Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977-1982
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Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977-1982 is a compilation album by XTC
initially released together with A-side collection Waxworks: Some Singles 1977-1982
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XTC
XTC were a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005. The band enjoyed some chart success, including the UK and Canadian hits "Making Plans for Nigel" and "Senses Working Overtime" , but are perhaps even better known for their long-standing critical success.- Early years:...
initially released together with A-side collection Waxworks: Some Singles 1977-1982
Waxworks: Some Singles 1977-1982
Waxworks: Some Singles 1977-1982 is a compilation album released by XTC in 1982. Though it followed closely on the heels of the successful English Settlement album and its lead-off single "Senses Working Overtime", it failed to crack the Top 40 perhaps signalling their commercial decline in Britain...
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Track listing
All songs written by Andy PartridgeAndy Partridge
Andrew John "Andy" Partridge is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has been known as Sir John Johns and Melchior and rose to fame as a founding member, guitarist and chief songwriter of the pop/new wave band, XTC. He lives in Swindon, Wiltshire, where he was raised.Partridge also...
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- "She's So Square" – 3:06
- "Dance Band" (Colin MouldingColin MouldingColin Ivor Moulding is a bassist, songwriter and vocalist. He is a founding member of the band XTC. Though less prolific than bandmate Andy Partridge, Moulding wrote many of the group's most popular songs, including their first three UK hit singles: "Life Begins At The Hop", "Making Plans For...
) – 2:40 - "Hang on to the Night" – 2:12
- "Heatwave" (Moulding) – 2:09
- "Instant Tunes" (Moulding) – 2:32
- "Pulsing Pulsing" – 1:37
- "Don't Lose Your Temper" – 2:33
- "Smokeless Zone" (Moulding) – 3:50
- "The SomnambulistSomnambulistSomnambulist can refer to:* a person who engages in somnambulism * The title of a song "The Fleeting Somnambulist" by Deathrock/Gothic Band Christian Death, Written by by Rozz Williams November 6, 1963 - April 1, 1998...
" – 4:31 - "Blame the Weather" (Moulding) – 3:40
- "Tissue Tigers (The Arguers)" – 3:57
- "Punch and Judy" – 2:44
- "Heaven is Paved With Broken Glass" – 4:25