Biography

XTC virtually defined the dividing line between punk and new-wave, adding punk's raw energy to their herky-jerky rhythms, funhouse arrangements and Beatles-influenced songcraft. In the early 1980s, bandleader Andy Partridge surrendered to his stage fright and retired the band from live performance, but XTC continued to make smartly crafted pop records. By the end of the decade the band even began to make mainstream inroads, popping up on MTV and charting a 1988 modern rock #1 with "Mayor of Simpleton."

Top Tracks

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• All Of A Sudden (it's Too Late)

• All You Pretty Girls

• Are You Receiving Me?

• Autumn Comes Around

• Ball And Chain

• Blame The Weather

• Blue Beret

• Blue Overall

• Born Out Of Your Mouth

• Church Of Women

• Dame Fortune

• Dear God

• Desert Island

• Don't Let Us Bug Ya

• Down A Peg

• Easter Theatre

• Everything

• Everything'll Be Alright

• Find The Fox

• Frivolous Tonight

• Garden Of Earthly Delights

• Generals And Majors

• Goodbye Humanosaurus

• Goosey Goosey

• Grass

• Great Fire

• Harvest Festival

• I Can't Own Her

• I Don't Want To Be Here

• I'd Like That

• I'm Playing My Fano

• I'm The Man Who Murdered Love

• Instant Tunes

• King For A Day

• Ladybird

• Life Begins At The Hop

• Love On A Farmboy's Wages

• Making Plans For Nigel

• Mayor Of Simpleton

• Me And The Wind

• Meccanic Dancing (oh We Go!)

• Miniature Sun

• My Brown Guitar

• My Train Is Coming

• No Language In Our Lungs

• No Thugs In Our House

• One Of The Millions

• Poor Skeleton Steps Out

• Punch And Judy

• Ra Ra For Red Rocking Horse

• Radios In Motion

• Red Brick Dream

• Respectable Street

• River Of Orchids

• Science Friction

• Scissor Man

• Senses Working Overtime

• Sgt. Rock (is Going To Help Me)

• She's So Square

• Statue Of Liberty

• Stupidly Happy

• Ten Feet Tall

• Thanks For Christmas

• That's Really Super, Supergirl

• The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead

• The Disappointed

• The Mayor Of Simpleton

• The Meeting Place

• The Wheel And The Maypole

• This Is Pop?

• Towers Of London

• Toys

• Wake Up

• Wonderland

• Wrapped In Grey

• You And The Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful

• Young Marrieds

• Your Dictionary

• You're The Wish You Are I Had

Discography

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• Wasp Star (Apple Venus, Pt. 2)

  Pony Canyon Records

  2000

• Apple Venus, Pt. 1

  TVT Records

  1999