Homespun (XTC album)

Homespun

Demo album by

XTC

Released

5 October 1999

Studio

Home studios of Colin Moulding and Andy Partridge

Genre

Pop rock

Length

48:12

Language

XTC

XTC other chronology

Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions
(1998)

Homespun
(1999)

Homegrown
(2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Pitchfork Media	7.6/10^[2]

Homespun is a demo album by XTC.^[3]^[4] 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.^[5]

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Transcription

Track listing

CD: COOKCD 188

All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

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

Personnel

XTC

References

^ "Homespun - XTC | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
^ "XTC: Homespun". Pitchfork.
^ "Music: Turn Up That Noise (Memphis Flyer . 07-10-00)". weeklywire.com.
^ "Record News". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. 25 October 1999 – via Google Books.
^ "XTC". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

v t e XTC
Andy Partridge Colin Moulding Terry Chambers Barry Andrews Dave Gregory
Studio albums	White Music Go 2 Drums and Wires Black Sea English Settlement Mummer The Big Express 25 O'Clock Skylarking Psonic Psunspot Oranges & Lemons Nonsuch Apple Venus Volume 1 Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
EP	3D EP 5 Senses
Live albums	Live in Concert
Compilations	Waxworks: Some Singles 1977–1982 Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977–1982 The Compact XTC Chips from the Chocolate Fireball Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80 Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers Drums and Wireless: BBC Radio Sessions 77–89 Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92 Upsy Daisy Assortment Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions Coat of Many Cupboards Apple Box Psurroundabout Ride
Singles	"Science Friction" "Statue of Liberty" "This Is Pop?" "Are You Receiving Me? "Life Begins at the Hop" "Making Plans for Nigel" "Ten Feet Tall" "Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down" "Generals and Majors" "Towers of London" "Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen" "Take This Town" "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" "Respectable Street" "Senses Working Overtime" "Ball and Chain" "No Thugs in Our House" "Great Fire "Wonderland" "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" "Thanks for Christmas" "All You Pretty Girls" "This World Over" "Wake Up" "The Mole from the Ministry" "Grass" "The Meeting Place" "Dear God" "You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)" "Mayor of Simpleton" "King for a Day" "The Loving" "The Disappointed" "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" "Easter Theatre" "I'd Like That" "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" "Where Did the Ordinary People Go?"
Album tracks	"Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her" "Garden of Earthly Delights" "Wrapped in Grey"
Related media	A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC Fuzzy Warbles 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Great Aspirations Homespun Homegrown Instruvenus Take Away / The Lure of Salvage Waspstrumental XTC: This Is Pop Planet England
Other topics	Discography The Dukes of Stratosphear Idea Records Ian Reid Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her (band) TC&I "XTC vs. Adam Ant"

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