Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-1992

by XTC

Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-1992 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 16 September 1996
  • Label: Virgin
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:57:54
  • Community rating: 4.14/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A comprehensive, two-disc retrospective chronicling the brilliant, idiosyncratic evolution of the Swindon group. The chronologically sequenced collection charts their remarkable journey from jittery, nervous post-punk outsiders to architects of highly sophisticated, pastoral psychedelic pop. It remains the absolute definitive entry point for exploring Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding's peerless songwriting.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, witty, literate, jangly, eccentric

Tracklist

  1. Science Friction (3:14)
  2. Statue Of Liberty (2:52)
  3. This Is Pop? (2:40)
  4. Are You Receiving Me? (3:04)
  5. Life Begins At The Hop (3:47)
  6. Making Plans For Nigel (4:12)
  7. Ten Feet Tall (3:13)
  8. Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down (4:20)
  9. Generals And Majors - Edit (3:41)
  10. Towers Of London - Edit (4:38)
  11. Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me) (3:36)
  12. Love At First Sight (3:07)
  13. Respectable Street (3:07)
  14. Senses Working Overtime (4:34)
  15. Ball And Chain (4:29)
  16. No Thugs In Our House (5:10)
  17. Great Fire (3:50)
  18. Wonderland (4:15)
  19. Love On A Farmboy's Wages (3:59)
  20. All You Pretty Girls (3:59)
  21. This World Over - Edit (4:45)
  22. Wake Up - Edit (3:40)
  23. Grass - Edit (2:42)
  24. The Meeting Place (3:13)
  25. Dear God (3:37)
  26. Mayor Of Simpleton (3:57)
  27. King For A Day (3:36)
  28. The Loving (3:54)
  29. The Disappointed (3:38)
  30. Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead (5:03)
  31. Wrapped In Grey (3:47)

Credits

  • XTC - primary artist
  • Simon Miller FM Design - artwork [model]
  • Andy Partridge - written-by
  • Colin Moulding - written-by

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