Wasp Star: Apple Venus Volume 2

by XTC

Wasp Star: Apple Venus Volume 2 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 17 May 2000
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 50:54
  • Community rating: 3.52/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: musician, Holly Partridge

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Functioning as the electric, guitar-driven counterpart to the orchestral 'Apple Venus Volume 1', this release serves as the final studio album from the influential British pop-rock group. Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding deliver their signature blend of Beatlesque melodies, complex chord progressions, and sharply witty lyrical observations.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, jangly, witty, literate, guitar-driven

Tracklist

  1. Playground (4:17)
  2. Stupidly Happy (4:13)
  3. In Another Life (3:35)
  4. My Brown Guitar (3:51)
  5. Boarded Up (3:23)
  6. I'm The Man Who Murdered Love (3:44)
  7. We're All Light (4:39)
  8. Standing In For Joe (3:42)
  9. Wounded Horse (4:11)
  10. You And The Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful (4:18)
  11. Church Of Women (5:06)
  12. The Wheel And The Maypole (5:55)

Credits

  • XTC - primary artist
  • Andrew Swainson - artwork [sleeve art]
  • Colin Moulding - band [xtc], vocals, bass, written-by
  • Andy Partridge - band [xtc], vocals, guitar, written-by
  • Caroline Dale - musician [extra], cello
  • Chuck Sabo - musician [extra], drums
  • Prairie Prince - musician [extra], drums
  • Simon Gardner - musician [extra], flugelhorn

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