Oranges & Lemons
Studio album by XTCWikipedia
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Oct 12, 2026
Chris WinterHOST
But anyway, Andy Partridge founded the group XTC and love his work.
Chris WinterHOST
This was off of Oranges and Lemons, which was their, I would consider it their ninth studio album.
Chris WinterHOST
It's technically their 11th because they recorded two albums under the group name Dukes of the Stratosphere, Dukes of Stratosphere.
Chris WinterHOST
This came right after their album Skylarking, which was produced by Todd Rundgren, was not commercial success, very difficult to make.
Chris WinterHOST
1000 subscribers is perfectly fine for me.
Chris WinterHOST
I don't want anything bigger than that.
Chris WinterHOST
And Andy, didn't really want a lot of the things that went along with being a music star which is why oranges and lemons was a joke about the band's financial situation even though it was taken from some sort of nursery rhyme but anyway skylarking comes out and even though it was not a success in the united states in college radio and this is how i found out about them one of their songs, Dear God, got a lot of publicity and a lot of play and sort of alt indie college music, you know, scenes.
Chris WinterHOST
So they actually rereleased Skylark in the United States with that song on it.
Pat MastelottoGUEST
They could have easily not included me as a writer.
Marcus GoldmanHOST
In 1989, you happened to join a band from England for the Oranges and Lemons record, and I'm talking about XTC.
Marcus GoldmanHOST
How did you come about meeting them? I remember getting English Settlement as a kid and how much of an impact XTC had on me throughout that decade.
Marcus GoldmanHOST
And then King for a Day and Mayor of Simpleton, two amazing songs.
Colin MouldingGUEST
We've always been like that, you know.
David EastaughHOST
Because Oranges and Lemons, your last album of the 80s, is a big piece of work, isn't it?
Colin MouldingGUEST
Yeah, yeah, it's pretty much a double, really.
David EastaughHOST
And going to Hollywood, Ocean Way, you were recording this.
Colin MouldingGUEST
Oh, great.
Colin MouldingGUEST
Let's go there then.
Colin MouldingGUEST
And spent a ton of money, no doubt, on three weeks recording the drum tracks for Oranges and Lemons, you know, with Pat Mastolotto.
Colin MouldingGUEST
who went on to play with King Crimson.
Brian IbbottHOST
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Brian IbbottHOST
Oranges and Lemons.
Brian IbbottHOST
Yeah.
Scott JohnsonHOST
Yeah, might be.
Brian IbbittHOST
really? I wonder if they're an XTC cover band because that was the name of an XTC.
Brian IbbittHOST
A really good XTC album was Oranges and Lemons.
Scott JohnsonHOST
That might be.
Scott JohnsonHOST
Well, all I know is Brian won and got the victory pickle.