Drums and Wires

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Drums and Wires
Drums and Wires cover
Studio album by XTC
Released August 17, 1979
Recorded June–July 1979 at The Town House, London
Genre New wave
Length 46:57
Label Virgin Records
Producer Steve Lillywhite
Professional reviews
XTC chronology
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(1978)		 Drums and Wires
(1979)		 Black Sea
(1980)

Drums and Wires is an XTC album released on August 17, 1979. It reached No. 34 on the UK album chart. It contained the successful singles "Life Begins at the Hop" (released on April 27, 1979 and reaching No. 44 on UK singles chart) which was on some issues of the album, "Making Plans For Nigel" (released on September 14, 1979 and reaching No. 17 on the UK singles chart) and the original recording of "Ten Feet Tall." A re-recorded version of "Ten Feet Tall" was released in March 1980 in the U.S. only - their first U.S. single (designed to coincide with the band's first American tour). Making Plans For Nigel was covered by Primus on their EP Miscellaneous Debris.

The album reached No. 176 on the U.S. Billboard album charts.

XTC - Making Plans For Nigel excerpt

An excerpt from Making Plans For Nigel
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Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

This album was originally released with at least 6 different track listings in various parts of the world. Some versions contained a two or three song 7" single in addition to the 11 or 12 song album. One version moved all of Colin Moulding's songs to side one. Another version of the LP contained 14 songs. [1]

The most "official" lineup seems to be this one:

[edit] Side One

  1. "Making Plans for Nigel" (Colin Moulding)
  2. "Helicopter"
  3. "Day in Day Out" (Moulding)
  4. "When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty"
  5. "Ten Feet Tall" (Moulding)
  6. "Roads Girdle the Globe"

[edit] Side Two

  1. "Real by Reel"
  2. "Millions"
  3. "That is the Way" (Moulding)
  4. "Outside World"
  5. "Scissor Man"
  6. "Complicated Game"

The original run of the LP had a free 7" single "Chain Of Command"/"Limelight" (Moulding). The song "Life Begins at the Hop" (Moulding), released as a 7" single before the original LP's release, appears on other versions of the album, either as substitutions for these tracks, bonus songs on the single, or bonus tracks on CD releases.

[edit] Drums and Wires [2002 US Reissue]

  1. "Making Plans for Nigel" - 04:13
  2. "Helicopter" - 03:54
  3. "Day in Day Out" - 03:08
  4. "When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty" - 03:22
  5. "Ten Feet Tall" - 03:16
  6. "Roads Girdle the Globe" - 04:50
  7. "Real by Reel" - 03:47
  8. "Millions" - 05:39
  9. "That is the Way" - 02:56
  10. "Outside World" - 02:41
  11. "Scissor Man" - 04:00
  12. "Complicated Game" - 05:04
  13. "Life Begins at the Hop" - 03:49
  14. "Chain of Command" - 02:33
  15. "Limelight" - 02:26

[edit] Personnel

  • Andy Partridge - Vocals, Guitars and Synthesizers
  • Colin Moulding - Vocals and Bass
  • Dave Gregory - Guitars, Keyboards and Background Vocals
  • Terry Chambers - Drums, Percussion and Background Vocals
  • Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, Dave Gregory, Terry Chambers, Steve Warren, Hugh Padgham, Al Clark, Jumbo Van Reinen - Vernon Yard Male Voice Choir on "Roads Girdle the Globe"
  • Dick Cuthell - trumpet on "That Is the Way"
  • Steve Lillywhite - Producer
  • Hugh Padgham - Engineer


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