Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)

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Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
Studio album by XTC
Released	May 23, 2000
Genre	Pop rock
Length	50:59
Label	Cooking Vinyl
Producer(s)	Nick Davis
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (**) link Rolling Stone link Pitchfork Media (8.0/10) link
XTC chronology
Apple Venus Volume 1 (1999)	Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) (2000)

Wasp Star is an album by XTC. It is the second volume of the Apple Venus set. This volume is a return to the classic XTC sound, while the first volume had more of a big orchestral sound. It was recorded from April - December of 1999 at Idea Studios, Wiltshire, and Chipping Norton Studios, Oxfordshire, England. It was released on Cooking Vinyl/Idea Records on May 22, 2000.

It reached No. 108 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart, No. 2 on the CMJ Adult Album Alternative chart in the U.S.A. and No. 6 on the Indie Albums chart in the UK

"I'm The Man Who Murdered Love" was the single released from the album. It was originally proposed for the 1992 album Nonsuch. "Playground" was released as a single only in Japan and "Stupidly Happy" was a promotional-only single in the U.S.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Playground" – 4:17
2. "Stupidly Happy" – 4:13
3. "In Another Life" – 3:35 *
4. "My Brown Guitar" – 3:51
5. "Boarded Up" – 3:23 *
6. "I'm The Man Who Murdered Love" – 3:44
7. "We're All Light" – 4:39
8. "Standing In For Joe" – 3:42 *
9. "Wounded Horse" – 4:11
10. "You And the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful" – 4:18
11. "Church Of Women" – 5:06
12. "The Wheel And The Maypole" – 5:55

• All tracks written by Andy Partridge, except * written by Colin Moulding.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Musicians

• Colin Moulding
• Andy Partridge