Skylarking (corrected polarity edition)
~ Release by XTC (see all versions of this release, 33 available)
Annotation
Sub-Optimal Credits
Also recorded at The Soundhole Studios in San Francisco.
Assistant Engineers: Kim Foscato in SF (Soundhole), George Cowan in NY (Utopia), Chris Anderson (re-mix).
Colin Moulding is credited as playing both bass guitar and bonfire (not retained as credit).
John Tenney: Lead, first violin.
Emily Van Valkenburgh: Second violin.
Rebecca Sebring: viola.
Outer sleeve photography by Gavin Cochrane.
Inner sleeve photography by Cindy Palmano
Annotation last modified on 2014-05-09 18:00 UTC.
Tracklist
Credits
Release
| design/illustration: | Andy Partridge Andrew Swainson |
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| photography: | Gavin Cochrane Cindy Palmano (art director and photographer) |
| assistant engineer: | Chris Anderson (Canadian audio engineer) George Cowan (US engineer) Kim Foscato (engineer) |
| programming: | Todd Rundgren |
| orchestrator: | Todd Rundgren |
| mastering: | John Dent (mastering engineer) (in 2010) |
| bass guitar: | Colin Moulding |
| chamberlin, guitar, piano, synthesizer and tiple: | Dave Gregory (XTC) |
| guest alto saxophone, flute and tenor saxophone: | Charlie McCarthy (saxophonist) |
| guest bass clarinet, piccolo and tenor saxophone: | Bob Ferriera |
| guest cello: | Teressa Adams |
| guest drums (drum set): | Prairie Prince |
| guest trombone: | Dean Hubbard |
| guest trumpet: | Dave Bendigkeit |
| guest viola: | Becky Sebring |
| guest violin: | John Tenney Emily Van Valkenburgh |
| guitar: | Andy Partridge |
| guest background vocals: | Todd Rundgren The Beech Avenue Boys (English rock band) |
| vocals: | Dave Gregory (XTC) Colin Moulding Andy Partridge |
| recorded at: | The Soundhole Studios in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1986) Utopia Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States (in 1986) |
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| mixed at: | Utopia Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States (in 1986) |
| mastered at: | Loud Mastering in Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom (in 2010) |
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/5615890 [info] |
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| ASIN: | UK: B00IXL18OU [info] |
| discography entry: | https://www.burningshed.com/store/ape/product/351/5557/ [info] |
Release group
| associated singles/EPs: | Dear God Earn Enough for Us Grass The Meeting Place |
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| part of: | Paste: The 50 Best New Wave Albums (number: 7) (order: 7) Paste: The 50 Best Post‐Punk Albums (by Josh Jackson 2016‐07‐13) (number: 25) (order: 25) Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the Eighties (published November 16, 1989) (number: 48) (order: 48) Rolling Stone: The 50 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time (2022-10-12) (number: 48) (order: 48) 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 578) (order: 579) |
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