XTC
Skylarking
Label:  Geffen 
Date:  1986
Length:  0:00
Format:  LP
Genre:  Rock; Alternative
  Category:  rock
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Summer`s Cauldron    
      2.  
      		 Grass    
      3.  
      		 The Meeting Place    
      4.  
      		 That's Really Super, Supergirl    
      5.  
      		 Ballet For A Rainy Day    
      6.  
      		 1000 Umbrellas    
      7.  
      		 Season Cycle    
      8.  
      		 Earn Enough For Us    
      9.  
      		 Big Day    
      10.  
      		 Another Satellite    
      11.  
      		 The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul    
      12.  
      		 Dear God    
      13.  
      		 Dying    
      14.  
      		 Sacrificial Bonfire    
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      XTC's frothily Beatle-esque concept album about birth, death, and the passing of the seasons is hardly soft-headed: Its melodic inventiveness and lush orchestrations support bitterness ("That's Really Super, Supergirl"), displacement ("The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul"), and agnostic tirade ("Dear God") as often as it does the pleasures of sun and shower. The greatest achievement of XTC's post-Drums and Wires career, Skylarking is a must-have for the first days of spring. --Rickey Wright