Most Americans know XTC -- if they know them at all -- from 1989'sOranges And Lemons, with its one American chart single, "Mayor Of Simpleton." Shame, that. XTC is The Great Undiscovered Pop Band; consistently ahead of their time, they ...more
Tiny Mix Tapes.com
When I first bought and listened to Skylarking, the pseudo-word "ehh" seeped from my lips, and I was pretty upset that I didn’t choose to purchase another CD in its place. Maybe it was my tastes at the time, maybe it was my age, ...more
Adrian Denning.co.uk
Crickets announce the coming of Summer, birds twitter - you can almost see the heat rising in the air, you can see the sun and bees buzzing past your ear. The melody begins, the singing opens and it breaks your heart. I so very much love ...more
All Music Guide
Working with producerTodd Rundgrendidn't necessarily bring XTC a sense of sonic cohesion -- after all, every record sinceEnglish Settlementfollowed its own interior logic -- but it did help the group sharpen their focus, makingSkylarkingtheir ...more
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