Upsy Daisy Assortment

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Upsy Daisy Assortment
Compilation album by XTC
Released	June 17, 1997
Recorded	1979-1991
Genre	Pop rock
Length	73:11
Label	Geffen Records
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (8.6/10) link
XTC chronology
Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-92 (1996)	Upsy Daisy Assortment (1997)	Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions (1998)

Upsy Daisy Assortment is a U.S.-exclusive compilation by XTC, released after Geffen Records declined to distribute the 1996 double-disc Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-1992. It is perhaps their first compilation to be considered a Best of as it includes album tracks "Funk Pop a Roll", "Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her", "Earn Enough for Us" and "Chalkhills and Children" in addition to their better-known singles.

[edit] Cover Art

The cover art is a reproduction of a vintage 1945 travel poster called Holidays in Switzerland by Donald Brun.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

1. "Life Begins at the Hop" (Colin Moulding) – 3:47
2. "Making Plans for Nigel" (Moulding) – 4:12
3. "Generals and Majors" (Moulding) – 3:41
4. "Respectable Street" – 3:07
5. "Senses Working Overtime" – 4:34
6. "Ball and Chain" (Moulding) – 4:29
7. "No Thugs in Our House" – 5:10
8. "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" – 3:59
9. "Funk Pop a Roll" – 3:14
10. "This World Over" – 4:45
11. "Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her" – 3:50
12. "Grass" (Moulding) – 2:42
13. "Dear God" – 3:37
14. "Earn Enough for Us" – 2:54
15. "Mayor of Simpleton" – 3:57
16. "King for a Day" (Moulding) – 3:36
17. "Chalkhills and Children" – 4:56
18. "The Disappointed" – 3:38
19. "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" – 5:03

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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