The Compact XTC

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The Compact XTC
Compilation album by XTC
Released	1987
Recorded	1977-1985
Genre	Pop rock
Length	68:33
Label	Virgin Records
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XTC chronology
Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977-1982' (1982)	The Compact XTC (1987)	Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80 (1990)

The Compact XTC is a compilation album by XTC released in 1987. It replaced Waxworks: Some Singles 1977-1982 as a Greatest Hits album, 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 It was superseded by the double-disc set Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-1992, on which all eighteen tracks appear.

Despite being released in 1987 (as a result of Skylarking's success), its copyright is 1985. As an A-side collection, only 1981's "Love at First Sight" and "Respectable Street" (both of which appear on Black Sea) are not included.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Science Friction" (Andy Partridge) – 3:14 (from single, 1977)
2. "Statue of Liberty" (Partridge) – 2:52 (from single, 1978)
3. "This Is Pop?" (Partridge) – 2:40 (from single, 1978)
4. "Are You Receiving Me?" (Partridge) – 3:04 (from single, 1978)
5. "Life Begins at the Hop" (Colin Moulding) – 3:47 (from single, 1979)
6. "Making Plans for Nigel" (Moulding) – 4:12 (from single, 1979)
7. "Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down" (Partridge) – 4:20 (from single, 1980)
8. "Generals and Majors" (Moulding) – 3:41 (from single, 1980)
9. "Towers of London" (Partridge) – 4:38 (from single, 1980)
10. "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" (Partridge) – 3:36 (from single, 1980)
11. "Senses Working Overtime" (Partridge) – 4:34 (from single, 1982)
12. "Ball and Chain" (Moulding) – 4:29 (from single, 1982)
13. "Great Fire" (Partridge) – 3:50 (from single, 1983)
14. "Wonderland (Moulding) – 4:15 (from single, 1983)
15. "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" (Partridge) – 3:59 (from single, 1983)
16. "All You Pretty Girls" (Partridge) – 3:59 (from single, 1983)
17. "This World Over" (Partridge) – 4:45 (from single, 1984)
18. "Wake Up" (Moulding) – 3:40 (from single, 1985)