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Drums and Wires [CD/DVD]

Drums and Wires [CD/DVD]

UPC: 633367783929

Format: CD & DVD-A (2 disc)

Release Date: Oct 27, 2014

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All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This third album marks a significant personnel change for XTC. Organist Barry Andrews departed and was replaced by guitarist Dave Gregory. While neither of the two wrote songs for the band, the change effectively removed the most "New Wave" element in XTC's original sound, ultimately setting the stage for a magnificent sonic expansion over the following several albums.
Opening with one of their biggest hits, "Making Plans For Nigel," the album finds the Partridge-Gregory guitar interplay exploring the rich fields of Captain Beefheart (the tag to "Day In Day Out" is pure Magic Band). The relative quiet of "Ten Feet Tall" sounds positively pastoral after the nonstop energy of the last two albums. With "Life Begins at the Hop" Colin Moulding was emerging as XTC's hit-bound writer, but since these charting entries he's remained pretty much in the shadows of the more prolific Andy Partridge.

Tracks:

Disc 1:
1 - Making Plans for Nigel
2 - Helicopter
3 - Day In Day Out
4 - When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty
5 - Ten Feet Tall
6 - Roads Girdle the Globe
7 - Real by Reel
8 - Millions
9 - That Is the Way
10 - Outside World
11 - Scissor Man
12 - Complicated Game
13 - Chain of Command
14 - Limelight
15 - Life Begins at the Hop [Single Version]
16 - Homo Safari
17 - Ten Feet Tall [Electric Version]
18 - Wait 'til Your Boat Goes Down
Disc 2:
1 - Making Plans for Nigel [2014 5.1 Mix]
2 - Helicopter [2014 5.1 Mix]
3 - Day In Day Out [2014 5.1 Mix]
4 - When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty [2014 5.1 Mix]
5 - Ten Feet Tall [2014 5.1 Mix]
6 - Roads Girdle the Globe [2014 5.1 Mix]
7 - Real by Reel [2014 5.1 Mix]
8 - Millions [2014 5.1 Mix]
9 - That Is the Way [2014 5.1 Mix]
10 - Outside World [2014 5.1 Mix]
11 - Scissor Man [2014 5.1 Mix]
12 - Complicated Game [2014 5.1 Mix]
13 - Making Plans for Nigel [2014 Stereo Mix]
14 - Helicopter [2014 Stereo Mix]
15 - Day In Day Out [2014 Stereo Mix]
16 - When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty [2014 Stereo Mix]
17 - Ten Feet Tall [2014 Stereo Mix]
18 - Roads Girdle the Globe [2014 Stereo Mix]
19 - Real by Reel [2014 Stereo Mix]
20 - Millions [2014 Stereo Mix]
21 - That Is the Way [2014 Stereo Mix]
22 - Outside World [2014 Stereo Mix]
23 - Scissor Man [2014 Stereo Mix]
24 - Complicated Game [2014 Stereo Mix]
25 - Making Plans for Nigel [Original Master Mix]
26 - Helicopter [Original Master Mix]
27 - Day In Day Out [Original Master Mix]
28 - When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty [Original Master Mix]
29 - Ten Feet Tall [Original Master Mix]
30 - Roads Girdle the Globe [Original Master Mix]
31 - Real by Reel [Original Master Mix]
32 - Millions [Original Master Mix]
33 - That Is the Way [Original Master Mix]
34 - Outside World [Original Master Mix]
35 - Scissor Man [Original Master Mix]
36 - Complicated Game [Original Master Mix]
37 - Chain of Command
38 - Limelight
39 - Life Begins at the Hop [Long Version]
40 - That Is the Way [Long Version]
41 - Helicopter [DJM Stereo Mix]
42 - When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty [DJM Stereo Mix]
43 - Real By Reel [DJM Stereo Mix]