XTC discography

XTC released 12 original albums and over 30 singles for Virgin Records, between 1977 and 1992. They signed to Cooking Vinyl for their final two albums in 1999 and 2000.

XTC discography
Studio albums14
Live albums2
Compilation albums4
Singles40
Tribute albums1

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
NL
[3]
NZ
[4]
SWE
[5]
US
[6]
White Music 38
Go 2
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Virgin
21 93
Drums and Wires
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Virgin
34 40 12 174
Black Sea
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Virgin
16 27 1 41
English Settlement
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Virgin
5 14 14 41 23 48
Mummer
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Virgin
51 29 28 145
The Big Express
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Virgin
38 96 31 181
Skylarking
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Virgin
90 70
Oranges & Lemons
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Virgin
28 91 31 44
Nonsuch
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Virgin
28 75 72 97
Apple Venus Volume 1 42 74 106
Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
40 108
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
Eighties Goldies
  • Released: 1980
  • Label:
Waxworks: Some Singles 1977–1982 54
Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977–1982
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Virgin
The Compact XTC
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Virgin
Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Virgin
Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Virgin
The Tiny Circus of Life
  • Released: 1992
  • Label:
Drums and Wireless: BBC Radio Sessions 77–89
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Windsong International
Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Virgin
33
Upsy Daisy Assortment
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Geffen
Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
Coat of Many Cupboards
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Virgin
Apple Box
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Idea
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
Take Away / The Lure of Salvage
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Virgin
Homespun
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl/Idea
Homegrown
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Idea/TVT
Instruvenus
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Idea
Waspstrumental
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Idea
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

  • 3D EP (7 October 1977)
  • Go + (October 1978)
  • Live & More EP (April 1981; Japan only)
  • 5 Senses (album)|5 Senses EP (September 1981; Canada only)
  • Demo Tracks (July 1992; Japan only)

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[10]
IRE
[11]
NL
[3]
NZ
[12]
US
[13]
"Science Friction" (Partridge) 1977 Non-album single
"Statue of Liberty" (Partridge) 1978 White Music
"This Is Pop?" (Partridge) Non-album single
"Are You Receiving Me?" (Partridge) 86 Non-album single
"Life Begins at the Hop" (Moulding) 1979 54 94 80 Non-album single
"Making Plans for Nigel" (Moulding) 17 94 12 32 29 Drums and Wires
"Ten Feet Tall" (Moulding) 1980 Non-album single
"Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down" (Partridge) Non-album single
"Generals and Majors" (Moulding) 32 24 92 16 104 Black Sea
"Towers of London" (Partridge) 31
"Take This Town" (Partridge) Non-album single
"Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" (Partridge) 16 20 Black Sea
"Love at First Sight" (Moulding) 1981
"Respectable Street" (Partridge)
"Senses Working Overtime" (Partridge) 1982 10 12 36 15 22 37 English Settlement
"Ball and Chain" (Moulding) 58 97
"No Thugs in Our House" (Partridge)
"Great Fire" (Partridge) 1983 Mummer
"Wonderland" (Moulding)
"Love on a Farmboy's Wages" (Partridge) 50
"Thanks for Christmas" as Three Wise Men Non-album single
"All You Pretty Girls" (Partridge) 1984 55 76 The Big Express
"This World Over" (Partridge) 99
"Wake Up" (Moulding) 1985 94
"Grass" (Moulding) 1986 100 Skylarking
"The Meeting Place" (Moulding) 1987 100
"Earn Enough for Us" (Partridge)
"Dear God" (Partridge) 99
"Mayor of Simpleton" (Partridge) 1989 46 89 42 72 Oranges & Lemons
"King for a Day" (Moulding) 82
"The Loving" (Partridge)
"The Disappointed" (Partridge) 1992 33 32 68 Nonsuch
"The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" (Partridge) 71 48
"Wrapped in Grey" (Partridge)
"Easter Theatre" (Partridge) 1999 Apple Venus
"I'd Like That" (Partridge) 121
"I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" (Partridge) 2000 144 Wasp Star
"Where Did the Ordinary People Go?" (Moulding) 2005 Non-album single

Music videos

Year Title Director[14]
1978 "Dance Band" Keith McMillan
"Hang on to the Night"
"She's So Square"
"Statue of Liberty"
"This Is Pop?" Unknown
"Are You Receiving Me?" Unknown
1979 "Life Begins at the Hop" Unknown
"Making Plans for Nigel" Russell Mulcahy
1980 "Generals and Majors" Unknown
"Towers of London" Brian Grant
1981 "Respectable Street" Unknown
1982 "All of a Sudden (It's Too Late)" Unknown
"Senses Working Overtime" Brian Grant
"Ball and Chain"
1983 "Wonderland" Peter Sinclair
"Love on a Farmboy's Wages" Unknown
1984 "All You Pretty Girls" Roger H. Lyons
1986 "Grass" Nick Brandt
1987 "The Meeting Place" Unknown
"Dear God" Nick Brandt
1989 "Mayor of Simpleton" Ian Absentia
"King for a Day" Tony Kaye
1992 "The Disappointed" Unknown
"The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" Unknown
"Wrapped in Grey" Unknown

See also

References

  1. UK chart peaks:
    • Top 100 peaks: "Official Charts: XTC". Official Charts. The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 5 June 2016. N.B. This site displays 'compressed' (with exclusion rules applied) singles chart peaks between numbers 76–100.
    • Top 200 peaks from January 1995 to December 2010: "Chart Log UK 1994–2010 > Johnny X – Xzibit". zobbel.de. Retrieved 25 July 2016. N.B. This site displays 'uncompressed' (no exclusion rules applied) singles chart peaks between 76–200 for the period January 1995 to May 2001.
  2. Australian chart peaks:
  3. "Discografie XTC". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  4. "Chart Stats - XTC". charts.nz. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  5. "Chart Stats - XTC". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  6. "Chart Stats - XTC". billboard.com. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  7. "Certified Awards Search Archived 2012-10-01 at WebCite". Music Canada. Retrieved on 2011-10-07. Note: User needs to enter "XTC" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
  8. "Certified Awards Search Archived September 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2011-10-07. Note: User needs to enter "XTC" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
  9. "Certified Awards Search Note: User needs to enter "XTC" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button.
  10. "RPM Magazine - Canadian single chart positions". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  11. The Irish Charts - Irish chart positions.
  12. Steffen Hung. "New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  13. "Allmusic - US Billboard Hot 100 chart positions]. Allmusic". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  14. "XTC – artist videography". mvdbase.com. Alex S. Garcia. Archived from the original on 11 January 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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