- new wave
- 49 min
- 11 tracks
- Virgin
Black Sea is the fourth studio album by the English rock band XTC, released 12 September 1980 on Virgin Records. It is the follow-up to the previous year's Drums and Wires, building upon its focus on guitars and expansive-sounding drums, but with more economical arrangements written with the band's subsequent concert performances in mind, avoiding overdubs unless they could be performed live.
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Spare, character-led, classical in form and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
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Tracks
- 1Respectable Street3:37
- 2Generals and Majors4:05
- 3Living Through Another Cuba4:44
- 4Love at First Sight3:06
- 5Rocket From a Bottle3:30
- 6No Language in Our Lungs4:53
- 7Towers of London5:23
- 8Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins)4:17
- 9Burning With Optimism’s Flames4:16
- 10Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)3:56
- 11Travels in Nihilon6:56
11 tracks, 49 minutes.
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- Artist
- XTC
- Label
- Virgin
- Released
- 1980
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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