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The Big Express

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The Big Express
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Length
14 tracks, 53:25
Release Date
15 October 1984
XTC's seventh album, First album without Terry Chambers on drums. Originally released in 1984, Andy Partridge describes this album as "A loco derailing itself in the rusty goods yard. An altogether more industrial affair. Slashing electric guitars, sheets of steel bass and diesel oil drums. An iron opera, steam powered and brick encased.” An autobiographical concept album inspired by the band's hometown of Swindon and its railway system, the Swindon Works. In comparison to its predecessor Mummer (1983), which had a modest, pastoral approach to production, the album fe… read more
XTC's seventh album, First album without Terry Chambers on drums. Originally released in 1984, Andy Partridge describes this album as "A lo… read more
XTC's seventh album, First album without Terry Chambers on drums. Originally released in 1984, Andy Partridge describes this album as "A loco derailing itself in the rusty good… read more

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Tracklist

Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Wake Up
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 4:40 11,935 listeners
2 Play track All You Pretty Girls
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 3:56 16,031 listeners
3 Play track Shake You Donkey Up
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 4:20 4,741 listeners
4 Play track Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her
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 4:21 5,029 listeners
5 Play track This World Over
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 4:46 11,882 listeners
6 Play track Red Brick Dream
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 2:01 4,097 listeners
7 Play track Washaway
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 3:04 2,160 listeners
8 Play track Blue Overall
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 4:26 3,789 listeners
9 Play track The Everyday Story of Smalltown
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 3:55 4,444 listeners
10 Play track I Bought Myself a Liarbird
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 2:49 4,596 listeners
11 Play track Reign of Blows
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 3:31 4,175 listeners
12 Play track You're the Wish You Are I Had
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 3:16 4,921 listeners
13 Play track I Remember the Sun
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 3:10 4,464 listeners
14 Play track Train Running Low on Soul Coal
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 5:10 4,364 listeners

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XTC was a band from Swindon, England led by Andy Partridge (guitars, vocals) and Colin Moulding (bass, vocals). Active between the late 1970s and the mid 2000s, XTC's music ranged from jerky / riffs to lushly-arranged . They also drew heavily from vintage and from the 1960s, genres which they began to explore more deeply after creating The Dukes of Stratosphear side-project. While XTC failed to maintain significant commercial success after the 1980s, they have earned a devoted cult following, influencing many and… read more
XTC was a band from Swindon, England led by Andy Partridge (guitars, vocals) and Colin Moulding (bass, vocals). Active between the late 1970s and the mid 2000s, XTC's music range… read more
XTC was a band from Swindon, England led by Andy Partridge (guitars, vocals) and Colin Moulding (bass, vocals). Active between the late 1970s and the mid 2000s, XTC's music ranged from jerky / riffs to lushly-arr… read more

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