Believe it or not, 'Beeswax', the B-sides, is at least as good a collection of songs and definitely more interesting and fun. Of course the songs here are good, but this collection doesnt really flow from start to finish. It was rerecorded for the single release. XTC Published XTC is great, great great, but they have never really been a singles band. In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Chris Woodstra wrote that though Waxworks: Some Singles 1977–1982 has been replaced by more comprehensive XTC compilation albums later on, it "remains the classic compilation of the band's first, pre-studio-bound period." Track listing It was initially released shrinkwrapped with the Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977-1982 included as a "free bonus album". All twelve tracks appear on the first disc of 1996's Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-1992.
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Though it followed closely on the heels of the successful English Settlement album and its lead-off single " Senses Working Overtime", it failed to crack the Top 40 perhaps signalling their commercial decline in Britain. XTC Beeswax Some B-Sides 1977-1982 collection 1982 November. But there’s not a bad track on either disc, so get to it.Waxworks: Some Singles 1977–1982 is the first compilation album by English rock band XTC, released in November 1982 by Virgin Records. Some of the XTC compilations pile on the home demos and other stuff that (even for me) really doesn’t seem that vital. If you’ve picked up all the albums but missed the b-sides, Beeswax is essential, not optional. I’d point XTC newbies to their later work, but if you’ve digested most of their later 80s and beyond work, then you’re ready to start with the formative years. Some of these songs are pushing 40, but they feel as fresh as they did when I discovered them in the late 80s. If you need a good wallow after a break-up, “Heaven is Paved with Broken Glass” is your buddy. I guess the primary difference between “single” and “b-side” is whether XTC has its serious face on or not. Both songs are about domestic squabbling, “Punch and Judy” has a slightly slower pace and a bit of fiddling on the guitar that’s pleasant. When I listen to “Tissue Tigers (The Arguers)” and “Punch and Judy” back to back I feel like somebody’s having a rough time at home. There’s a lot of punk sneer here, but also a slightly “plastic” aesthetic. Or, perhaps, where they’re spirits sitting on Andy Partridge’s shoulders and neither one quite has sway. “Science Friction” makes you wonder whether you’ve put on an album or set off an alarm, but that quickly resolves into a rough and discordant guitar bit, before settling into a fast-paced song that makes me think of an alternate reality where The Ramones and DEVO join forces. You’ll note that 1977-1982 corresponds with XTC’s touring years, before the band stopped touring and being constrained by playing songs live. FROM JAPAN Auction & Shopping Proxy Service One Map by FROM JAPAN LP / XTC / WAXWORKS - SOME SINGLES 1977-1982 / BEESWAX - SOME B-SIDES 1977-1982 / VIRGIN V.
“This album has 12 songs, but this one is the same price and it’s 25 songs! Score!” I’ve never really thought of side two as b-sides, probably because XTC’s b-sides were usually just as good as their singles – and certainly better than a lot of bands’ singles. However, I’m lumping them together because that’s how I first found them, as a long-play cassette from Virgin released in 1982.Īt 25 songs, it was one hell of a score when I still chose new music based on how much I could scrape together from part-time jobs. Officially Waxworks: Some Singles 1977–1982 and Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977–1982 are separate albums. Its basically a collection of Some Singles. This pairing captures the very best of XTC’s early period, before they evolved into a more “pastoral” (and Beatlesque) sound on later albums. This collection was originally packaged with Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977-1982 and released in November of 1982. XTC - WAXWORKS & BEESWAX ORIGINAL 12' DOUBLE VINYL LP. XTC ENGLISH SETTLEMENT VIRGIN VIP6992 JAPAN OBI VINYL LP. Waxworks and Beeswax are a double dose of angular, jumpy, frenetic pop from Swindon’s XTC. XTC English Settlement 2 LP 1982 UK 1st textured embossed lettering Near Mint.
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