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Toys

XTC

Album: Mummer

Genre: Rock

Composer: Partridge


Toys		4:20

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Rating

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Show Track Metadata

ALBUM_ID	22374
TRACK_NAME	Toys
COMPOSER	Partridge
TRACK_NUMBER	8
RUN_TIME	4:20
TRACK_ID	5254748
ALBUM_TITLE	Mummer
ARTIST_NAME	XTC
SEARCH_NAME	XTC
RATED	6
GENRE_DESCRIPTION	Rock
FLAGS	L
SPIRALFROG_AVAILABLE	Yes
OFFICAL_LENGTH	00:03:16
SITE_REVIEW	Mummer, the first album to follow Andy Partridge's mental breakdown, which led to XTC's retirement from touring, is very much the work of an eccentric in isolation. The album is a collection that builds on the groundwork of English Settlement with gentle, acoustic songs that evoke pastoral images and peaceful times. There are moments of real inspiration, resulting in some of the band's finest songs to date -- "Love on a Farmboy's Wages," "Great Fire," and "Lady Bird" -- and the sound sets a pleasingly consistent mood, although the sameness tends to work against the lesser material. Only the out-of-place afterthought of "Funk Pop a Roll," a tirade against the music industry, breaks things up, recapturing the abrasive Partridge of past. [When Mummer was reissued on CD, six tracks were added to the middle of the album. While "Jump," "Toys," and "Desert Island" are welcome additions of pop confection, the atmospheric instrumentals "Frost Circus" and "Processions Toward the Learning Land," from the simply bizarre Homo Safari Series, serve to disrupt the album's flow.] ~ Chris Woodstra, All Music Guide
ARTIST_ID	5883
UPC	724385067259
ISRC	GBAAA0001076
VOLUME	1
SIZE_OF_FILE	4755965
ASSOCIATEDISRC
LABEL	CAROLINE ASTRALWERKS - CAT
LABEL_GROUP	EMI
Genre	ALTERNATIVE
ExplicitLyrics	No