XTC - ORANGES & LEMONS

As brash, bright & vibrant as its Alan Aldridge influenced, pop art, outer cover art, Oranges & Lemons, XTC’s ninth studio album, issued in February 1989, arrived like a burst of audio summer at the end of winter. Eloquently answering the question: “How do you follow-up a classic album?” with the most obvious answer “with another great recording”, the album consolidated XTC’s position – especially in America – as one of the era’s finest recording outfits. Following the slow burn success of Skylarking, which by then had become the band’s biggest selling album to date, Virgin suggested the band should consider another American producer.

A1        Garden Of Earthly Delights    5:02
A2        The Mayor Of Simpleton    3:58
A3        King For A Day    3:36
A4        Here Comes President Kill Again    3:34
B1        The Loving    4:11
B2        Poor Skeleton Steps Out    3:27
B3        One Of The Millions    4:11
B4        Scarecrow People    4:14
C1        Merely A Man    3:18
C2        Cynical Days    3:18
C3        Across This Antheap    4:48
D1        Hold Me My Daddy    3:47
D2        Pink Thing    3:48
D3        Miniature Sun    3:54
D4        Chalkhills And Children