This is a bit much, eh?

Doesn’t come close to Skylarking but is a decent Beatlesque album nonetheless.

>>116020016 (OP)

No, it's just right. I used to believe that, but once you embrace how much goes on in this record, it starts to reveal itself. Not the best XTC album, but still a great one. It might as well be their most fun to listen to.

My only problem is the occasionaly dated production. The synth patches, especially, quite often they sound dated. Some older keyboards were more suitable here and there. Also certain guitar licks, like those on Merely a Man, also sound like straight from a late 80's radio pop rock song, which dilutes the essence of what XTC is.

Nevertheless, there are so many great songs. Mayor of Simpleton, Miniature Sun, Chalkhills and Children, Scarecrow People, King for a Day, Garden of Earthly Delights, Pink Thing, amazing song.

Calling XTC "beatlesque" feels a bit unfair and it minimises just how much they did in their music. Sure, there's an influence and they're English, as English as one can possibly be. For most people, checking both of these boxes automatically turns any band into a "beatlesque" band, but this is not the case. I can equally hear The Kinks, King Crimson, Captain Beefheart, The Beach Boys, Syd Barrett and various 60's psychedelic bands, a bit of Can, Black Sabbath and even Steely Dan.

Well, it's not exactly The Dukes of Stratosphere, but I still enjoy it.



>Captcha: XT WHO

>Calling XTC "beatlesque" feels a bit unfair and it minimises just how much they did in their music.

Nah, not really.

>as English as one can possibly be.

Tell me you're a racist without telling me you're a racist.

Calling Oranges and Lemons, or XTC in general "Beatle-esque" is actually quite a compliment, considering they've openly admitted to being fans, and being influenced by them.



No wonder they chose Todd Rundgren to produce one of their albums.

>they chose Todd Rundgren 

haha yeah about that

It does. There's more to music than The Beatles. Great as they were, popular music didn't stop in the late 60's and it moved in much more fascinating directions.

I love the English, what are you up to?

How is that "Racist" in any way?

Did you get lost on your way to /pol/ or are you trolling?

Ever hear Deface The Music by Utopia?

Talk about Beatle-esque!

I refer you to >>116020262

It sounds like a compliment if you think The Beatles are the best and the greatest band to ever walk the Earth, but they aren't.

Sure, as a musician, you cannot deny the influence, but, deep down, I'm sure they got tired with everyone comparing them to The Beatles. Andy himself said that if people want to hear The Beatles, they'll hear them everywhere, despite being a lot more than that into the mix.

As for Todd Rundgren, they had no other choice. Virgin gave them a list of American producers in order to make it big in the USA. They knew nobody, apart from Todd, so they picked him out. Only Dave Gregory was an actual fan of his music. Andy wasn't particularly keen on working with Rundgren, but Dave convinced him to do it.

>TL;DR

More like AD;HD you fucking retard.
