Name: Oranges & Lemons
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Oranges & Lemons

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Album: Oranges & Lemons
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Garden of Earthly Delights	More Info...	0:05
2)	Mayor of Simpleton	More Info...	0:04
3)	King for a Day	More Info...	0:03
4)	Here Comes President Kill Again	More Info...	0:03
5)	The Loving	More Info...	0:04
6)	Poor Skeleton Steps Out	More Info...	0:03
7)	One of the Millions	More Info...	0:04
8)	Scarecrow People	More Info...	0:04
9)	Merely a Man	More Info...	0:03
10)	Cynical Days	More Info...	0:03
11)	Across This Antheap	More Info...	0:05
12)	Hold Me My Daddy	More Info...	0:03
13)	Pink Thing	More Info...	0:03
14)	Miniature Sun	More Info...	0:04
15)	Chalkhills and Children	More Info...	0:05

Album: Oranges & Lemons
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Garden of Earthly Delights	More Info...	0:05
2)	Mayor of Simpleton	More Info...	0:04
3)	King for a Day	More Info...	0:03
4)	Here Comes President Kill Again	More Info...	0:03
5)	The Loving	More Info...	0:04
6)	Poor Skeleton Steps Out	More Info...	0:03
7)	One of the Millions	More Info...	0:04
8)	Scarecrow People	More Info...	0:04
9)	Merely a Man	More Info...	0:03
10)	Cynical Days	More Info...	0:03
11)	Across This Antheap	More Info...	0:05
12)	Hold Me My Daddy	More Info...	0:03
13)	Pink Thing	More Info...	0:03
14)	Miniature Sun	More Info...	0:04
15)	Chalkhills and Children	More Info...	0:05

Performer Notes

XTC: Andy Partridge (vocals, guitar); Colin Moulding (vocals, bass); Dave Gregory.
All tracks have been digitally remastered using 24 Bit technology.
Using a 60s Milton Glaser-type cover illustration, this purported to be a retro album. In reality it was another extremely fine XTC album, their ninth in a series of classy, offbeat pop exercises from the musically fertile brain of Andy Partridge, who hated touring and loved to stay at home as a reclusive pop star. This is probably their best album and features Partridge's most complete and satisfying song. "The Loving" and "The Mayor Of Simpleton" are both excellent compositions, but they pale against the exceptional "Chalkhills And Children." On this, Partridge celebrates that his home (the nearby chalkhills) and children keep him sane and well-grounded against the possible excesses to which he would succumb as a touring popster.

Professional Reviews

Q (7/01, p.139) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...A masterpiece....a rocking, modern psychedelic experience which Oasis might want to consult some time soon..."

CMJ (1/5/04, p.26) - Ranked #6 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1989"