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Wasp Star

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2000

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Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 2.7399 Wasp Star is ranked overall as 2.7399 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.0705 Wasp Star has an avg. critic score of 3.0705 out of 4 stars

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Stylus Magazine

What makes a good pop song? What elements separate a lasting piece of music from, say, Britney Spears? It it lyrics? Instrumentation? The beat? I don't have the answer, but XTC sure does. Their new disc,Wasp Star: Apple Venus Vol. ...more

Rolling Stone

These twelve songs are streamlined, uncluttered miniatures. ...more

All Music Guide

This record is really nothing more than a collection of sharp, witty, well-constructed pop songs. ...more

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Sonicnet

Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) finds Partridge and Moulding at the top of their game, making the collection a fitting match for past XTC triumphs... ...read the complete review at Sonicnet

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Wall of Sound

Wasp Star adheres to the bouncy melodicism and skewed humor that's been XTC's stock in trade for 25 years. ...read the complete review at Wall of Sound

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Q Magazine

They make often wistful, often wry, but always intelligent pop....read the complete review at Q Magazine

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The A.V. Club

Maybe there's something to be said for corporate skullduggery after all. Having spent years in recording limbo thanks to disputes with its label,......read the complete review at The A.V. Club

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