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Drums and Wires [Original recording reissued] [Original recording remastered]

~ XTC
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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
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 23,329 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Making Plans For Nigel (2001 Digital Remaster) 4:13£0.79
Listen  2. Helicopter (2001 Digital Remaster) 3:54£0.69
Listen  3. Day In Day Out (2001 Digital Remaster) 3:08£0.69
Listen  4. When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty (2001 Digital Remaster) 3:22£0.69
Listen  5. Ten Feet Tall (2001 Digital Remaster) 3:16£0.69
Listen  6. Roads Girdle The Globe (2001 Digital Remaster) 4:51£0.69
Listen  7. Reel By Reel (2001 Digital Remaster) 3:47£0.69
Listen  8. Millions (2001 Digital Remaster) 5:39£0.69
Listen  9. That Is The Way (2001 Digital Remaster) 2:56£0.69
Listen10. Outside World (2001 Digital Remaster) 2:41£0.69
Listen11. Scissor Man (2001 Digital Remaster) 4:00£0.69
Listen12. Complicated Game (2001 Digital Remaster) 5:04£0.69
Listen13. Life Begins At The Hop (2001 Digital Remaster) 3:49£0.69
Listen14. Chain Of Command (2001 Digital Remaster) 2:33£0.69
Listen15. Limelight (2001 Digital Remaster) 2:26£0.69

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This third album marks a significant personnel change for XTC. Organist Barry Andrews departed and was replaced by guitarist Dave Gregory. While neither of the two wrote songs forthe band, the change effectively removed the most "New Wave" element in XTC's original sound, ultimately setting the stage for a magnificent sonic expansion over the following several albums.
Opening with one of their biggest hits, "Making Plans For Nigel", the album finds the Partridge-Gregory guitar interplay exploring the rich fields of Captain Beefheart (the tag to "Day In Day Out" is pure Magic Band). The relative quiet of "Ten Feet Tall" sounds positively pastoral after the nonstop energy of the last two albums. With "Life Begins at the Hop" Colin Moulding was emerging as XTC's hit-bound writer, but since these charting entries he's remained pretty much in the shadows of the more prolific Andy Partridge.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Pop Art, 7 Jan 2004
By Timothy Hooper - See all my reviews
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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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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Crouching here with a telescope in hand, 10 Jun 2002
By knowledeayton (Hereford, England) - See all my reviews
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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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It's like hearing it for the first time..., 11 May 2001
By kirk.gill@equifax.com (Denver, Colorado, USA) - See all my reviews
If you're a fan of XTC, then you MUST own this cd. Sure, you've heard it before, and it's already in your cd collection, but this remaster sounds amazing. Truly, there are little parts and bits that you've never heard, unless you bought the original vinyl and listened to it while pristine. And the packaging is just like a small version of the vinyl - no crystal box!

Now, if you're not really a XTC fan, and you've never owned a copy of this disc, you ALSO must by this! The songs are great, high-energy with witty twists and turns, and excellent guitar wranglings by Andy Partridge and Dave Gregory. It's brash and fun and, as I mentioned before, it sounds GREAT.

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