OK, I'll go for an 8/10 on this one.
I've got all of the XTC albums and a few of them, I'd rate as 12/10, if I could. This isn't one of their best, as far as I'm concerned, but I'd rather take this than anything by Level 42!
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OK, I'll go for an 8/10 on this one.
I've got all of the XTC albums and a few of them, I'd rate as 12/10, if I could. This isn't one of their best, as far as I'm concerned, but I'd rather take this than anything by Level 42!
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Through the years I have missed XTC completely, so this was a new band for me. Must have had a young family at the time and new music took a back seat. Was still listening to 60/70s soul and blues.
It surprised me as I was not really expecting this sort of music from XTC. Some tracks no so good but the rest were ok, so 7/10 from me.
Thanks for your suggestion as its broadened my listening scope and I will dig some more XTC out from Spotify.
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This album in my experience takes a while to get into and is not my favourite XTC by any means. The remastered vinyl version with recording in phase and the controversial cover is a great improvement and enables one to appreciate the album fully for the first time. 8/10 from me.
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Right I'm back after a few more listens, not bad, cheerful, tuneful, a bit like a slowed down Kinks. 7/10.
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Not at all familiar with XTC, so gave this a listen this morning with interest. Unfortunately, I found it quite depressing! I'm not sure if it's the vocal or something else but the band sound very miserable to me, even on the higher tempo tracks. I did find 'The Man Who Sailed Around his Soul' quite engaging, but on the whole it's not for me. 3/10 sorry....
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Just worth having 6/10 for me
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I completely missed this for some reason. As it turns out, its very eighties sound is not doing much for me at all. 4/10
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Funnily enough they have done very similar albums that are much betterOriginally Posted by MartinT
Will put them on the "you must hear this" list for the next do
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