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COMPILATION · 1986

The Compact XTC: The Singles 1978–85

by XTC · 30 Jun 1986 · Virgin · 18 tracks · 1:09:08

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Tracklist

  1. 1Science Friction3:14
  2. 2Statue of Liberty2:26
  3. 3This Is Pop?2:40
  4. 4Are You Receiving Me?3:04
  5. 5Life Begins at the Hop3:47
  6. 6Making Plans for Nigel3:54
  7. 7Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down4:35
  8. 8Generals and Majors3:42
  9. 9Towers of London4:39
  10. 10Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)3:37
  11. 11Senses Working Overtime4:35
  12. 12Ball and Chain4:31
  13. 13Great Fire3:51
  14. 14Wonderland4:03
  15. 15Love on a Farmboy’s Wages4:00
  16. 16All You Pretty Girls4:00
  17. 17This World Over4:47
  18. 18Wake Up3:44

Running time 1:09:08

Tracklist of the first edition, from MusicBrainz.

The story

The Compact XTC: The Singles 1978–1985 is a singles compilation album by XTC originally issued in 1985. It replaced Waxworks: Some Singles 1977–1982 as a greatest hits album, adding six singles issued between English Settlement and The Big Express. It took advantage of the compact disc's greater storage capacity to limit it to a single disc. It was superseded by the double-disc set Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–1992, on which all eighteen tracks appear.

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Who made it

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The record

  • First released
    30 Jun 1986
  • Labels
    Virgin CDV 2251
    Virgin Japan VJD-28114
  • Kind
    Album (compilation)
  • Formats
    CD 4 editions, Digital
  • Editions
    5 releases in 3 countries
  • Running time
    1:09:08
  • Barcode
    0077778647621

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