RELEASED
1992
TYPE
studio album
STYLES
rock, pop, nostalgia
TRACKS
01, The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead (5:00)
02, My Bird Performs (3:51)
03, Dear Madam Barnum (2:53)
04, Humble Daisy (3:39)
05, The Smartest Monkeys (4:18)
06, The Disappointed (3:23)
07, Holly Up On Poppy (3:02)
08, Crocodile (3:56)
09, Rook (3:47)
10, Omnibus (3:21)
11, That Wave (3:33)
12, Then She Appeared (3:52)
13, War Dance (3:23)
14, Wrapped In Grey (3:46)
15, The Ugly Underneath (3:56)
16, Bungalow (2:49)
17, Books Are Burning (4:52)
DURATION
63:26
MUSICIANS
ANDY PARTRIDGE -lead vocals, guitars, acoustic guitars,
harmonica, keyboards, synthesizers, programming,
tambourine, percussion, bells, shaker, backing vocals
COLIN MOULDING -lead vocals, bass, guitars, acoustic guitars,
backing vocals
DAVE GREGORY -synthesizers, organ, piano, guitars,
acoustic guitars, bells, backing vocals
DAVE MATTACK -drums, percussion, samples, tambourine,
shaker
NEVILLE FARMER -chorus
ROSE HULL -cello
FLORENCE LOVEGROVE -viola
GINA GRIFFIN -violin
STUART GORDON -violin
GUY BARKER -flugelhorn, trumpet
GUS DUDGEON -percussion, tambourine, chorus, ringmaster
PRODUCED BY
GUS DUDGEON
REVIEW
Všude, kde se recenzuje byli XTC s tímto dílem buď přímo albem měsíce, nebo na některém z čelních míst. A právem. Je to oduševnělá hudba s úžasnou hloubkou a krásou. Nenechat si ujít.