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Drums and Wires: Remastered [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

XTC | Format: Audio CD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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XTC hailed from Swindon to cultivate a legacy of highly original British pop born from their early punk/new wave roots in the late 70s. Their angular yet melodic songs, lead by distinctive jagged riffs boasted the catchiest of pop sensibilities which was then injected with an edginess by the darker overtones of astute and often political lyrics. Throughout their career, from the jerky earlier… Read more in Amazon's XTC Store

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Product details

  • Audio CD (11 Jun 2001)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Virgin
  • ASIN: B00005ATHI
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 55,176 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Songs from this album are available to purchase as MP3s. Click on "Buy MP3" or view the MP3 Album.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Making Plans For Nigel (2001 Digital Remaster) (2001 - Remaster) 4:13£0.89
Listen  2. Helicopter (2001 Digital Remaster) 3:54£0.89
Listen  3. Day In Day Out (2001 Digital Remaster) 3:08£0.89
Listen  4. When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty (2001 Digital Remaster) 3:22£0.89
Listen  5. Ten Feet Tall (2001 Digital Remaster) 3:16£0.89
Listen  6. Roads Girdle The Globe (2001 Digital Remaster) 4:51£0.89
Listen  7. Reel By Reel (2001 Digital Remaster) 3:47£0.89
Listen  8. Millions (2001 Digital Remaster) 5:39£0.89
Listen  9. That Is The Way (2001 Digital Remaster) 2:56£0.89
Listen10. Outside World (2001 Digital Remaster) 2:41£0.89
Listen11. Scissor Man (2001 Digital Remaster) 4:00£0.89
Listen12. Complicated Game (2001 Digital Remaster) 5:04£0.89
Listen13. Life Begins At The Hop (2001 Digital Remaster) 3:49£0.89
Listen14. Chain Of Command (2001 Digital Remaster) 2:33£0.89
Listen15. Limelight (2001 Digital Remaster) 2:26£0.89

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By bish
Format:Audio CD
Go 2 was a move forward (melodically) for the Swindon lads but their true emergence occurred when Barry Andrew's cheesy keyboards were removed in favour of Dave Gregory's sublime guitar playing.An extremely "catchy" album,this laid the basis for their more powerful follow-up (Black Sea) and subsequent move into quintessential English pastoral pop.Not a "duffer" on the album.A group moving from adolescence into adulthood.Excellent.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Perfect Pop Art 7 Jan 2004
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Crispy, crunchy and ever so addictive. Contains more songs you know than you would at first realise. 'Drums and Wires' is also one of Colin Moulding's strongest songwriting collections - always a pleasure.

Indispensible perfect pop art with something for everyone. This is XTC at the peak of their accessibility.

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XTC mainman Andy Partridge is on record as saying that around the time of this LP was when the band "started to get half-decent". It's certainly a quantum jump from their first two LPs, mainly due to the solid production of late-70s/ early-80s studio guru Steve Lillywhite, and also the cool, mellow songwriting contributions of Colin Moulding (e.g. Day In Day Out, Ten Feet Tall and, of course, the breakthrough hit Making Plans For Nigel). These are generally more successful than Partridge's awkward, hit-and-miss efforts, although his Complicated Game, which closes the LP, is a blinder.
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