Drums and Wires

Drums and Wires
Drums and Wires
Studio album by XTC
Released 17 August 1979
Recorded June–July 1979 at The Town House, London
Genre New Wave
Length 46:57
Label Virgin Records
Producer Steve Lillywhite
XTC chronology
Go 2
(1978)		 Drums and Wires
(1979)		 Black Sea
(1980)
Singles from Drums and Wires
  1. "Making Plans for Nigel"
    Released: September 1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars [1]
Robert Christgau (A-) [2]
Rolling Stone (favourable) [3]

Drums and Wires is the third studio album by the British band XTC, released on 17 August 1979. It reached No. 34 on the UK album chart, and No. 176 on the U.S. Billboard album charts. It contained the successful single "Making Plans for Nigel", which was released on 14 September 1979, and reached No. 17 on the UK singles chart. It also contained the original recording of "Ten Feet Tall", a re-recorded version of which was released in March 1980 in the U.S. only, as their first U.S. single, designed to coincide with the band's first American tour. Certain versions of the album also include "Life Begins at the Hop", which was released on 27 April 1979, and reached No. 44 on the UK singles chart.

The album was rated #38 on Pitchfork Media's The Top Albums of the 1970s list.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

This album was originally released with at least six different track listings in various parts of the world. Some versions contained a two/three-song 7" single in addition to the 11 or 12 song album. One version moved all of Colin Moulding's songs to side one. The initial US release featured the single version of "Ten Feet Tall". Another version of the LP contained 14 songs.[4]

The original UK LP release contained the following tracks:

Side One

  1. "Making Plans for Nigel" (Colin Moulding) – 4:13
  2. "Helicopter" – 3:54
  3. "Day in Day Out" (Moulding) – 3:46
  4. "When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty" – 3:20
  5. "Ten Feet Tall" (Moulding) – 3:12
  6. "Roads Girdle the Globe" – 5:11

Side Two

  1. "Real by Reel" – 3:46
  2. "Millions" – 5:37
  3. "That is the Way" (Moulding) – 2:56
  4. "Outside World" – 2:40
  5. "Scissor Man" – 3:59
  6. "Complicated Game" – 4:53

The first 20,000 copies of the LP had a free 7" single, "Chain Of Command"/"Limelight" (Moulding). The song "Life Begins at the Hop" (Moulding), released as a 7" single before the original LP's release, appears on other versions of the album, either as a substitution, a bonus single, or bonus tracks on CD releases.

UK (and Canadian) vinyl editions came with an insert featuring lyrics to all the songs on Drums and Wires as well as XTC's previous albums GO2 and White Music. But what isn't listed is which album the songs came from.24.68.45.25 (talk)

Drums and Wires [2001 remastered]

  1. "Making Plans for Nigel" - 4:13
  2. "Helicopter" - 3:54
  3. "Day in Day Out" - 3:08
  4. "When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty" - 3:22
  5. "Ten Feet Tall" - 3:16
  6. "Roads Girdle the Globe" - 4:50
  7. "Real by Reel" - 3:47
  8. "Millions" - 5:39
  9. "That is the Way" - 2:56
  10. "Outside World" - 2:41
  11. "Scissor Man" - 4:00
  12. "Complicated Game" - 5:04
  13. "Life Begins at the Hop" - 3:49
  14. "Chain of Command" - 2:33
  15. "Limelight" - 2:26

The reissue CD was digitally remastered by Ian Cooper at Metropolis Mastering.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Woodstra, Chris. "Review: XTC - Drums and Wires". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/drums-and-wires-r52975/review. Retrieved 20 June 2011. 
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Review: XTC - Drums and Wires". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=xtc. Retrieved 20 June 2011. 
  3. ^ Pareles, Jon. "Review: XTC - Drums and Wires". Rolling Stone (Jann Wenner). Archived from the original on 12 April 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090412012613/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/xtc/albums/album/234713/review/6067621/drums_and_wires. Retrieved 20 June 2011. 
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