of pop songs...such as "Senses Working Overtime", "Sgt Rock" to more deep meaningfull songs such as "No Thugs in Our House", "Dear God", "Runaways"...this is truly a band who are at the hight of their craft and fully in tune with the ever changing musical ebb and flo. The Big Express is a very impressive piece of music with songs such as "All You Pretty Girls" which is a witty and enjoyable piece of HMS Pinafore-esque music and this theme is kept going through the alblum with other tracks such as "Seagulls Screaming Kiss her, Kiss her" and other prominant themes such as trains also keeps this album fresh and inventive. XTC are a seam of gold waiting to be discovered...once you've heard one album...you'll be keen to dig for more! ...bless 'em! Review ID: 10000000004777175 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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