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XTC discography
Studio albums14
Live albums2
Compilation albums4
Tribute albums1
Singles40

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

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak 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
21 93
Drums and Wires
  • Released: 17 August 1979
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
34 40 15 12 174
Black Sea
  • Released: 12 September 1980
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
16 27 79 1 41
English Settlement
  • Released: 12 February 1982
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2xLP, LP, 2xMC, MC
5 14 15 14 41 23 48
Mummer
  • Released: 30 August 1983
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
51 80 29 28 145
The Big Express
  • Released: 15 October 1984
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
38 96 31 181
Skylarking
  • Released: 27 October 1986
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
90 93 70
Oranges & Lemons
  • Released: 27 February 1989
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
28 91 35 31 44
Nonsuch
  • Released: 27 April 1992
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
28 75 72 72 97
Apple Venus Volume 1
  • Released: 17 February 1999
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
42 74 106
Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
  • Released: 17 May 2000
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
40 108
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

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Title Album details
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
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
33 105 64
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

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Title Album 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

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Title Album 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

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Title Year Peak chart positions Albums
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" 1977 Non-album single
"Statue of Liberty" 1978 White Music
"This Is Pop?" Non-album singles
"Are You Receiving Me?" 86
"Life Begins at the Hop" 1979 54 94 80
"Making Plans for Nigel" 17 94 12 32 29 Drums and Wires
"Ten Feet Tall" (US-only release) 1980 Non-album singles
"Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down"
"Generals and Majors" 32 24 92 16 104 28 Black Sea
"Towers of London" 31
"Take This Town" (split release with The Ruts) Times Square (soundtrack)
"Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" 16 20 Black Sea
"Love at First Sight" (Canada-only release) 1981
"Respectable Street"
"Senses Working Overtime" 1982 10 12 31 36 15 22 37 38 English Settlement
"Ball and Chain" 58 97
"No Thugs in Our House"
"Great Fire" 1983 101 Mummer
"Wonderland" 104
"Love on a Farmboy's Wages" 50
"Thanks for Christmas" (as the Three Wise Men) 126 Non-album single
"All You Pretty Girls" 1984 55 76 The Big Express
"This World Over" 99
"Wake Up" 1985 94
"Grass" 1986 100 Skylarking
"The Meeting Place" 1987 100
"Earn Enough for Us" (Australia and Canada-only release)
"Dear God" 99 37
"Mayor of Simpleton" 1989 46 89 42 72 1 15 Oranges & Lemons
"King for a Day" 82 11 38
"The Loving"
"The Disappointed" 1992 33 32 68 Nonsuch
"The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" 71 132 48 1 46
"Dear Madam Barnum" (airplay) 18
"Wrapped in Grey" (withdrawn)
"Easter Theatre" 1999 Apple Venus
"I'd Like That" 121
"I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" 2000 144 Wasp Star
"Where Did the Ordinary People Go?" 2005 Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Music videos

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Year Title Director[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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c UK chart peaks:
    • 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.
  2. ^ a b c Australian chart peaks:
  3. ^ a b "Results: RPM Weekly". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Discografie XTC". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Chart Stats - XTC". charts.nz. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Chart Stats - XTC". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  7. ^ "Chart Stats - XTC". billboard.com. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Certified Awards Search Archived 2012-10-17 at the Wayback Machine". 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.
  9. ^ a b "Certified Awards Search Archived September 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine". 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.
  10. ^ "Certified Awards Search Note: User needs to enter "XTC" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button.
  11. ^ "UK Singles Charts: 1983 (including chart panel sales)". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  12. ^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  13. ^ "RPM Magazine - Canadian single chart positions". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  14. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  15. ^ Steffen Hung. "New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  16. ^ "XTC – Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  17. ^ "XTC – Alternative Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  18. ^ "XTC – Mainstream Rock Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  19. ^ "XTC – artist videography". mvdbase.com. Alex S. Garcia. Archived from the original on 11 January 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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