- new wave, art rock
- 51 min
- 10 tracks
- Virgin
English Settlement is the fifth studio album and first double album by the English rock band XTC, released 12 February 1982 on Virgin Records. It marked a turn towards the more pastoral pop songs that would dominate later XTC releases, with an emphasis on acoustic guitar, 12-string electric guitar and fretless bass.
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Character-led, spare, cool and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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Tracks
- 1Runaways4:39
- 2Ball and Chain4:30
- 3Senses Working Overtime4:51
- 4Jason and the Argonauts6:06
- 5Snowman5:30
- 6Melt the Guns6:33
- 7No Thugs in Our House5:16
- 8Yacht Dance3:55
- 9English Roundabout3:51
- 10All of a Sudden (It’s Too Late)5:20
10 tracks, 51 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- XTC
- Label
- Virgin
- Released
- 1982
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Cassette
- Country
- IT
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