https://i.imgur.com/H3EDW69.jpg
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 04:28 (six years ago) link
@xtcfans Did you see last week's poll of ILX members' Top 60 XTC tracks? Great graphics http://t.co/itpnLMJaoi— Paul Joyce (@PaulJoyce11) October 21, 2014
@PaulJoyce11 BEAUTIFUL CHOICE of illustrations.As for the poll,totally disagree,but fun eh?— XTC (@xtcfans) October 21, 2014
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 04:35 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/9eO2l3b.jpg
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 04:36 (six years ago) link
ha! i never saw that tweet from Andy. this poll was run a year and a half before i got into XTC, bummed i didn't participate. was curious to see where Snowman placed, #23 sounds right (maybe a little low).
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 05:01 (six years ago) link
lol he shudda done a ballot
the entire graphic for grass is one of my favourite things, so beautiful
thanks for reposting these :D
― nxd, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 08:41 (six years ago) link
one of the shittest things about Spotify is the fact The Wheel And The Maypole isn't on it
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 08:50 (six years ago) link
the entire graphic for grass is one of my favourite things, so beautiful― nxd, Wednesday, April 25, 2018 3:41 AM (seventeen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― nxd, Wednesday, April 25, 2018 3:41 AM (seventeen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
One of four works by Albrecht Dürer
GrassEaster TheaterThe DisappointedDear God
I could have done the entire poll with Dürer.
― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 26 April 2018 03:00 (six years ago) link
those illustrations are marvellous. it's got me wanting to listen to the albums again (it's been a while).
re the initial poll: i have no fucking idea what i would pick as my favourites because they change almost daily, but the wheel and the maypole would always be top 3. what a way to end a career.
― karl wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 26 April 2018 08:29 (six years ago) link
this. thread. rules.
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 26 April 2018 15:38 (six years ago) link
'Empires crumble in / Wedding cake starts to turn and spoil...' yeah it's undeniable. If it hadn't been for this poll I'd never have heard it.
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Thursday, 26 April 2018 15:58 (six years ago) link
Let's rank my favorites, mm?
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 8 September 2018 01:33 (five years ago) link
I think I agree. As much as I love half of or most of or some of all the other albums, Black Sea is the only one that's really even in terms of songwriting - quality, sound, and style.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 8 September 2018 06:10 (five years ago) link
Wouldn't put many of the tracks on a personal best of, but it's the album I'd choose to listen to in full over all the others.
I'm one of those must-have-every-note-Andy & Co-produced:
1. Big Express2. Black Sea3. Drums And Wires4. English Settlement5. Skylarking6. Apple Venus7. Oranges And Lemons7. Mummer8. Nonsuch9. Go 210. White Music11. Wasp Star
And if I could include these two they'd place:4.5 Psionic Sunspot6.5 Rag & Bone Buffet
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 8 September 2018 06:26 (five years ago) link
I apparently voted in this but never participated -- my ballot (which upon reflection seems a little too simplistic):
1. Jason and the Argonauts 2. Senses Working Overtime3. Complicated Game4. Generals and Majors5. Travels in Nihilon6. No Thugs In Our House7. Respectable Street8. Making Plans for Nigel9. When You're Near Me10. Summer's Cauldron 11. Grass12. Rocket from a Bottle13. Sgt. Rock14. Your Gold Dress15. The Meeting Place16. Chalkhills and Children17. Harvest Festival18. Down in the Cockpit19. Helicopter20. Vanishing Girl
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 14:00 (four years ago) link