XTC Most Underrated band of last 30 years??

Saint Alfonzo

Just throwing this out there to all you internet degenerates to assess the reponse...
I know what i think...
Cheers

liah

Maybe not the MOST underrated, but they're certainly fun.

Saint Alfonzo

liah wrote: »

Maybe not the MOST underrated, but they're certainly fun.

indeed...
well i would have to say i believe they are. the reason i think this is the sheer volume of major bands that quote them as formative influence, (primus, radiohead to name a few) but as far back as i can remember, there has never been one mention of them on any tv, radio poll etc which is surprising considering the quantity of quality work they produced.

my guess is because they stopped touring in 1982 cos the singer andy partridge had a mental breakdown on stage because his wife threw out his valium and he has crippling stage fright!

mike65

Great band alright, I first heard them with Life Begins At The Hop though didn't know who they were at the time. Making Plans for Nigel was when they gained a proper place in my psyche so to speak.

nlgbbbblth

amazing band that never made a bad record

their Dukes of Stratosphear alter ago RULES

otherwise

1 Skylarking
2 English Settlement
3 Apple Venus

todolist

Suede should have been megafamous but never were.I seen them in their farewell tour in the ambassador and I knew there was no justice..westlife,Ronan keating,girls aloud.We celebrate and worship mediocrity.

Saint Alfonzo

Skylarking is a great record... not my favourite.... probably second?....
Ye cant leave Mummer out of your top!??

1. English Settlement
2. Skylarking
3. Mummer

All great records though. Such a shame they're so overlooked...

hoser expat

Certainly XTC were highly underrated, but probably not the most underrated band.

English Settlement and Black Sea are fabulous albums. Oranges and Lemons brilliant too.

Dudess

First time I heard Kaiser Chiefs I thought they were XTC.

Making Plans For Nigel is a superb track.

nlgbbbblth

Saint Alfonzo wrote: »

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Ye cant leave Mummer out of your top!??

the rest of my XTC ranking

4 Black Sea
5 Oranges And Lemons
6 Mummer
7 Wasp Star
8 Drums And Wires
9 Nonsuch
10 The Big Express
11 White Music
12 Go 2

DublinWriter

Ever since the tender age of 13, I was a devotee of St.Andrew of Partridge.

Not only do I have every XTC LP ever made, I also have most of them autographed. They are too precious to play so I leave them pinned up in my mini-XTC shrine and just listen to my CDs.

I also like all the side projects too...Dukes of Stratosphere, Shriekbak and most lately of all, Monstrance (Partrigde and Andrews).

Nonsuch and English Settlement are particular high-water marks.

I covet the three-volume DVD bootleg set of their various appearances and interviews on TV that I got from a source close to the band.

Not only that, but my favourite Irish band, Pugwash, are now signed to Andy Partridge's record label, Ape.

...now I'll have to spend the rest of the evening trying to get out of fan-boy mode. Thanks.

Glassheart

Only really discovered XTC last year.
I definitely think that Skylarking is one of the most underrated albums of all time and arguably the best record of the 80's.

Andy was a terrific pop songwriter.I really appreciate the way they could be pure silly sometimes.Mayor of Simpleton makes me smile everytime i hear it.:)

Saint Alfonzo

DublinWriter wrote: »

Ever since the tender age of 13, I was a devotee of St.Andrew of Partridge.

phew.... i was starting to think i was the only one...

loveissucide

Not sure if they're that underrated,although admittedly don;t know them that well.Drums And Wires is terrific,as are most of their singles.I always thought they were held in very high critical regard even if their profile has been fairly low since they stopped touring.