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XTC, Upsy Daisy Assortment
Audio CD
Disk ID: 1522435
Disk length: 1h 15m 28s (19 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1997
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Life Begins At The Hop | 3:47 |
| 2. Making Plans For Nigel | 4:12 |
| 3. Generals & Majors | 3:42 |
| 4. Respectable Street | 3:07 |
| 5. Senses Working Overtime | 4:34 |
| 6. Ball And Chain | 4:30 |
| 7. No Thugs In Our House | 5:10 |
| 8. Love On A Farmboy's Wages | 4:00 |
| 9. Funk Pop A Roll | 3:06 |
| 10. This World Over | 4:46 |
| 11. Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her | 3:52 |
| 12. Grass | 2:43 |
| 13. Dear God | 3:37 |
| 14. Earn Enough For Us | 2:56 |
| 15. The Mayor Of Simpleton | 3:57 |
| 16. King For A Day | 3:36 |
| 17. Chalkhills And Children | 5:03 |
| 18. The Disappointed | 3:41 |
| 19. The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead | 4:59 |
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Review
For the uninitiated, Upsy Daisy Assortment is a solid introduction to XTC (though the songs thrive best in each album's story-structure), but the compilation will probably feel weightier to those who remember when the band's mixture of cynical, biting lyrics and effervescent tunes was a relatively new concept. Musically, Upsy Daisy Assortment is pop, with styles ranging from stripped-down ooh-ah-ing '50s bubblegum in "Life Begins at the Hop," to the more jarring, jangly, quirky rock-pop of "Making Plans for Nigel," to Beatles-esque ballads like "The Mayor of Simpleton." But it's XTC's lyrics about class, politics, social restrictions, and the plight of the working class that make them seem like a punk band, even when they're at their sappiest. Andy Partridge's lyrics about an upwardly-mobile neighbor drunkenly retching over the undoubtedly white-picket fence a few hours before church ("Respectable Street"), crooned above sparkling melodies, seem so wrong that they're absolutely perfect. --Megan O. Steintrager
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Tracks: 19, Disk length: 1h 16m 41s (+1m 13s)
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