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Nonsuch by: XTC CD-Charts Price: $15.98 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724385067822 Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered Label: Caroline Manufacturer: Caroline Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Caroline Release Date: August 06, 2002 Studio: Caroline Sales Rank: 22384 MPN: 50678 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: Remastered reissue of 1992 album. Virgin Records. 2001. Amazon.com: Patently incapable of making substandard records and equally hopeless at actually selling them, XTC's 10th studio album, Nonsuch (produced by Gus Dudgeon and benefiting from the crisp drum work of former Fairport Convention sticksman Dave Mattacks), was yet another sublime, literate and unpredictable Anglo-pop masterpiece, brimming with tuneful deviousness, intelligent arrangements and interesting subject matter but nevertheless avoided by the public as if it were an approaching tramp with a personal hygiene problem. That quirky Canadians Crash Test Dummies actually had a hit with an exact replica of "Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" can only be attributed to their choice of deodorant. A similar injustice befell single "The Disappointed" (Andy Partridge's anthem for the amorously disenfranchised and surely one of their best ever recordings), which narrowly failed to win an Ivor Novello Award. Still, typically for a band who've never enjoyed the full rub of the green, some of the finest moments on Nonsuch deal with either underachievement (as on Colin Moulding's "Smartest Monkeys", which questions how mankind can get to the moon but can't solve problems of hunger and homelessness); such anti-showbiz mundanity as walking the dog ("Humble Daisy"); or aspiring to a retirement home by the sea (another forlorn Moulding number fusing Noel Coward with the Beach Boys' pocket symphonies). Other than "The Disappointed", the real must-hear is the anti-censorship "Books are Burning", inspired by the Salman Rushdie affair and by German poet Heinrich Heine's famous quote, and musically pitched halfway between "Hey Jude" and Leo Sayer's "When I Need You", ascending to a climactic duel between the frying guitars of Partridge and Gregory. --Kevin Maidment Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - XTC : a great band foreverI've been a great fan of XTC in the 80's, when I was about 20 years younger than now (you do your own math). Short after entering the active life, I so much dedicated me to work and family life that I forgot to follow up on my student's life favorite bands. I'm just rediscovering, by chance, what XTC has produced since "Skylarking". Amongst all their albums of the 90's and above, I must say that "Non Such" is a shock to me, as was "English Settlement" when released (in Vinyl that I still have !). Not being a native English speaker person, I certainly miss most of the interest of the lyrics, but the music and melody are sufficient enough to love the band. Non Such : definitely a great XTC album ! Rating: - Classic XTCThis is the first XTC album that I heard, so when I think of classic XTC, this is what I think of. But for long time fans and newcomers alike, this is essential XTC. You get classic XTC pop brilliance with the first few tracks, mixed with the beautiful oddity of songs like "Crocodile," "That Wave," "Then She Appeared," and "Ugly Underneath." And then there are the wonderful ballads like "Wrapped in Grey" and "Books are Burning." In case you care, my personal favorites are "Ugly Underneath" and "Wrapped in Grey." There are a couple of weak tracks here too, notably Colin Moulding's epically repetitive and sucktastic "War Dance," but the length and strength of the rest of the album make up for it. If you do get this, and you probably should, you ... Read More: Rating: - A TRUE MASTERPIECE!One or two weak songs, but a great album nevertheless. Why oh why did they make Apple Venus after this? They should have just folded the band after this album and they'd be legendary. i won;t dwell on th garbage that is Apple Venus 1 & 2. I have the original pressing. This album has been remastered and it probably sounds even better. Buy it! Rating:  - One of the best XTC albumsThis is a cd with some great songs on it but the three songs that stand out are "The ballad of peter pumpkinhead" "War dance" and "Books are burning". These songs alone are worth the buy.Many years have gone buy since this cd came out but its just as good now as it was back then.Give it a listen. Rating: - Without Equal5+ stars XTC's singer/guitarist, Andy Partridge, claims to have a brain "like an exotic dog which needs walking occasionally. The result of letting him out for his most recent run is the batch of 13 songs he's written for "Nonsuch" the band's long awaited tenth album. (bassist/singer, Colin Moulding contributes a further four tracks) Some of XTC's best ideas come from the remains of old records and Partridge will go too great lengths to fillet out promising scraps. The outside world is dreadful and wonderful says Partridge. When I cut it into bite-size chunks and make it personal, I 'm usually rather happy with it." From a 1992 BBC interview. My best friend introduced me to "Nonsuch", one of his favorite CDs. He, the ... Read More: |
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