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Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80

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Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80
Compilation album by
Released1990
Recorded1978–1980
GenreDub
Length54:32
LabelVirgin
ProducerJohn Leckie
XTC other chronology
Chips from the Chocolate Fireball
(1987)
Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80
(1990)
Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers
(1990)
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Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80 is a compilation of songs by English rock band XTC, released in 1990 by Virgin Records. It includes the Go+ EP (included with initial LP pressings of their second album, Go 2) as well as the Take Away / The Lure of Salvage LP (released by XTC frontman Andy Partridge as "Mr. Partridge"). Recorded during sessions on various breaks for the albums Drums and Wires (1979) and Black Sea (1980), the album consists of remixes of tracks recorded for the band's first three albums, with additional overdubs—and sometimes new vocals and lyrics—recorded by Partridge.[2]

Track listing

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Track notes adapted from XTC: Song Stories (1998), by XTC and Neville Farmer.[3]

All tracks are written by Andy Partridge, except where otherwise indicated.

Go+
No.TitleDub mix ofLength
1."Dance With Me, Germany""Meccanic Dancing (Oh We Go!)"3:31
2."Beat the Bible""Jumping in Gomorrah"2:20
3."A Dictionary of Modern Marriage""Battery Brides"2:40
4."Clap Clap Clap" (Colin Moulding)"I Am the Audience"2:26
5."We Kill the Beast" (Moulding)"The Rhythm"2:20
Take Away
No.TitleDub mix ofLength
6."Commerciality""Refrigeration Blues"3:07
7."The Day They Pulled the North Pole Down" (Partridge, Moulding)"Heatwave"3:51
8."The Forgotten Language of Light""Millions"4:19
9."Steam Fist Futurist""Real by Reel"3:10
10."Shore Leave Ornithology (Another 1950)" (Partridge, Moulding)"Pulsing Pulsing"5:34
11."Cairo""Homo Safari"1:52
The Lure of Salvage
No.TitleDub mix ofLength
12."The Rotary""Helicopter"3:20
13."Madhattan" (Partridge, Moulding)"That Is the Way"3:17
14."I Sit in the Snow""Roads Girdle the Globe"3:14
15."Work Away Tokyo Day" (Partridge, Moulding)"Red", "Day In Day Out"4:04
16."New Broom" (Partridge, Moulding)"Making Plans for Nigel"5:27
  1. ^ Harrison, Andrew (October 1990). "XTC: Explode Together - The Dub Experiments '78-'80". Select. No. 4. p. 135.
  2. ^ Twomey, Chris (1996). XTC: Chalkhills and Children. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-2758-8.
  3. ^ XTC; Farmer, Neville (1998). XTC: Song Stories. London: Helter Skelter Publishing. pp. 57–58, 83–86. ISBN 1-900924-03-X.