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Black Sea - 200 Gram

XTC Black Sea (2019 UK/EU limited edition 11-track LP, the 1980 classic album newly cut from masters approved by Andy Partridge and pressed on 200-gram Super-Heavyweight Vinyl. Includes the fabulous Sgt Rock Is Going To Help Me, Generals & Majors, and Towers Of London. Housed in a single pocket picture sleeve with lyric printed inner. Both sleeve and vinyl grade Near Mint)

Price Info
$31.49, £24.99  
Product Availability Last copy in stock. Order now for shipping on Monday 25th November
Release Year 2019 - 5 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Ape House
Complete Stock List Go to XTC
Product Catalogue No APELP104
Music Genre Punk
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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Tracklisting & More Information

2019 200-gram LP reissue of XTC’s classic fourth album.

Produced by Steve Lillywhite and engineered by Hugh Padgham, Black Sea is one of the best engineered and produced albums of its era, packed with confidence and as brimming with sing-able tunes and big ideas as it was when first released in September 1980.

KERRANGGG!! – It’s not necessarily a sound associated with XTC per se but, with the twin guitar line-up now fully settled, relentless touring schedule and thoughts of recording with Lillywhite and Padgham in the studio where the same engineer/producer combo had established that drum sound, thinking of XTC in “rock band” terms was the ideal approach for the multitude of songs Partridge and Moulding were individually producing.

Preceded by a set of live demos at Phonogram studios, XTC knew exactly what it wanted from its fourth album - even down to the original album title: “Work Under Pressure” (which helps make more sense of the sleeve photo also), prior to setting foot in The Townhouse for the main recordings.

The switch to Black Sea was made only to allay the then band manager’s sensitivity to the title being interpreted as a criticism of his management style. More Power Rock than Power Pop, when released in Sept. 1980, the album became XTC’s first Top 20 chart album in the UK, narrowly missed the Top 40 (No.41) in the USA where it was issued in November, but spent an impressive 24 weeks on the Billboard chart nonetheless. Generals And Majors and Towers Of London provided twin back to back Top 40 UK singles released either side of the album in a tight eight weeks’ release schedule in September and October, while Sgt. Rock propelled the band back into the UK top 20 in January 1981.

The sense of immediacy, the rush of a band fully living up to its potential is as apparent now as it was when the album first came out.


Side One:
1. Respectable Street
2. Generals and Majors
3. Living Through Another Cuba
4. Love at First Sight
5. Rocket From a Bottle
6. No Language in Our Lungs

Side Two:
1. Towers of London
2. Paper and Iron
3. Burning With Optimism's Flames
4. Sgt. Rock (is Going to Help Me)
5. Travels in Nihilon

LP RECORD  
Recording Artist XTC
Product Title Black Sea - 200 Gram
Product Information XTC Black Sea - 200 Gram UK vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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Artists Related To Andy Partridge, Barry Andrews, Monstrance, Spys (UK), The Colonel, The Dukes Of Stratosphear, Three Wise Men
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