White Music

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White Music
Studio album by XTC
Released	January 20, 1978
Recorded	October, 1977 at The Manor, Oxfordshire, England
Genre	New wave
Length	36:28
Label	Virgin Records
Producer(s)	John Leckie
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Q link Robert Christgau (B+) link
XTC chronology
	White Music (1978)	Go 2 (1978)

White Music was the debut album by XTC. It was released on January 20, 1978 and reached No. 38 in the UK album charts. It spawned the singles "Statue Of Liberty" (released January 6, 1978) which was banned by the BBC for the line "sail beneath your skirt" and a re-recording of "This Is Pop" (released April 21, 1978).

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

1. "Radios in Motion" – 2:54
2. "X Wires" (Colin Moulding) – 2:06
3. "This Is Pop?" – 2:41
4. "Do What You Do" (Moulding) – 1:16
5. "Statue of Liberty" – 2:55
6. "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) – 5:43
7. "Into the Atom Age" – 2:32
8. "I'll Set Myself on Fire" (Moulding) – 3:04
9. "I'm Bugged" – 3:59
10. "New Town Animal in a Furnished Cage" – 1:53
11. "Spinning Top" – 2:40
12. "Neon Shuffle" – 4:37

CD bonus tracks

1. "Science Friction" – 3:13
2. "She's So Square" – 3:06
3. "Dance Band" (Moulding) – 2:41
4. "Hang on to the Night" – 2:09
5. "Heatwave" (Moulding) – 2:12
6. "Traffic Light Rock" – 1:40
7. "Instant Tunes" (Moulding) – 2:34

[edit] Personnel

• Andy Partridge - guitar, vocals
• Colin Moulding - bass, vocals
• Barry Andrews - steam piano, clapped out organs
• Terry Chambers - drums

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: 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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