Wasp Star: Apple Venus Vol. 2 by XTC

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XTC: Andy Partridge (vocals, guitar); Colin Moulding (vocals, bass). Additional personnel: Gavin Wright, Patrick Kiernan (violin); Peter Lale (viola); Caroline Dale (cello); Kate St. John (oboe); Simon Gardner (flugelhorn); Nick Davis (keyboards); Chuck Sabo, Prairie Prince (drums); Matt Vaughn (programming); Holly Partridge (background vocals). Engineers include: Alan Douglas, Barry Hammond, Haydn Bendall. Recorded at Idea Studios, Wiltshire, England and Chipping Norton Studios, Oxfordshire, England. WASP STAR is a muscular and confident album, full of excellent XTC songs. There's the rolling, glorious "Stupidly Happy," with the cool '80s megaphone vocals throwback, and Colin Moulding's splendid "In Another Life," one of his patented slice-of-life stories featuring kettle drums and spikey acoustic guitars. Also of note is "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love," an obvious choice for a single, with a sing-along chorus, an Arabic-flavored guitar solo, and hypnotically paced percussion. The story/song "Standing I... Minimize

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If only Greenman was on this album...

by apple_venus, Aug 21, 2002

Pros: Amazingly Different to Volume 1. XTC at their utter best!

Cons: I dunno, how can you fault the best album of 2000?

The Bottom Line: It is an utterly stunning album. A shame that the boys won't take this album on tour. Shame that hardly anyone bought it!

Review: Unlike Vol 1, Apple Venus (vol 2) is a lot harsher, louder, darker, and more of the style of XTC you would expect. This is mainly because the band loses the orchestra, and dusts off the guitars and drums. One similarity between the two though, is that...

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Where has this been hiding?

by splats, Jul 3, 2000

Pros: So catchy I had to lie down and drink lots of fluids.

Cons: The slower pieces, while welcome, have a tendency to get a little swampy.

Review: I don't want to talk about XTC. This might leave you confused (as this is one of their albums), so let me explain. If not for 120 Minutes (albeit this was the MTV of 12 years ago), I'd never have heard of them. I don't know terribly much about the...

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