Black Sea

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Respectable Street engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite lead vocals: Andy Partridge recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: Respectable Street lyricist and composer: Andrew Partridge publisher: Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.	4	3:37
2	Generals and Majors engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite lead vocals: Colin Moulding recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: Generals and Majors lyricist and composer: Colin Ivor Moulding publisher: Virgin Music Publishers	4.5	4:04
3	Living Through Another Cuba engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite lead vocals: Andy Partridge recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: Living Through Another Cuba lyricist and composer: Andrew Partridge	4.5	4:44
4	Love at First Sight engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite lead vocals: Colin Moulding recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: Love at First Sight lyricist and composer: Colin Ivor Moulding	4	3:07
5	Rocket From a Bottle engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite lead vocals: Andy Partridge recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: Rocket From a Bottle lyricist and composer: Andrew Partridge	3	3:30
6	No Language in Our Lungs engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite lead vocals: Andy Partridge recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: No Language in Our Lungs lyricist and composer: Andrew Partridge	3	4:53
7	Smokeless Zone engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite recording of: Smokeless Zone composer: Colin Ivor Moulding	3	3:51
8	Don’t Lose Your Temper engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite recording of: Don’t Lose Your Temper lyricist and composer: Andrew Partridge	3	2:33
9	The Somnambulist engineer: Laurence Burrage producer: Andy Partridge recording of: The Somnambulist lyricist and composer: Andrew Partridge publisher: EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!) and EMI Virgin Songs, Inc.	2	4:39
10	Towers of London engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite lead vocals: Andy Partridge recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: Towers of London lyricist and composer: Andrew Partridge	4.5	5:24
11	Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins) engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite lead vocals: Andy Partridge recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins) lyricist and composer: Andrew Partridge	4	4:17
12	Burning With Optimism’s Flames engineer: Laurence Burrage and Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite and Andy Partridge lead vocals: Andy Partridge recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: Burning With Optimism’s Flames lyricist and composer: Andrew Partridge publisher: Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.	3	4:15
13	Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me) engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite lead vocals: Andy Partridge recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me) lyricist and composer: Andrew Partridge	4	3:56
14	Travels in Nihilon engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite lead vocals: Andy Partridge recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: Travels in Nihilon lyricist and composer: Andrew Partridge	3	6:56

Credits

Release

engineer:	Hugh Padgham
producer:	Steve Lillywhite

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/386692 [info]
ASIN:	UK: B00005ATHH [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Generals and Majors Respectable Street Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me) Towers of London

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/70066 [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/xtc/black_sea/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000224555 [info]
Wikidata:	Q3640758 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 5012981217327
Format:: CD
Length:: 59:45

Additional details

Type:: Album
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Virgin
CDV 2173

Release events

United Kingdom
1987

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