- alternative rock, art pop, baroque pop, chamber pop
- 63 min
- 17 tracks
- Virgin
Nonsuch is the twelfth studio album by the English band XTC, released 27 April 1992 on Virgin Records. The follow-up to Oranges & Lemons (1989), Nonsuch is a relatively less immediate and more restrained sounding album, carrying the band's psychedelic influences into new musical styles, and displaying a particular interest in orchestral arrangements.
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Spare, cool, classical in form and grave.
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
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Tracks
- 1The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead5:01
- 2My Bird Performs3:51
- 3Dear Madam Barnum2:53
- 4Humble Daisy3:39
- 5The Smartest Monkeys4:18
- 6The Disappointed3:23
- 7Holly Up on Poppy3:04
- 8Crocodile3:56
- 9Rook3:47
- 10Omnibus3:20
- 11That Wave3:33
- 12Then She Appeared3:52
- 13War Dance3:23
- 14Wrapped in Grey3:46
- 15The Ugly Underneath3:56
- 16Bungalow2:49
- 17Books Are Burning4:51
17 tracks, 63 minutes.
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- Artist
- XTC
- Label
- Virgin
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- CA
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