Chips from the Chocolate Fireball

Chips from the Chocolate Fireball
Compilation album by the Dukes of Stratosphear
Released	August 1987 (1987-08)
Genre	Psychedelia
Length	62:59
Label	Virgin
Producer	John Leckie and ‘The Dukes’
XTC other chronology
The Compact XTC (1987) Chips from the Chocolate Fireball (1987) Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80 (1990)

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Chips from the Chocolate Fireball: An Anthology is a compilation album from XTC which was released under the pseudonym the Dukes of Stratosphear. It includes both their 1985 mini-album 25 O'Clock and the Psonic Psunspot album from 1987.

Track listing

All songs written by Sir John Johns, except where noted.

1. "25 O'Clock" – 5:03
2. "Bike Ride to the Moon" – 2:23
3. "My Love Explodes" – 3:49
4. "What in the World??..." – 5:01 (The Red Curtain)
5. "Your Gold Dress" – 4:42
6. "The Mole from the Ministry" – 5:58
7. "Vanishing Girl" – 2:59 (Curtain)
8. "Have You Seen Jackie?" – 3:21
9. "Little Lighthouse" – 4:31
10. "You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)" – 3:38
11. "Collideascope" – 3:22
12. "You're My Drug" – 3:19
13. "Shiny Cage" – 3:17 (Curtain)
14. "Brainiac's Daughter" – 3:59
15. "The Affiliated" – 2:31 (Curtain)
16. "Pale and Precious" – 4:58

Personnel

The Dukes of Stratosphear

• Sir John Johns – vocals, guitar, bass on "What in the World??..." and "Vanishing Girl"
• The Red Curtain – vocals, bass, rhythm guitar on "What in the World??..."
• Lord Cornelius Plum – mellotron, piano, organ, fuzz-tone guitar
• E.I.E.I. Owen – drum set
• Lily Fraser – narration

Production

• Produced by John Leckie and The Dukes

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