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Us press with printed innersleeve. Seam split on innersleeve

XTC’s first full album, White Music shows the band going full-throttle in true punk spirit. More dissonant than their latter period, the young band shines with directionless energy and a good sense of humor. Highlights include the catchy singles “This Is Pop” and “Radios in Motion” as well as a jumpy version of “All Along the Watchtower.” Toss years of twisting and torture onto your stereo and bam – you have XTC’s first album. You can dance and bop to the pop, but you also must have a unique sense of humor and get what they are being sarcastic about. I mean, this is starting off like XTC is a hard band to get into, which is the total opposite (but early XTC is different from their classic era stuff). Most of the band’s short, punchy songs sound effortless and spontaneous at the same time. Comparisons to Devo, The Police, and The Clash are right on, but XTC has a uniqueness of their own and this album can stand right by all of those early punk band’s debuts. White Music has a flow to it, a unique little universe that establishes the band as a talent different then their contemporaries. What they might do in the future after a debut like this is unsure, but for a debut this is very unappreciated and also simultaneously very influential on all Naughties rock music.

Track list:
1. Radios In Motion
2. Cross Wires
3. This Is Pop
4. Do What You Do
5. Statue Of Liberty
6. All Along The Watchtower
7. Into The Atom Age
8. I’ll Set Myself On Fire
9. I’m Bugged
10. New Town Animal In A Furnished Cage
11. Spinning Top
12. Neon Shuffle