- new wave, rock
- 42 min
- 10 tracks
- Virgin
Mummer is the sixth studio album by the English rock band XTC, released on 30 August 1983 on Virgin Records. It was the first XTC album to be recorded following the band's retirement from live performance in 1982. The album's title and artwork refers to a Mummers' play, in which the identity of the players is hidden. A working title considered for the album was Fruits Fallen From God's Garden.
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Cool, spare, character-led and classical in form.
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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Tracks
- A1Beating of Hearts4:00
- A2Wonderland4:54
- A3Love on a Farmboy’s Wages3:58
- A4Great Fire3:48
- A5Deliver Us From the Elements4:36
- B1Human Alchemy5:11
- B2Ladybird4:33
- B3In Loving Memory of a Name3:16
- B4Me and the Wind4:18
- B5Funk Pop a Roll3:03
10 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- XTC
- Label
- Virgin
- Released
- August 30, 1983
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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