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Cory Berry ([personal profile] csberry) wrote2007-07-30 07:46 pm
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Beautiful Swindon!



Brought to you by XTC's "Train Running Low on Soul Coal (acoustic)"
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[identity profile] wc-helmets.livejournal.com 2007-08-01 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
That was always one of my favorites from them. That whole album is in such a weird guitar tuning.

[identity profile] csberry.livejournal.com 2007-08-01 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
The Big Express is one of the better produced records in their studio-only phase, IMO. The use of sounds, odd structures, and chugging nature of many of the songs ties the songs together very well. It is all done without going overboard (e.g., Oranges & Lemons).

[identity profile] wc-helmets.livejournal.com 2007-08-01 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Agreed. If there was a least favorite album of there's, Oranges and Lemons would be it.

[identity profile] csberry.livejournal.com 2007-08-01 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
O&L has a nostalgic place for me since it's the album that really exposed me to the band (I think I might have heard "SWO" previously) when it was released. There were a few weeks where songs from the album, or mentioned of the band/album, kept popping up. Hell, one day while flipping through the channels, a blonde woman on QVC or HSN was selling a karaoke machine by playing O&L and talking about how she loved to sing along with XTC.
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