XTC discography

XTC discography
Studio albums	14
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	4
Singles	40
Tribute albums	1

XTC released fourteen original albums and over thirty singles for Virgin Records, between 1977 and 1992. They signed to Cooking Vinyl for their final two albums in 1999 and 2000.

Studio albums

Year	Album Details	Peak chart positions				Certifications (sales thresholds)
		UK [1]	US [2]	NZ [3]	SWE [4]
1978	White Music Labels: Virgin Records	38	–	–	–
	Go 2 Labels: Virgin	21	–	–	–
1979	Drums and Wires Labels: Virgin	34	174	12	–	CAN: Gold, (#15, Canada)[5]
1980	Black Sea Labels: Virgin	16	41	1	–	UK: Silver[6]
1982	English Settlement Labels: Virgin	5	48	41	23	UK: Silver[6]
1983	Mummer Labels: Virgin	51	145	–	28
1984	The Big Express Labels: Virgin	38	181	–	31
1985	25 O'Clock (as The Dukes of Stratosphear) Labels: Virgin	–	–	–	–
1986	Skylarking Labels: Virgin	90	70	–	–
1987	Psonic Psunspot (as The Dukes of Stratosphear) Labels: Virgin	–	–	–	–
1989	Oranges & Lemons Labels: Virgin	28	44	–	31
1992	Nonsuch Labels: Virgin	28	97	–	–
1999	Apple Venus Volume 1 Labels: Cooking Vinyl	42	106	–	–
2000	Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) Labels: Cooking Vinyl	40	108	–	–

Compilations, instrumentals, demos, live and tribute albums (with chart position)

Year	Album	UK	Label	Additional information
1980	Take Away/The Lure of Salvage	-	Virgin Records	Record containing dub versions of XTC tracks. Originally released as by "Mr. Partridge".
1980	Urgh! A Music War	-	A&M Records	soundtrack that includes a live version of "Respectable Street"
1982	Waxworks: Some Singles 1977-1982	54	Geffen Records	Compilation Album
1982	Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977-1982	-	Virgin Records	Compilation Album of B-Sides
1985	The Compact XTC	-	Virgin Records	Greatest Hits Album
1987	Chips from the Chocolate Fireball (as The Dukes of Stratosphear)	-	Virgin Records	CD compilation of 25 O'Clock and Psonic Psunspot
1990	Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80	-	Virgin Records	Compilation Album of Dub Versions
1990	Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers	-	Virgin Records	B-sides, BBC sessions, Soundtrack Contributions
1992	BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert	-	Windsong International Records	Live Recording
1994	Drums and Wireless: BBC Radio Sessions 77-89	-	Windsong International Records	BBC sessions
1995	A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC	-	Nectar Masters	Tribute album, featuring a variety of artists covering songs. XTC feature on one track under the pseudonym "Terry and the Lovemen".
1996	Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-92	33	Virgin Records	Greatest Hits
1997	Upsy Daisy Assortment	-	Geffen Records	US-exclusive compilation
1998	Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions	-	Cooking Vinyl	4 Disk Box Set Containing BBC Sessions and Live Recordings
1999	Homespun	-	Cooking Vinyl/Idea	Demo Album
2001	Homegrown	-	Idea/TVT	Demo Album
2002	Coat of Many Cupboards	-	Virgin Records	Box Set
2002	Instruvenus	-	Idea	Instrumental version of XTC's Apple Venus Volume 1
2002	Waspstrumental	-	Idea	Instrumental version of XTC's Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
2005	Apple Box	-	Idea	Box set compiling Apple Venus Volume 1 and Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) along with their demo albums Homespun and Homegrown
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Fuzzy Warbles albums

The "Fuzzy Warbles" series is a collection of demos and sketches from Andy Partridge's tape archive. They do not include any of Colin Moulding's songs and are produced and compiled by Partridge. The name was probably inspired by a line from A Clockwork Orange, when Alex asks a girl in a record shop if she has anything at home to play her "fuzzy warbles" on. Instead, he invites her to his house where he has a premium quality sound system installed.

• Fuzzy Warbles Volume 1 (2002)
• Fuzzy Warbles Volume 2 (2002)
• Fuzzy Warbles Volume 3 (2003)
• Fuzzy Warbles Volume 4 (2003)
• Fuzzy Warbles Volume 5 (2004)
• Fuzzy Warbles Volume 6 (2004)
• Fuzzy Warbles Volume 7 (2006)
• Fuzzy Warbles Volume 8 (2006)
• Hinges (2006)

Other compilations

• Eighties Goldies (1980) A French Cassette-Only Compilation of the first six Singles & B-sides.
• The Tiny Circus of Life (1992) Limited French compilation.
• Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground (2004) includes Senses Working Overtime

Singles

Where available, chart positions are given for each country of release. Includes commercially available XTC singles, and commercially available singles credited to The Dukes of Stratosphear, The Colonel, and The Three Wise Men.

Year	Single	Peak chart positions							Notes	Album
		U.K. [7]	AUS	CAN [8]	NL	IRE [9]	NZ [10]	U.S. [11]
October 1977	"Science Friction" (Partridge)								7" single withdrawn in UK, though released in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. 12" released as 3D EP.	Non-album release
January 1978	"Statue of Liberty" (Partridge)									White Music
April 1978	"This Is Pop?" (Partridge)								Completely re-recorded version of a track from White Music.	Non-album release
September 1978	"Are You Receiving Me?" (Partridge)		86						Initially a non-LP single. Track included on some later pressings of Go 2.	Non-album release
April 1979	"Life Begins at the Hop" (Moulding)	54	94	80					Initially a non-LP single. Track included on some later pressings of Drums and Wires. Single came out after "Making Plans for Nigel" outside of UK.	Non-album release
September 1979	"Making Plans for Nigel" (Moulding)	17	94	12	32		29			Drums and Wires
January 1980	"Ten Feet Tall" (Moulding)								US release only. Completely re-recorded version of a track from Drums and Wires.	Non-album release
March 1980	"Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down" (Partridge)									Non-album release
August 1980	"Generals and Majors" (Moulding)	32	24	92			16	104	Reached #28 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart (US)	Black Sea
October 1980	"Towers of London" (Partridge)	31
October 1980	The Colonel: "Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen" (The Colonel) i.e. Moulding								Pseudonymous single by XTC's Colin Moulding, with Terry Chambers on drums.	Non-album release
November 1980	"Take This Town" (Partridge)								UK release only. From the Times Square soundtrack. B-side by The Ruts.	Non-album release
December 1980	"Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" (Partridge)	16				20				Black Sea
January 1981	"Love at First Sight" (Moulding)								North American release only.
March 1981	"Respectable Street" (Partridge)								Remixed single version, featuring slightly rewritten and re-sung lyrics.
January 1982	"Senses Working Overtime" (Partridge)	10	12	36	22	15	37		Reached #38 on Billboard's Rock Album Tracks Chart (US)	English Settlement
February 1982	"Ball and Chain" (Moulding)	58	97
May 1982	"No Thugs in Our House" (Partridge)
April 1983	"Great Fire" (Partridge)									Mummer
June 1983	"Wonderland" (Moulding)
September 1983	"Love on a Farmboy's Wages" (Partridge)	50
November 1983	The Three Wise Men: "Thanks for Christmas" (Balthazar/Kaspar/Melchior)								Pseudonymous Christmas single.	Non-album release
September 1984	"All You Pretty Girls" (Partridge)	55	76							The Big Express
November 1984	"This World Over" (Partridge)	99
February 1985	"Wake Up" (Moulding)	94
April 1985	The Dukes of Stratosphear: "The Mole from the Ministry" (Johns) i.e. Partridge								Pseudonymous single by XTC's alter ego The Dukes of Stratosphear.	25 O'Clock
September 1986	"Grass" (Moulding)	100								Skylarking
February 1987	"The Meeting Place" (Moulding)	100							B-side has four demo tracks, recorded at the writers' homes on 4-track cassette machines: "Terrorism", "Let's Make a Den", "Find the Fox", "The Troubles"
March? 1987	"Earn Enough for Us" (Partridge)								Released in Canada and Australia only.
June 1987	"Dear God" (Partridge)	99							Originally the non-album B-side to "Grass". Later an A-side, and included on later pressings of Skylarking. Reached #15 on Billboard's Rock Album Tracks Chart (US).
July 1987	The Dukes of Stratosphear: "You're a Good Man Albert Brown" (Johns) i.e. Partridge								Pseudonymous single by XTC's alter ego The Dukes of Stratosphear.	Psonic Psunspot
January 1989	"The Mayor of Simpleton" (Partridge)	46		42				72	Reached #1 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart (US).	Oranges & Lemons
April 1989	"King for a Day" (Moulding)	82							Reached #11 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart (US) .
August 1989	"The Loving" (Partridge)
March 1992	"The Disappointed" (Partridge)	33	32		68					Nonsuch
May 1992	"The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" (Partridge)	71		48					Reached #1 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart (US).
September 1992	"Wrapped in Grey" (Partridge)								Withdrawn, only a few copies known to exist.
April 1999	"Easter Theatre" (Partridge)									Apple Venus
June 1999	"I'd Like That" (Partridge)	121
May 2000	"I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" (Partridge)	144								Wasp Star
December 2005	"Where Did the Ordinary People Go?" (Moulding)								Internet-only release.	Non-album release

EPs

• 3D - EP (7 October 1977)
• Go + (October 1978) 6-song EP of dub mixes, included with first edition of Go2, reissued with Take Away/The Lure of Salvage on Explode Together
• Live & More EP (April 1981 — Japan Only)
• 5 Senses EP (September 1981 — Canada Only)
• Demo Tracks (July 1992 — Japan Only)
• A Hello Selection (November 1994) (Andy Partridge) limited edition 4-song EP of demos, only available to members of They Might Be Giants' Hello Recording Club

References

1. "Chart Stats: XTC". Chart Stats. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
2. "Chart Stats - XTC". billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
3. "Chart Stats - XTC". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
4. "Chart Stats - XTC". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
5. "Certified Awards Search". Music Canada. Retrieved on 2011-10-07. Note: User needs to enter "XTC" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
6. "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2011-10-07. Note: User needs to enter "XTC" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
7. EveryHit.com - U.K. chart positions.
8. "RPM Magazine - Canadian single chart positions". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
9. The Irish Charts - Irish chart positions.
10. Steffen Hung. "New Zealand charts portal". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
11. Allmusic - U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart positions.

External links

• XTC Discography at chalkhills.org