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1 The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead 5:00
Andy Partridge – Vocals, electric guitar, harmonica & tambourine
Dave Mattacks – Drums
Colin Moulding – Bass guitar
Dave Gregory – Electric guitar, hammond organ & church bell
Gus Dudgeon, Andy Partridge & Dave Gregory – cheers
2 My Bird Performs 3:51
Andy Partridge – Electric guitar & backing vocals & percussion
Dave Mattacks – Drums
Dave Gregory – Electric guitar, synthesizers & backing vocals
Colin Moulding – Lead & backing vocals, electric guitar & bass guitar
Guy Barker – Flugelhorns & trumpet solo
3 Dear Madam Barnum 2:53
Dave Mattacks – Drums
Andy Partridge – Lead & backing vocals, acoustic guitar, tambourine & circus band
Dave Gregory – Acoustic & electric guitars, hammond organ, acme thunderer, circus band & backing vocals
Colin Moulding – Bass guitar & backing vocals
Gus Dudgeon – Ringmaster
4 Humble Daisy 3:36
Andy Partridge – Lead & backing vocals, electric guitar & percussion
Dave Gregory – Synthesizers, electric guitar & backing vocals
Dave Mattacks – Drums
Colin Moulding – Bass guitar & backing vocals
5 The Smartest Monkeys 4:18
Andy Partridge – Electric guitars
Dave Gregory – Synthesizers, hammond organ & backing vocals
Colin Moulding – Lead & backing vocals & bass guitar
Dave Mattacks – Drums & tambourine
Florence Lovegrove – Viola
6 The Disappointed 3:23
Dave Mattacks – Drums
Andy Partridge – Lead & backing vocals, electric guitar & tambourine
Colin Moulding – Bass guitar
Dave Gregory – Electric guitars, synthesizer & backing vocals
Florence Lovegrove – Viola
Rose Hull – Cello
7 Holly Up On Poppy 3:04
Andy Partridge – Acoustic guitars, lead & backing vocals
Dave Gregory – Synthesizers, hammond organ, electric 12-string guitar, backing vocals & piano
Dave Mattacks – Drums
Colin Moulding – Bass guitar
8 Crocodile 3:56
Andy Partridge – Vocals, backing vocals & electric guitar
Dave Mattacks – Drums & amphibious sample
Colin Moulding – Bass guitar
Dave Gregory – Electric guitars & solo
9 Rook 3:45
Dave Gregory – Piano & synthesizer
Andy Partridge – Vocals, tambourine & shaker
Guy Barker – Flugelhorn & trumpet
Stuart Gordon – Violin
Gina Griffin – Violin
Florence Lovegrove – Viola
Rose Hull – Cello
Gus Dudgeon – Tambourine
10 Omnibus 3:20
Dave Mattacks – Drums & drum samples
Andy Partridge – Lead & backing vocals, keyboard programming, synthesizers & shaker
Colin Moulding – Bass guitar & backing vocals
Guy Barker – Trumpets
Dave Gregory – Acoustic guitar & backing vocals
11 That Wave 3:34
Andy Partridge – Lead & backing vocals & electric guitars
Dave Mattacks – Drums & percussion
Dave Gregory – Electric guitars, backing vocals & solo guitar
Colin Moulding – Bass guitar
12 Then She Appeared 3:52
Dave Gregory – Electric 6- & 12-string guitars & synthesizer
Dave Mattacks – Drums, percussion & sitar sample
Andy Partridge – Vocals, electric guitars & percussion
Colin Moulding – Bass guitar
13 War Dance 3:23
Colin Moulding – Vocals, bass & acoustic guitars
Dave Gregory – Acoustic & electric guitars & synthesizers
Dave Mattacks – Drums, shaker & percussion
Andy Partridge – Shaker
14 Wrapped In Grey 3:46
Dave Gregory – Piano, synthesizers & backing vocals
Stuart Gordon – Violin
Gina Griffin – Violin
Florence Lovegrove – Viola
Rose Hull – Cello
Andy Partridge – Lead & backing vocals, tambourine & percussion
Colin Moulding – Bass guitar & backing vocals
Dave Mattacks – Drums
15 The Ugly Underneath 2:37
Andy Partridge – Lead & backing vocals & electric guitar
Dave Mattacks – Drums & percussion
Colin Moulding – Bass guitar
Dave Gregory – Hammond organ, e-bow guitars, synthesizers & backing vocals
Gus Dudgeon – Percussion
16 Bungalow 2:49
Colin Moulding – Lead & backing vocals & bass guitar
Dave Gregory – Synthesizers, piano & backing vocals
Dave Mattacks – Drums
Andy Partridge – Bell tree & backing vocals
17 Books Are Burning 4:51
Andy Partridge – Lead & backing vocals, electric guitars (first & third solo)
Colin Moulding – Bass guitar & backing vocals
Dave Mattacks – Drums & tambourine
Dave Gregory – Synthesizer, hammond organ, electric guitar (second & fourth solo) & backing vocals
Gus Dudgeon, Neville Farmer & XTC – end chorus
All Songs Published © 1992 Virgin Songs, Inc. BMI. Lyrics Reprinted by Permission. All Rights Reserved.
Produced by GUS DUDGEON
Engineered by BARRY HAMMOND
Mixed by NICK DAVIS
Recorded at Chipping Norton Studios, Oxfordshire, England, July-October 1991.
Mixed at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, South Wales, November-December 1991.
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, New York
“Bungalow,” “My Bird Performs,” “The Smartest Monkeys” and “War Dance” written by Colin Moulding.
All other songs written by Andy Partridge.
Musicians credited in order of appearance on track.
Strings and brass arrangements by Dave Gregory except “Omnibus,” “Rook” by Andy Partridge and “War Dance” by Colin Moulding.
Strings on “The Disappointment” arranged by Andy Partridge and Dave Gregory.
Our thanks to Richard Vernon, Shirley, Jane and all at Chipping Norton; Kingsley and Ann Ward and everyone at Rockfield; Vanessa Bennett, Eric Longley and Greg Wood; our native guides through the financial jungle. All our brother musicians. Ian Gregory. Henry VIII and our families and friends for all good things.
Digitally recorded using the Mitsubishi system – thanks to Hilton Sound Services.
Sleeve with Dave Dragon at The Design Clinic.
Photos by Kevin Westenberg
Special thanks to David Dasch for the groovy Gretsch!
Don’t forget, you can read and write about the band in…
The Little Express (official XTC newsletter) c/o P.O. Box 1072, Barrie, Ontario, L4M 5E1 Canada. Subscribe!
or
“Limelight” (an occasional window on the world of XTC!) c/o Mark Fisher, 9a Annandale Street, Edinburgh, EH7 4AW, Scotland
GEFFEN
Virgin
Geffen Records, 9130 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069-6197. Manufactured and Distributed in the United States by Uni Distribution Corp. © (P) 1992 Virgin Records Ltd. Made in U.S.A. All Right Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation applicable laws.
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