Chips from the Chocolate Fireball

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Chips from the Chocolate Fireball
Compilation album by The Dukes of Stratosphear
Released	August, 1987
Genre	Pop rock Neo-psychedelia
Length	62:59
Label	Virgin Records
Producer	John Leckie and ‘The Dukes’
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (9.0/10) link
The Dukes of Stratosphear chronology
Psonic Psunspot (1987) Chips from the Chocolate Fireball (1987)
Alternate cover
Negative version of the album cover

Chips from the Chocolate Fireball: An Anthology is a CD-only compilation album by The Dukes of Stratosphear, XTC's mid-eighties alter-ego. It includes both their 1985 EP 25 O'Clock and the Psonic Psunspot album from 1987.

It was re-released as a part of the XTC reissue series in 2001 with songwriters Sir John Johns and The Red Curtain credited under their real names.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Sir John Johns, except where noted.

1. "25 O'Clock" – 5:03
2. "Bike Ride to the Moon" – 2:23
3. "My Love Explodes" – 3:49
4. "What in the World??..." – 5:01 (The Red Curtain)
5. "Your Gold Dress" – 4:42
6. "The Mole from the Ministry" – 5:58
7. "Vanishing Girl" – 2:59 (Curtain)
8. "Have You Seen Jackie?" – 3:21
9. "Little Lighthouse" – 4:31
10. "You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)" – 3:38
11. "Collideascope" – 3:22
12. "You're My Drug" – 3:19
13. "Shiny Cage" – 3:17 (Curtain)
14. "Brainiac's Daughter" – 3:59
15. "The Affiliated" – 2:31 (Curtain)
16. "Pale and Precious" – 4:58

[edit] Personnel

• Sir John Johns - vocals, guitar
• The Red Curtain - vocals, bass
• Lord Cornelius Plum - mellotron, piano, organ, fuzz-tone guitar
• E.I.E.I. Owen - drum set

[edit] Credits

• Produced by John Leckie and the Dukes

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