It is a fairly big and surprisingly sprawling catalogue.ĭitto for side projects, where members may have contributed instrumental parts or backing vocals: they will not be held up separately. One more thing: besides solo projects, I do not plan on holding up unreleased/bootleg songs for rating that does not mean that they cannot be discussed or referenced in their appropriate era by those who know about them it only means that I won't make a separate entry for them. The main thing is to discuss the music of XTC, song-by-song and learn more about the music of this incredibly talented band. Having said that one does not have to rate songs to participate in the thread. And I like to make playlists from the more highly-rated songs! I like doing this simply because, a) for some reason it helps me to focus my mind critically when I'm listening and b) although individual users' ratings mean nothing, collectively, when averaged, they are an interesting statistic. I will also be rating songs on a 1-5 scale, 5 being the best. I will not to pretend to be the most knowledgeable expert of all of XTC's catalogue - especially when it comes to side projects - not even the foremost expert on this forum! But I do think I can reliably post one song per day and hopefully the experts presents will chime in with any relevant information. However, in the interests of brevity, bona fide solo projects by members of the XTC will not be given special attention to, other than in passing mention. This will include other pseudonymous side projects that were ultimately released under the XTC umbrella (The Colonel, The Three Wise Men, The Arguers, Terry and the Lovemen, etc.) I will be going through all of XTC and The Dukes of Stratosphear's songs, one by one, day by day: not only their originals, but covers too. My intention with this thread, starting Monday, December 27th, is to discuss the music of XTC and The Dukes of Stratosphear.
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