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| The Compact XTC: The Singles 1978-1985 | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by XTC | ||||
| Released | 1985 (1985) | |||
| Recorded | 1977–1984 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 68:33 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
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The Compact XTC: The Singles 1978–1985 is a singles compilation album by XTC originally issued in 1985. It replaced Waxworks: Some Singles 1977–1982 as a greatest hits album (and, bizarrely, used the same catalogue number in the UK and some other countries), adding six singles issued between English Settlement and The Big Express. It took advantage of the compact disc's greater storage capacity to limit it to a single disc. It was superseded by the double-disc set Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–1992, on which all eighteen tracks appear.
Two UK Virgin Records singles are missing from this compilation: "Respectable Street" (1981) and "No Thugs in Our House" (1982), as well as "Take This Town" (1980) – an RSO Records released single issued from the soundtrack of the film "Times Square". 'International' singles missing are the re-recorded version of "Ten Feet Tall" (1980, North America) and "Love at First Sight" (1981, Canada).
Track listing
UK CD: CDV 2251
All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted.
- "Science Friction" – 3:12 (1977) (from 3D EP)
- "Statue of Liberty" – 2:24 (1978) (from White Music)
- "This Is Pop?" – 2:39 (1978) (from White Music)
- "Are You Receiving Me?" – 3:03 (1978)
- "Life Begins at the Hop" (Colin Moulding) – 3:47 (1979)
- "Making Plans for Nigel" (Moulding) – 3:53 (1979) (from Drums and Wires)
- "Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down" – 4:34 (1980)
- "Generals and Majors" (Moulding) – 3:42 (1980) (from Black Sea)
- "Towers of London" – 4:38 (1980) (from Black Sea)
- "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" – 3:36 (1980) (from Black Sea)
- "Senses Working Overtime" – 4:33 (1982) (from English Settlement)
- "Ball and Chain" (Moulding) – 4:30 (1982) (from English Settlement)
- "Great Fire" – 3:45 (1983) (from Mummer)
- "Wonderland (Moulding) – 4:02 (1983) (from Mummer)
- "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" – 3:58 (1983) (from Mummer)
- "All You Pretty Girls" – 3:56 (1984) (from The Big Express)
- "This World Over" – 4:43 (1984) (from The Big Express)
- "Wake Up" (Moulding) – 3:40 (1985) (from The Big Express)
References
- Mason, Stewart. The Compact XTC at AllMusic