XTC

XTC Back catalog is finally up on Rhapsody!

I was 8 years old the first time I heard XTC's 'Generals and Majors' in 1980. Its full-on herky-jerkiness appealed to me as one of the most goofy and fun songs I'd ever heard, and it's always had a special, sentimental place in my musical heart. Despite that, I never owned any XTC albums besides their 1986 masterpiece 'Skylarking' and their recent TVT CDs. I've been dying to explore their history since I signed up for Rhapsody a couple years ago, but until yesterday, only those TVT records were listed in the Rhapsody system.

Obviously, I was happy when I found all the XTC albums listed when I check the "Just Added" section this morning. This 148 song playlist contains all their tracks available for full streaming access. I excluded the 30-second samples of songs for purchase only, which does eliminate some classics (Dear God, Ballet for a Rainy Day and about 35 others). Instead 'Dear God' is represented by Sarah McLaughlin's cover from the 1995 XTC tribute disc 'Tesimonial Dinner.' I also include all the tracks from that disc, which features covers by some mid-90s alt-rockers like Freedy Johnston and Spacehog.

Hope you like it.