Instruvenus

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Instruvenus
Studio album by XTC
Released	2002
Genre	Pop rock
Length	49:53
Label	Idea Records
Producer(s)	Haydn Bendall, Nick Davis
XTC chronology
Coat of Many Cupboards (2002)	Instruvenus (2002)	Waspstrumental (2002)

Instruvenus (2002) is an instrumental version of XTC's Apple Venus Volume 1 album released in 1999.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 UK CD: IDEACD 005 2 Personnel 2.1 Musicians 2.2 Additional musicians 3 Production

[edit] Track listing

[edit] UK CD: IDEACD 005

All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

1. "River of Orchids" – 5:52
2. "I'd Like That" – 3:50
3. "Easter Theatre" – 4:37
4. "Knights in Shining Karma" – 3:39
5. "Frivolous Tonight" (Colin Moulding) – 3:09
6. "Greenman" – 6:18
7. "Your Dictionary" – 3:13
8. "Fruit Nut" (Moulding) – 2:55
9. "I Can't Own Her" – 5:26
10. "Harvest Festival" – 4:03
11. "The Last Balloon" – 6:51

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Musicians

• Colin Moulding
• Andy Partridge

[edit] Additional musicians

• Dave Gregory - piano, keyboards, guitars
• Prairie Prince - drums
• Guy Barker - trumpet and flugelhorn solo on "The Last Balloon"
• Steve Sidwell - solo trumpet on "Easter Theatre"
• Mike Batt - orchestral arrangements for "Greenman" and "I Can't Own Her"
• All arrangements played by The London Sessions Orchestra under their leader Gavin Wright
• Nick Davis, Haydn Bendall - extra keyboards

[edit] Production

• Haydn Bendall - original production and engineering
• Nick Davis - additional production, engineering and mix
• Barry Hammond, Alan Douglas - recording engineers
• Simon Dawson - mix assistance
• Ian Cooper at Metropolis - mastering

XTC
Andy Partridge | Colin Moulding Dave Gregory | Terry Chambers | Barry Andrews
Discography
Studio albums White Music (1978) | Go 2 (1978) | Drums and Wires (1979) | Black Sea (1980) | English Settlement (1982) | Mummer (1983) | The Big Express (1984) | Skylarking (1986) | Oranges and Lemons (1989) | Nonsuch (1992) | Apple Venus Volume 1 (1999) | Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) (2000) The Dukes of Stratosphear releases: 25 O'Clock (1985) | Psonic Psunspot (1987) | Chips from the Chocolate Fireball (1987) Compilations, instrumentals, demos, live and tribute albums: Take Away / The Lure of Salvage (1980) | Waxworks: Some Singles 1977-1982 (1982) | Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977-1982 (1982) | The Compact XTC (1987) | Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80 (1990) | Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers (1990) | BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1992) | Drums and Wireless: BBC Radio Sessions 77-89 (1994) | A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC (1995) | Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-92 (1996) | Upsy Daisy Assortment (1997) | Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions (1998) | Homespun (1999) | Homegrown (2001) | Coat of Many Cupboards (2002) | Instruvenus (2002) | Waspstrumental (2002) | Apple Box 2005 Fuzzy Warbles albums: Fuzzy Warbles Volume 1 (2002) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 2 (2002) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 3 (2003) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 4 | (2003) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 5 (2004) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 6 (2004) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 7 (2006) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 8 (2006) | Hinges (2006)
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