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Black Sea

by Xtc

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of 455,637

8,617
2000's

of 265,899

1,241
2001

of 35,059

143

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Overall Rating: 2.7238 Black Sea is ranked overall as 2.7238 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.2000 Black Sea has an avg. critic score of 3.2000 out of 4 stars

Black Sea Album Reviews

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All Music Guide

XTC continue on with the big drum sound ofDrums and Wires, adding more polish and an even heavier-hitting approach forBlack Sea-- their arrangements are fuller and they rock harder than ever before. ...more

Rolling Stone

In the four years since XTC began, the band's youthfully aggressive, revved-up white-noisy style has settled like dust around an industrious sculptor, leaving a finished product that combines streamlined originality with Beatles-type buoyancy. ...more

Yahoo! Music

Produced by Steve Lillywhite (who also produced Drums And Wires ), Black Sea is a jittery masterpiece of unpredictable pop, with songs like "Respectable Street" and "Towers Of London" scoring political as well as melodic points. ...more

Yahoo! Music

XTC continue on with the big drum sound of Drums and Wires, adding more polish and an even heavier-hitting approach for Black Sea -- their arrangements are fuller and they rock harder than ever before. ...more

Yahoo! Music

XTC continue on with the big drum sound of Drums and Wires, adding more polish and an even heavier-hitting approach for Black Sea -- their arrangements are fuller and they rock harder than ever before. ...more

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Adrian Denning.co.uk

Just getting better all the time! This album is perhaps the peak of XTC as predominately a guitar led band. More instrumentation and textures would be added into the mixture for future releases. For now though - we have an album of singles! Well,...read the complete review at Adrian Denning.co.uk

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