Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) is the fourteenth studio album by the English rock band XTC, released 23 May 2000 on Cooking Vinyl/Idea Records.

Wasp Star (Apple Venus, Pt. 2) Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Anyone expecting Wasp Star: Apple Venus, Vol. 2 to continue the majestic acoustic-orchestral blends of Apple Venus will be disappointed, because it's a straightforward collection of sharp, witty, well-constructed pop songs. Directness is perhaps the oddest thing about Wasp Star - it's unassuming pop from a band that operated on a conceptual plain for nearly 20 years. It could be argued that all the songs that fit a dark, introspective mood went to Apple Venus, XTC's first album after seven years in exile, while Wasp Star wound up as a clearinghouse for everything else. If that is true, it ignores a basic fact -- XTC's leftovers are better than most band's keepers...

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XTC - Skylarking

The last truly great XTC album, mostly because the strong hand of Todd Rundgren insisted on steering the ship, preventing (the obviously brilliant, but self-sabotaging) Andy from riding roughshod over his bandmates.

Later albums had their high points, but none were as consistently excellent.

Glorious pop from beginning to end.

(Bought the 12" Grass single in Vancouver during the World's Fair…)

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Listen to his song King For A Day from Oranges and Lemons: https://youtu.be/depsFULhqV8

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Billy Sherwood - 'Citizen' (2015)

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