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Cat: APELPX 109. Rel: 7 Sep 20
Rock

Side 1 - Track 1. Garden Of Earthly Delights Side 1 - Track 2. The Mayor Of Simpleton Side 1 - Track 3. King For A Day Side 1 - Track 4. Here Comes President Kill Again Side 2 - Track 1. The Loving Side 2 - Track 2. Poor Skeleton Steps Out Side 2 - Track 3. One Of The Millions Side 2 - Track 4. Scarecrow People Side 3 - Track 1. Merely A Man Side 3 - Track 2. Cynical Days Side 3 - Track 3. Across This Antheap Side 4 - Track 1. Hold Me My Daddy Side 4 - Track 2. Pink Thing Side 4 - Track 3. Miniature Sun Side 4 - Track 4. Chalkhills & Children

The legacy of XTC simultaneously reveals the inner workings and inflexibility of the music industry and how easy it is to be incredibly talented and forward-thinking yet still languish in relative obscurity. Of course most musos are pretty familiar with these New Wavers, but at least some of that knowledge has been garnered retrospectively, through revisiting and reappraising.

'Oranges & Lemons', first released in 1989, is the band at their smash hit-potential best, and also on the cusp of their eventual decline. It's as fresh as any that came before - far more than just New Wave happening here (synth pop, DIY indie), and nobody was looking to reign anything in, allowing the sprawling contents to span two whole discs unabridged. Another piece of compelling evidence to say that XTC's main problems were the fact managers and labels didn't really get what they were aiming for, musically, rather than their notorious avoidance of tours.