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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