XTC Skylarking MFSL GOLD CD Neu OVP Sealed  UDCD 615 UII mit J-Card

Erscheinungsdatum: 1. Oktober 1994
Label: Mfsl 
Format: Audio CD (CD-Anzahl: 1)

Tonträger CD
Besonderheiten Re-Release, Remastered, 24kt. Gold-CD
Jahr 1994
Orig. Release 1986
Zeit 45:41
Plattenfirma MFSL / Geffen
Herstellungsland USA
Musikrichtung Rock
EAN-Nr. 015775161528
Katalog-Nr. UDCD 615


        Tracks

1. Summer's Cauldron (3:19) 
2. Grass (3:05) 
3. The Meeting Place (3:14) 
4. That's Really Super, Supergirl (3:21) 
5. Ballet For A Rainy Day (2:53) 
6. 1000 Umbrellas (3:40) 
7. Season Cycle (3:21) 
8. Earn Enough For Us (2:54) 
9. Big Day (3:31) 
10. Another Satellite (4:16) 
11. The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul (3:23) 
12. Dear God (3:34) 
13. Dying (2:25) 
14. Sacrificial Bonfire (3:49)


Rezension

Dieses Album, das als ein Konzeptalbum zu Tod, Geburt und dem Wechsel der Jahreszeiten ein wenig an die Beatles erinnert, hat wirklich Substanz: Seine melodische Kreativität und die üppigen Orchestrierungen bieten gleichermaßen Raum für Gefühle wie Verbitterung ("That's Really Super, Supergirl"), Entfremdung ("The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul") und agnostischer Tirade ("Dear God"), wie auch für die Freuden von Sonne und Wasser. Skylarking ist XTCs größtes Verdienst nach seiner Zeit mit Drums und Wires, und ein unersetzlicher Begleiter während der ersten Frühlingstage. --Rickey Wright


Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Working with producer Todd Rundgren didn't necessarily bring XTC a sense of sonic cohesion — after all, every record since English Settlement followed its own interior logic — but it did help the group sharpen its focus, making Skylarking its tightest record since Drums and Wires. Ironically, Skylarking had little to do with new wave and everything to do with the lush, post-psychedelic pop of the Beatles and Beach Boys. Combining the charming pastoral feel of Mummer with the classicist English pop of The Big Express, XTC expand their signature sound by enhancing their intelligently melodic pop with graceful, lyrical arrangements and sweeping, detailed instrumentation. Rundgren may have devised the sequencing, helping the record feel like a song cycle even if it doesn't play like one, but what really impresses is the consistency and depth of Andy Partridge's and Colin Moulding's songs. Each song is a small gem, marrying sweet, catchy melodies to decidedly adult lyrical themes, from celebrations of love ("Grass") and marriage ("Big Day") to skepticism about maturation ("Earn Enough for Us") and religion ("Dear God"). Moulding's songs complement Partridge's songs better than before, and each writer is at a melodic and lyrical peak, which Rundgren helps convey with his supple production. The result is a pop masterpiece — an album that has great ambitions and fulfills them with ease. [The initial release of Skylarking didn't feature "Dear God," which was originally the B-side of "Grass." After "Dear God" became an unexpected hit, "Mermaid Smile" was pulled from the album so the hit single could be added.]
 

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