XTC is een newwave-popgroep uit Swindon (Engeland). De naam van de band werd in 1976 gekozen, nadat de twee bandleden Andy Partridge (gitaar & zang) en Colin Moulding al vanaf 1972 samen in verschillende bands hadden gespeeld.
Geschiedenis
XTC had in Nederland een paar kleine hits met de nummers Making plans for Nigel (1979) en Senses working overtime (1982). Eind 2006 werd het officieuze eind van XTC door Partridge aangekondigd, hoewel de kans nog steeds bestaat dat Partridge en Moulding blijven samenwerken, maar niet per se als XTC.
Keyboard-speler Barry Andrews is de vader van Finn Andrews, zanger van The Veils.
Discografie
Albums
Album met eventuele hitnotering(en) in de Nederlandse Album Top 100 |
Datum van verschijnen |
Datum van binnenkomst |
Hoogste positie |
Aantal weken |
Opmerkingen
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White music |
20-01-1978 |
- |
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'Go 2 |
06-10-1978 |
- |
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Drums and wires |
17-08-1979 |
- |
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Black sea |
12-09-1980 |
- |
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English settlement |
12-02-1982 |
27-02-1982 |
18 |
11 |
|
Mummer |
30-08-1983 |
10-09-1983 |
34 |
5 |
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The big express |
15-10-1984 |
03-11-1984 |
33 |
4 |
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25 O'clock |
01-04-1985 |
- |
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als The Dukes of Stratosphear
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Skylarking |
27-10-1986 |
- |
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Psonic psunspot |
08-1987 |
- |
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als The Dukes of Stratosphear
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Oranges & lemons |
27-02-1989 |
18-03-1989 |
58 |
7 |
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Nonsuch |
27-04-1992 |
09-05-1992 |
79 |
4 |
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Apple Venus volume 1 |
17-02-1999 |
- |
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Wasp Star (Apple Venus volume 2) |
23-05-2000 |
- |
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Singles
Single met eventuele hitnotering(en) in de Nederlandse Top 40 |
Datum van verschijnen |
Datum van binnenkomst |
Hoogste positie |
Aantal weken |
Opmerkingen
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Science friction |
1977 |
- |
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Statue of liberty |
1978 |
- |
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This is pop? |
1978 |
- |
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Are you receiving me? |
1978 |
- |
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Life begins at the hop |
1979 |
- |
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Making plans for Nigel |
1979 |
17-11-1979 |
32 |
3 |
Nr. 31 in de Single Top 100
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Ten feet tall |
1980 |
- |
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Wait till your boat goes down |
1980 |
- |
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Generals and majors |
1980 |
- |
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Towers of London |
1980 |
- |
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Take this town |
1980 |
- |
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Sgt. Rock (Is going to help me) |
1980 |
- |
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Love at first sight |
1981 |
- |
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Respectable street |
1981 |
- |
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Senses working overtime |
1982 |
06-03-1982 |
22 |
5 |
Nr. 34 in de Single Top 100
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Ball and chain |
1982 |
- |
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No thugs in our house |
1982 |
- |
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Great fire |
1983 |
- |
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Wonderland |
1983 |
- |
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Love on a farmboy's wages |
1983 |
- |
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All you pretty girls |
1984 |
13-10-1984 |
tip5 |
- |
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This world over |
1984 |
- |
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Wake up |
1985 |
- |
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Grass |
1986 |
- |
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The meeting place |
1987 |
- |
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Dear God |
1987 |
- |
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The mayor of simpleton |
1989 |
- |
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King for a day |
1989 |
- |
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The loving |
1989 |
- |
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The disappointed |
1992 |
11-04-1992 |
tip10 |
- |
Nr. 68 in de Single Top 100
|
The ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead |
1992 |
- |
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Wrapped in grey |
1992 |
- |
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Easter theatre |
1999 |
- |
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I'd like that |
1999 |
- |
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I'm the man who murdered love |
2000 |
- |
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Where did the ordinary people go? |
2005 |
- |
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Radio 2 Top 2000
Ep's
- 1977 3D - EP
- 1978 Go +
- 1981 Live & more EP
- 1981 5 Senses EP
- 1992 Demo tracks
- 1994 A hello selection
Bezetting
Principal members
Early members (pre-1975 Star Park and Helium Kidz era)
- Dave Cartner – gitaar (1972–1974)
- Nervous Steve – bas (1972)
- Paul Wilson – drums (1972)
- Steve Hutchins – zang (1974–1975)
- Jon Perkins – keyboards (1975–1976)
Timeline