Homespun (XTC album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Homespun

| type = demo

| artist = XTC

| cover = XTC - Homespun.jpg

| alt =

| released = 5 October 1999

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Home studios of Colin Moulding and Andy Partridge

| genre = Pop rock

| length = 48:12

| language = English

| label = Cooking Vinyl/Idea

| producer = XTC

| chronology = XTC other

| prev_title = Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = Homegrown

| next_year = 2001

}}{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/homespun-mw0002255587|title=Homespun - XTC | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}

|rev2= Pitchfork Media

|rev2Score= 7.6/10{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8832-homespun/|title=XTC: Homespun|website=Pitchfork}}

}}

Homespun is a demo album by XTC.{{Cite web|url=http://weeklywire.com/ww/07-10-00/memphis_musrv.html|title=Music: Turn Up That Noise (Memphis Flyer . 07-10-00)|website=weeklywire.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1KobfSOSjvgC&dq=Homespun+xtc+1999&pg=PA15|title=Record News|work=CMJ New Music Report|date=October 25, 1999|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}} It was released by Cooking Vinyl and Idea Records. A companion to Apple Venus Volume 1, it has the same running order as its parent album. It was reissued in 2005 as a part of Apple Box.{{cite web |title=XTC |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/xtc/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=29 July 2021}}

Track listing

= CD: COOKCD 188 =

All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

  1. "River of Orchids" – 4:10
  2. "I'd Like That" – 4:47
  3. "Easter Theatre" – 4:52
  4. "Knights in Shining Karma" – 3:38
  5. "Frivolous Tonight" (Colin Moulding) – 3:06
  6. "Greenman" – 6:01
  7. "Your Dictionary" – 3:14
  8. "Fruit Nut" (Moulding) – 2:44
  9. "I Can't Own Her" – 5:06
  10. "Harvest Festival" – 5:17
  11. "The Last Balloon" – 5:17

Personnel

References