Upsy Daisy Assortment

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Upsy Daisy Assortment
Upsy Daisy Assortment cover
Compilation album by XTC
Released June 17, 1997
Recorded 1979-1991
Genre Pop rock
Length 73:11
Label Geffen Records
Professional reviews
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


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