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XTC The Big Express - Remastered 200 Gram Super Heavyweight Vinyl - Sealed UK vinyl LP album (LP record)
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XTC’s seventh album, “The Big Express” was virtually ignored on release, much as its immediate predecessor “Mummer” (which was reissued on vinyl earlier this year to universal acclaim) had been. If Mummer was XTC’s quiet album, this was its polar opposite: bright, brash, noisy - even cluttered on occasion if the song demanded it - as it became a concept album of sorts, a partly autobiographical reflection on growing up in an industrial town, Swindon, with its history of engineering and railway accomplishments.
Perhaps in keeping with that tradition of technical innovation, the album also made extensive use of (at the time) new technology with Linn-Drum programming (alongside drummer Peter Phipps), E-mu Emulator and other synths claiming space among the more traditional guitars, bass and drums mix under-pinning the vocals.
This technology was juxtaposed with technology of a slightly earlier pop/rock era as phasing, backwards tapes and the inclusion of a mellotron hinted at a psychedelic influence that would move more centre stage with the band’s next project – ‘The Dukes of Stratosphear’.
With XTC no longer touring, the sound radically different to any previous XTC album, in a musical climate where the upper end of the charts reflected national radio, producing the most mainstream result for years: Lionel Richie, Sade, Spandau Ballet, Howard Jones, Tina Turner, Queen – Frank Sinatra’s final solo studio album… the space for a metallic, post-punk concept album about growing up amidst the ghosts of Swindon’s industrial heritage proved non-existent.
Of course the songs were as good as on any other XTC album - a very high standard indeed – but they went largely unheard. Given that position, it would be easy to conclude that the timing was wrong for the album. But the best musicians follow the music and allow the times to catch up with that; precisely what happened when XTC released its next album “Skylarking” in 1986.
Coal for the Soul.
Side One
1. Wake Up
2. All You Pretty Girls
3. Shake You Donkey Up
4. Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her
5. This World Over
Side Two
1. The Everyday Story Of Smalltown
2. I Bought Myself A Liarbird
3. Reign Of Blows
4. You’re The Wish You Are I Had
5. I Remember The Sun
6. Train Running Low On Soul Coal
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| Condition : |
Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
In Stock - Buy Now for shipping on Monday 8th December
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| Year of Release: |
2022 |
| Artist: |
XTC (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
The Big Express (click here for more of the same title) |
| Price: |
£ 24.99, US$ 33.24
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| Format: |
vinyl LP album (LP record) |
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| Record Label: |
Ape House |
| Catalogue No: |
APELP107 |
| Country of Origin: |
UK
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Date of Release: |
11 November 2022
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
XTCLPTH801363 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
633367606518 |
| Genres: |
Punk
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| Related Artists: |
Andy Partridge, Barry Andrews, Monstrance, Peter Blegvad, Spys (UK), The Colonel, The Dukes Of Stratosphear, Three Wise Men |
| Complete Stock List: |
XTC |
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| Alternative Names: |
None |
| To order by phone: |
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