XTC discography

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XTC discography
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Studio albums14
Live albums2
Compilation albums4
Singles40
Tribute albums1

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.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
NL
[4]
NZ
[5]
SWE
[6]
US
[7]
White Music
  • Released: 20 January 1978
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
38
Go 2
  • Released: 13 October 1978
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
2193
Drums and Wires
  • Released: 17 August 1979
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
34401512174
Black Sea
  • Released: 12 September 1980
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
162779141
English Settlement
  • Released: 12 February 1982
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2xLP, LP, 2xMC, MC
5141514412348
  • UK: Silver [9]
Mummer
  • Released: 30 August 1983
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
51802928145
The Big Express
  • Released: 15 October 1984
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
389631181
Skylarking
  • Released: 27 October 1986
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
909370
Oranges & Lemons
  • Released: 27 February 1989
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
2891353144
Nonsuch
  • Released: 27 April 1992
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
2875727297
Apple Venus Volume 1
  • Released: 17 February 1999
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
4274106
Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
  • Released: 17 May 2000
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
40108
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
CAN
[3]
Eighties Goldies
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: MC
  • France-only limited release
Waxworks: Some Singles 1977–1982
  • Released: 5 November 1982
  • Label: Virgin, Geffen
  • Formats: LP, MC
54
Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977–1982
  • Released: 5 November 1982
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP
The Compact XTC
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80
  • Released: August 1990
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC
Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers
  • Released: 24 September 1990
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC
The Tiny Circus of Life
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
  • France-only limited release
Drums and Wireless: BBC Radio Sessions 77–89
Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92
  • Released: 9 September 1996
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2xCD
3364
Upsy Daisy Assortment
  • Released: 17 June 1997
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD
Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions
  • Released: 16 October 1998
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: 4xCD
Coat of Many Cupboards
  • Released: 25 March 2002
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 4xCD
Apple Box
  • Released: 31 October 2005
  • Label: Idea
  • Formats: 4xCD
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other albums

TitleAlbum details
Take Away / The Lure of Salvage
  • Released: 29 February 1980
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP
Homespun
  • Released: 5 October 1999
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl/Idea
  • Formats: CD, LP
Homegrown
  • Released: 21 May 2001
  • Label: Idea/TVT
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP
Instruvenus
  • Released: 17 October 2002
  • Label: Idea
  • Formats: CD
Waspstrumental
  • Released: 17 October 2002
  • Label: Idea
  • Formats: CD

Extended plays

TitleAlbum details
3D EP
  • Released: 7 October 1977
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12"
Go +
  • Released: 13 October 1978
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12"
Live & More
  • Released: August 1981
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12"
  • Japan-only release
5 Senses
  • Released: September 1981
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12"
  • Canada-only release
Dear God
  • Released: June 1987
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
Gribouillage
  • Released: April 1992
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
  • France-only limited release
Demo Tracks
  • Released: 17 July 1992
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbums
UK
[1] [11]
AUS
[2]
BEL
(FL)

[12]
CAN
[13]
IRE
[14]
NL
[4]
NZ
[15]
US
[16]
US Alt
[17]
US Main
[18]
"Science Friction"1977Non-album single
"Statue of Liberty"1978White Music
"This Is Pop?"Non-album singles
"Are You Receiving Me?"86
"Life Begins at the Hop"1979549480
"Making Plans for Nigel"1794123229Drums and Wires
"Ten Feet Tall" (US-only release)1980
"Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down"Non-album single
"Generals and Majors"3224921610428Black Sea
"Towers of London"31
"Take This Town" (split release with The Ruts) Times Square (soundtrack)
"Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)"1620Black Sea
"Love at First Sight" (Canada-only release)1981
"Respectable Street"
"Senses Working Overtime"19821012313615223738English Settlement
"Ball and Chain"5897
"No Thugs in Our House"
"Great Fire"1983101Mummer
"Wonderland"104
"Love on a Farmboy's Wages"50
"Thanks for Christmas" (as the Three Wise Men)126Non-album single
"All You Pretty Girls"19845576The Big Express
"This World Over"99
"Wake Up"198594
"Grass"1986100Skylarking
"The Meeting Place"1987100
"Earn Enough for Us" (Australia and Canada-only release)
"Dear God"9937
"Mayor of Simpleton"198946894272115Oranges & Lemons
"King for a Day"821138
"The Loving"
"The Disappointed"1992333268Nonsuch
"The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead"7148146
"Dear Madam Barnum" (airplay)18
"Wrapped in Grey" (withdrawn)
"Easter Theatre"1999Apple Venus
"I'd Like That"121
"I'm the Man Who Murdered Love"2000144Wasp Star
"Where Did the Ordinary People Go?"2005Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Music videos

YearTitleDirector [19]
1977"Science Friction"Unknown
1978"Dance Band" 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
1979"Life Begins at the Hop"Unknown
"Making Plans for Nigel" Russell Mulcahy
1980"Generals and Majors"Unknown
"Towers of London" Brian Grant
1981"Respectable Street"Unknown
1982"All of a Sudden (It's Too Late)"Unknown
"Senses Working Overtime" Brian Grant
"Ball and Chain"
"Beating Of Hearts"Unknown
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
1987"The Meeting Place"Unknown
"The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul"Unknown
"Dear God" Nick Brandt
1989"Mayor of Simpleton"Ian Absentia
"King for a Day" Tony Kaye
1992"The Disappointed"Unknown
"The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead"Unknown
"Wrapped in Grey"Unknown

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    • Top 100 peaks: "Official Charts: XTC". Official Charts. The Official UK Charts Company . Retrieved 5 June 2016. 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: "Chart Log UK 1994–2010 > Johnny X – Xzibit". zobbel.de. Retrieved 25 July 2016. N.B. This site displays 'uncompressed' (no exclusion rules applied) singles chart peaks between 76–200 for the period January 1995 to May 2001.
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