Drums & Wires (CD)

"Making Plans for Nigel" is XTC's first English Top 20 hit and both it and the underground gem "Helicopter" introduce America's alternative pop fans to the band. Says Melody Maker: "XTC has broken cover and broken ground." New Music Express insists that the band's music "demands new adjectives." Andy: "Twang! Barry goes, Dave comes and the band is reborn. We revel in electric guitars, voodoo tom toms and the discovery of our song-writing muscle (which is becoming delightfully erect)." Andy: "Suddenly we were a three piece. The song-writing was starting to get half decent and we were revelling in two wiry sounding guitars, twanging bass and voodoo tom-toms." Originally released on 17 August 1979 in the U.K. Reached No. 34 on the U.K. album chart. Reached No. 176 on the Billboard album chart in the U.S.A.

Track List

1. Making Plans for Nigel
2. Helicopter
3. Day in Day Out
4. When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty
5. Ten Feet Tall
6. Roads Girdle the Globe +
7. Real By Reel
8. Millions
9. That Is the Way
10. Outside World
11. Scissor Man
12. Complicated Game
13. Life Begins at the Hop
14. Chain of Command
15. Limelight