XTC
Black Sea
Label:  Virgin 
Date:  1980
Length:  0:00
Format:  LP
Genre:  Rock; Alternative
  Category:  rock
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Respectable Street    
      2.  
      		 Generals And Majors    
      3.  
      		 Living Through Another Cuba    
      4.  
      		 Love At First Sight    
      5.  
      		 Rocket From A Bottle    
      6.  
      		 No Language In Our Lungs    
      7.  
      		 Towers Of London    
      8.  
      		 Paper And Iron (Notes And Coins)    
      9.  
      		 Burning With Optimism's Flames    
      10.  
      		 Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)    
      11.  
      		 Travels In Nihilon    
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      The 1980 release Black Sea represents the last stand of the punchy, angular new wave that had won XTC strong critical and college radio support. Still arranging with an ear toward the stage they'd soon retire from, they continued working in the "drums and wires" style that had christened their previous release. Black Sea brims with XTC trademarks: engaging guitar hooks, cleverly rendered lyrics, and frenetic, creative melodicism. The material represents the pinnacle of XTC's early incarnation--a counterpoint to contemporary punk imbued with style, rhythmic punch, and melodic charm. --Todd Gehman