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XTC discography

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{{Infobox artist discography

|Artist = XTC

|Image =XTC UK (cropped).jpg

|Caption =

|Studio = 14

|Singles = 40

|B-sides =

|Compilation = 4

|Live = 2

|Video =

|Music videos =

|Tribute = 1

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XTC released 12 original albums and over 30 singles for Virgin Records, between 1977 and 1992. They signed to Cooking Vinyl for their final two albums in 1999 and 2000.

Albums

=Studio albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Title

! rowspan="2" | Album details

! colspan="7" | Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" |Certifications
(sales thresholds)

style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | UK

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | AUS
Australian chart peaks:

  • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988: {{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=Illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives|year=1993|page=344|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
  • Top 50 (ARIA Chart) peaks from 26 June 1988: {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=XTC|title=australian-charts.com > XTC in Australian Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=2016-07-25}}
  • "Mayor of Simpleton" (ARIA Chart) peak: {{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/11R0bwv.gif|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 12 September 2016|publisher=Imgur.com|access-date=2016-09-17}}
  • Oranges & Lemons (ARIA Chart) peak: {{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/jYzWzLL.png|title=Chartifacts – Week Ending: 31 May 1992 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 122)|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA)|access-date=2016-07-25}}
  • "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" & Fossil Fuel - The XTC Singles Collection{{cite web|url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2024/10/week-commencing-5-october-1992.html | title=Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 5 October 1992 |website=Bubbling Down Under|access-date=5 October 2024}}
  • Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: {{cite Ryan|page=306}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | CAN
{{Cite web |date=2013-07-17 |title=Results: RPM Weekly |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=xtc&ChartEn=Top+Albums%2fCDs& |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=www.bac-lac.gc.ca}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | NL
{{cite web|title=Discografie XTC|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=XTC|website=Dutch Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=15 March 2022|language=nl}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | NZ
{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=XTC | title=Chart Stats - XTC | publisher=charts.nz| access-date=2011-10-07}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | SWE
{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=XTC | title=Chart Stats - XTC | publisher=swedishcharts.com| access-date=2011-10-07}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | US
{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=xtc|chart=Billboard 200}} | title=Chart Stats - XTC | publisher=billboard.com| access-date=2011-10-07}}

scope="row" | White Music

|

  • Released: 20 January 1978
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC

| 38

| —

|—

| —

| —

| —

| —

|

scope="row" | Go 2

|

  • Released: 13 October 1978
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC

| 21

| 93

|—

| —

| —

| —

| —

|

scope="row" | Drums and Wires

|

  • Released: 17 August 1979
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track

| 34

| 40

|15

| —

| 12

| —

| 174

|

  • CAN: Gold"[http://www.musiccanada.com/gpSearchResult.aspx Certified Awards Search] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017073358/http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx |date=2012-10-17 }}". Music Canada. Retrieved on 2011-10-07. Note: User needs to enter "XTC" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
scope="row" | Black Sea

|

  • Released: 12 September 1980
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC

| 16

| 27

|79

| —

| 1

| —

| 41

|

  • UK: Silver"[http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx Certified Awards Search] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924015932/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |date=September 24, 2009 }}". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2011-10-07. Note: User needs to enter "XTC" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
scope="row" | English Settlement

|

  • Released: 12 February 1982
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2xLP, LP, 2xMC, MC

| 5

| 14

|15

| 14

| 41

| 23

| 48

|

  • UK: Silver
scope="row" | Mummer

|

  • Released: 30 August 1983
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC

| 51

| —

|80

| 29

| —

| 28

| 145

|

scope="row" | The Big Express

|

  • Released: 15 October 1984
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC

| 38

| 96

|—

| —

| —

| 31

| 181

|

scope="row" | Skylarking

|

  • Released: 27 October 1986
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC

| 90

| —

|93

| —

| —

| —

| 70

|

scope="row" | Oranges & Lemons

|

  • Released: 27 February 1989
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC

| 28

| 91

|35

| —

| —

| 31

| 44

|

scope="row" | Nonsuch

|

  • Released: 27 April 1992
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC

| 28

| 75

|72

| 72

| —

| —

| 97

|

scope="row" | Apple Venus Volume 1

|

  • Released: 17 February 1999
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC

| 42

| 74

|—

| —

| —

| —

| 106

|

scope="row" | Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)

|

  • Released: 17 May 2000
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC

| 40

| —

|—

| —

| —

| —

| 108

|

colspan="10" |{{Small|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.}}

=Live albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
style="width:20em;" | Title

! Album details

scope="row" | BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert

|

  • Released: 9 November 1992{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Albums|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=7 November 1992}}
  • Label: Windsong International
  • Formats: CD, MC

=Compilation albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Title

! rowspan="2" | Album details

! colspan="3" | Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" |Certifications
(sales thresholds)

style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | UK

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | AUS

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | CAN

scope="row" | Eighties Goldies

|

  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: MC
  • France-only limited release

|—

|—

|—

|

scope="row" | Waxworks: Some Singles 1977–1982

|

  • Released: 5 November 1982
  • Label: Virgin, Geffen
  • Formats: LP, MC

| 54

|—

|—

|

scope="row" | Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977–1982

|

  • Released: 5 November 1982
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP

|—

|—

|—

|

scope="row" | The Compact XTC

|

  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD

|—

|—

|—

|

scope="row" | Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80

|

  • Released: August 1990
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC

|—

|—

|—

|

scope="row" | Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers

|

  • Released: 24 September 1990
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC

|—

|—

|—

|

scope="row" | The Tiny Circus of Life

|

  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
  • France-only limited release

|—

|—

|—

|

scope="row" | Drums and Wireless: BBC Radio Sessions 77–89

|

  • Released: October 1994
  • Label: Nighttracks
  • Formats: CD

|—

|—

|—

|

scope="row" | Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92

|

  • Released: 9 September 1996
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2xCD

| 33

| 105

| 64

|

  • UK: Silver"[https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ Certified Awards Search] Note: User needs to enter "XTC" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button.
scope="row" | Upsy Daisy Assortment

|

  • Released: 17 June 1997
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD

|—

|—

|—

|

scope="row" | Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions

|

  • Released: 16 October 1998
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: 4xCD

|—

|—

|—

|

scope="row" | Coat of Many Cupboards

|

  • Released: 25 March 2002
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 4xCD

|—

|—

|—

|

scope="row" | Apple Box

|

  • Released: 31 October 2005
  • Label: Idea
  • Formats: 4xCD

|—

|—

|—

|

colspan="5" |{{Small|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.}}

=Other albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
style="width:20em;" | Title

! Album details

scope="row" | Take Away / The Lure of Salvage

|

  • Released: 29 February 1980
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP
scope="row" | Homespun

|

  • Released: 5 October 1999
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl/Idea
  • Formats: CD, LP
scope="row" | Homegrown

|

  • Released: 21 May 2001
  • Label: Idea/TVT
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP
scope="row" |Instruvenus

|

  • Released: 17 October 2002
  • Label: Idea
  • Formats: CD
scope="row" | Waspstrumental

|

  • Released: 17 October 2002
  • Label: Idea
  • Formats: CD

Extended plays

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col" style="width:15em;" |Title

! scope="col" style="width:15em;" |Album details

scope="row" |3D EP

|

  • Released: 7 October 1977
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12"
scope="row" |Go +

|

  • Released: 13 October 1978
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12"
scope="row" |Live & More

|

  • Released: August 1981
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12"
  • Japan-only release
scope="row" |5 Senses

|

  • Released: September 1981
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12"
  • Canada-only release
scope="row" |Dear God

|

  • Released: June 1987
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
scope="row" |Gribouillage

|

  • Released: April 1992
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
  • France-only limited release
scope="row" |Demo Tracks

|

  • Released: 17 July 1992
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release

Singles

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:17em;" |Title

! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:2em;" |Year

! colspan="10" |Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" |Albums

scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |UK
{{Cite web |title=UK Singles Charts: 1983 (including chart panel sales) |url=https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-discussion/chart-analysis/10845490-uk-singles-charts-1983-including-chart-panel-sales |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=UKMIX Forums |language=en}}

! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |AUS

! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |BEL
(FL)
{{Cite web |title=ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?cat=s&search=xtc |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=www.ultratop.be}}

! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |CAN
{{cite web |title=RPM Magazine - Canadian single chart positions |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=ccntousk30frf6h4jsn237nm12&q1=xtc&q2=Top+Singles&interval=36&x=49&y=16 |access-date=2009-10-18 |publisher=Library and Archives Canada}}

! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |IRE
{{Cite web |title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know |url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=irishcharts.ie}}

! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |NL

! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |NZ
{{cite web |author=Steffen Hung |title=New Zealand charts portal |url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?cat=s&artist=xtc&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts |access-date=2012-01-12 |publisher=charts.nz}}

! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |US
{{Cite magazine |title=XTC – Billboard Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/xtc/chart-history/hsi/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}

! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |US Alt
{{Cite magazine |title=XTC – Alternative Airplay |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/xtc/chart-history/mrt/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}

! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |US Main
{{Cite magazine |title=XTC – Mainstream Rock Airplay |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/xtc/chart-history/rtt/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}

scope="row" |"Science Friction"

|1977

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|{{N/A|Non-album single}}

scope="row" |"Statue of Liberty"

| rowspan="3" |1978

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|White Music

scope="row" |"This Is Pop?"

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

| rowspan="3" {{N/A|Non-album singles}}

scope="row" |"Are You Receiving Me?"

|—

|86

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

scope="row" |"Life Begins at the Hop"

| rowspan="2" |1979

|54

|94

|—

|80

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

scope="row" |"Making Plans for Nigel"

|17

|94

|—

|12

|—

|32

|29

|—

|—

|—

| rowspan="1" |Drums and Wires

scope="row" |"Ten Feet Tall" (US-only release)

| rowspan="6" |1980

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

| rowspan="2" {{N/A|Non-album singles}}

scope="row" |"Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down"

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

scope="row" |"Generals and Majors"

|32

|24

|—

|92

|—

|—

|16

|104

|—

|28

| rowspan="2" |Black Sea

scope="row" |"Towers of London"

|31

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

scope="row" |"Take This Town" (split release with The Ruts)

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|Times Square (soundtrack)

scope="row" |"Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)"

|16

|—

|—

|—

|20

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

| rowspan="3" |Black Sea

scope="row" |"Love at First Sight" (Canada-only release)

| rowspan="2" |1981

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

scope="row" |"Respectable Street"

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

scope="row" |"Senses Working Overtime"

| rowspan="3" |1982

|10

|12

|31

|36

|15

|22

|37

|—

|—

|38

| rowspan="3" |English Settlement

scope="row" |"Ball and Chain"

|58

|97

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

scope="row" |"No Thugs in Our House"

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

scope="row" |"Great Fire"

| rowspan="4" |1983

|101

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

| rowspan="3" |Mummer

scope="row" |"Wonderland"

|104

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

scope="row" |"Love on a Farmboy's Wages"

|50

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

scope="row" |"Thanks for Christmas" (as the Three Wise Men)

|126

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|{{N/A|Non-album single}}

scope="row" |"All You Pretty Girls"

| rowspan="2" |1984

|55

|76

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

| rowspan="3" |The Big Express

scope="row" |"This World Over"

|99

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

scope="row" |"Wake Up"

|1985

|94

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

scope="row" |"Grass"

|1986

|100

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

| rowspan="4" |Skylarking

scope="row" |"The Meeting Place"

| rowspan="3" |1987

|100

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

scope="row" |"Earn Enough for Us" (Australia and Canada-only release)

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

scope="row" |"Dear God"

|99

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|37

scope="row" |"Mayor of Simpleton"

| rowspan="3" |1989

|46

|89

|—

|42

|—

|—

|—

|72

|1

|15

| rowspan="3" |Oranges & Lemons

scope="row" |"King for a Day"

|82

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|11

|38

scope="row" |"The Loving"

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

scope="row" |"The Disappointed"

| rowspan="4" |1992

|33

|32

|—

|—

|—

|68

|—

|—

|—

|—

| rowspan="4" |Nonsuch

scope="row" |"The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead"

|71

|132

|—

|48

|—

|—

|—

|—

|1

|46

scope="row" |"Dear Madam Barnum" (airplay)

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|18

|—

scope="row" |"Wrapped in Grey" (withdrawn)

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

scope="row" |"Easter Theatre"

| rowspan="2" |1999

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

| rowspan="2" |Apple Venus

scope="row" |"I'd Like That"

|121

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

scope="row" |"I'm the Man Who Murdered Love"

|2000

|144

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|Wasp Star

scope="row" |"Where Did the Ordinary People Go?"

|2005

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|{{Non-album single}}

colspan="13" style="font-size:90%" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Music videos

class="wikitable"
Year

!Title

!Director{{cite web|title=XTC – artist videography|website=mvdbase.com|publisher=Alex S. Garcia|url=http://www.mvdbase.com/artist.php?last=XTC|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060111095042/http://www.mvdbase.com/artist.php?last=XTC|archive-date=11 January 2006|access-date=11 July 2021}}

1977

|"Science Friction"

|Unknown

rowspan="8"|1978

|"Dance Band"

|rowspan="4"|Keith McMillan

"Hang on to the Night"
"She's So Square"
"Statue of Liberty"
"This Is Pop?"

|Unknown

"Heatwave"

|Unknown

"Are You Receiving Me?"

|Unknown

"I Am The Audience"

|Unknown

rowspan="2"|1979

|"Life Begins at the Hop"

|Unknown

"Making Plans for Nigel"

|Russell Mulcahy

rowspan="2"|1980

|"Generals and Majors"

|Unknown

"Towers of London"

|Brian Grant

1981

|"Respectable Street"

|Unknown

rowspan="4"|1982

|"All of a Sudden (It's Too Late)"

|Unknown

"Senses Working Overtime"

|rowspan="2"|Brian Grant

"Ball and Chain"
"Beating Of Hearts"

|Unknown

rowspan="3"|1983

|"Wonderland"

|Peter Sinclair

"Love on a Farmboy's Wages"

|Unknown

"Funk Pop A Roll"

|Unknown

1984

|"All You Pretty Girls"

|Roger H. Lyons

1986

|"Grass"

|Nick Brandt

rowspan="3"|1987

|"The Meeting Place"

|Unknown

"The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul"

|Unknown

"Dear God"

|Nick Brandt

rowspan="2"|1989

|"Mayor of Simpleton"

|Ian Absentia

"King for a Day"

|Tony Kaye

rowspan="3"|1992

|"The Disappointed"

|Unknown

"The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead"

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"Wrapped in Grey"

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See also

References

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UK chart peaks:

  • Top 100 peaks: {{cite web|title=Official Charts: XTC|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17667/xtc/|work=Official Charts|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|access-date=2016-06-05}} N.B. This site displays 'compressed' (with exclusion rules applied) singles chart peaks between numbers 76–100.
  • Top 200 peaks from January 1995 to December 2010: {{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_X.HTM|title=Chart Log UK 1994–2010 > Johnny X – Xzibit|publisher=zobbel.de|access-date=2016-07-25}} N.B. This site displays 'uncompressed' (no exclusion rules applied) singles chart peaks between 76–200 for the period January 1995 to May 2001.}}

External links

  • [http://chalkhills.org/discog/ XTC Discography] at chalkhills.org

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