Comment on May 25th, 2007.
Hi, scraps! Great list, but.... no "Season Cycle" -- my favorite XTC track!? -- Mim
Comment on May 25th, 2007.
Hi Mim! The omission of "Season Cycle" is in fact a plain mistake. I'll fix it.
Comment on May 26th, 2007.
Whoa, I'm gonna have to listen to "Earn Enough for Us" again...that one has never ever stood out to me.
I love single artist lists like this, but don't you find they're kind of heartbreaking to make? (I guess you do, hence the disclaimer at the end.)
Comment on May 26th, 2007.
I like every part of the song, but I love the verse part, and the way it flows back into the chorus ("Glad that you want to be my wife, but honest") is magic to me.
Comment on May 27th, 2007.
"Senses Working Overtime" is only #27???
(Especially since "Great Fire," which I tend to confuse with it, ranks so much higher.)
Comment on May 28th, 2007.
I'd question Dear God being anywhere *near* that high, but that list is very close to mine. Glad to see someone else loving Earn Enough For Us as much as I do. My top 5 would be Earn Enough For Us, Pale & Precious, Mayor Of Simpleton, 1000 Umbrellas, Season Cycle.
The amazing thing about that list is I can look through it, love all of them, and still think of others I'd include (Sgt Rock, 25 O'Clock, That's Really Super Supergirl...)
Comment on May 28th, 2007.
Actually, Don, I like "Senses Working Overtime" more than I used to. I have an irrational prejudice against counting songs.
Andrew, I'm conflicted about "Dear God". The lyrics are so sophomoric (although since it begins and ends in a child's voice, maybe that's deliberate -- but I doubt it) that sometimes I can't stand to listen to it; but I love the guitar melody, and the bridge, and the strings.
Comment on May 28th, 2007.
I've put "Earn Enough for Us" on my new mixtape for driving, so we'll see it if sinks in.
Comment on May 31st, 2007.
Hurray!
Comment on June 7th, 2007.
For reasons having to do with work and a broken RSS reader, I'm only just getting to this. Excellent, and I'll have to post in kind...
(and hey, my security word is WOMBLE! Cool.)
Comment on June 20th, 2007.
No Greenman?? That's one of MY favourite tracks. For that matter, both the Apple Venus records seem to be severly under-represented
Comment on June 20th, 2007.
They are underrepresented. It's weird; I've listened to them more than any other XTC over the last several years -- because I know all the others too well -- and while I like the Apple Venus albums for their consistent goodness, after many many plays very few tracks have ended up feeling like classics to me. Other than "The Wheel and the Maypole", I rarely come back to any of the songs specifically to play them.
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