White Music
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
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| Robert Christgau | B+[3] |
White Music is the debut studio album by the English band XTC. It was released on 20 January 1978 and reached No. 38 in the UK album charts. It spawned the singles "Statue of Liberty" (released 6 January 1978) which was banned by the BBC for the line "sail beneath your skirt" and a re-recording of "This Is Pop?" (released 21 April 1978).
Track listing
UK LP: V 2095
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Radios in Motion" | Andy Partridge | 2:54 |
| 2. | "Cross Wires" | Colin Moulding | 2:06 |
| 3. | "This Is Pop" | Andy Partridge | 2:41 |
| 4. | "Do What You Do" | Colin Moulding | 1:16 |
| 5. | "Statue of Liberty" | Andy Partridge | 2:55 |
| 6. | "All Along the Watchtower" | Bob Dylan | 5:43 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Into the Atom Age" | Andy Partridge | 2:32 |
| 2. | "I'll Set Myself on Fire" | Colin Moulding | 3:04 |
| 3. | "I'm Bugged" | Andy Partridge | 3:59 |
| 4. | "New Town Animal" | Andy Partridge | 1:53 |
| 5. | "Spinning Top" | Andy Partridge | 2:40 |
| 6. | "Neon Shuffle" | Andy Partridge | 4:37 |
2001 Remastered CD: CDVX2095
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Radios in Motion" | Andy Partridge | 2:54 |
| 2. | "Cross Wires" | Colin Moulding | 2:06 |
| 3. | "This Is Pop" | Andy Partridge | 2:41 |
| 4. | "Do What You Do" | Colin Moulding | 1:16 |
| 5. | "Statue of Liberty" | Andy Partridge | 2:55 |
| 6. | "All Along the Watchtower" | Bob Dylan | 5:43 |
| 7. | "Into the Atom Age" | Andy Partridge | 2:32 |
| 8. | "I'll Set Myself on Fire" | Colin Moulding | 3:04 |
| 9. | "I'm Bugged" | Andy Partridge | 3:59 |
| 10. | "New Town Animal" | Andy Partridge | 1:53 |
| 11. | "Spinning Top" | Andy Partridge | 2:40 |
| 12. | "Neon Shuffle" | Andy Partridge | 4:37 |
| 13. | "Science Friction" | Andy Partridge | 3:13 |
| 14. | "She's So Square" | Andy Partridge | 3:06 |
| 15. | "Dance Band" | Colin Moulding | 2:41 |
| 16. | "Hang on to the Night" | Andy Partridge | 2:09 |
| 17. | "Heatwave" | Colin Moulding | 2:12 |
| 18. | "Traffic Light Rock" | Andy Partridge | 1:40 |
| 19. | "Instant Tunes" | Colin Moulding | 2:34 |
A German import, ca. 1991, includes these same tracks but in a different order: the first eleven tracks as the original release (Radios in Motion as track 1, Science Friction as track 7, through Heatwave as track 11), followed by the bonus tracks Traffic Light Rock through Neon Shuffle as tracks 12-19 respectively. Another release (CAR 50691) uses slightly different song titles: "New Town Animal In A Furnished Cage", "Into the Atomic Age", "Hang onto the Night", "Science Fiction"; in some countries, the same differences in titles are applied to the CDVX2095 edition.
Personnel
- Andy Partridge - guitar, vocals
- Colin Moulding - bass, vocals
- Barry Andrews - steam piano, clapped out organs
- Terry Chambers - drums
References
- ^ Woodstra, Chris. "White Music". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ columnist (July 2001). Q: 139.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|journal=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Christgau, Robert. "XTC". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved 17 January 2014.