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 It was superseded by the double-disc set Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-1992, on which all eighteen tracks appear.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

[edit] UK CD: CDV 2251

All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

1. "Science Friction" – 3:14 (from single, 1977)
2. "Statue of Liberty" – 2:52 (from single, 1978)
3. "This Is Pop?" – 2:40 (from single, 1978)
4. "Are You Receiving Me?" – 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" – 4:20 (from single, 1980)
8. "Generals and Majors" (Moulding) – 3:41 (from single, 1980)
9. "Towers of London" – 4:38 (from single, 1980)
10. "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" – 3:36 (from single, 1980)
11. "Senses Working Overtime" – 4:34 (from single, 1982)
12. "Ball and Chain" (Moulding) – 4:29 (from single, 1982)
13. "Great Fire" – 3:50 (from single, 1983)
14. "Wonderland (Moulding) – 4:15 (from single, 1983)
15. "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" – 3:59 (from single, 1983)
16. "All You Pretty Girls" – 3:59 (from single, 1983)
17. "This World Over" – 4:45 (from single, 1984)
18. "Wake Up" (Moulding) – 3:40 (from single, 1985)

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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