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Coat of Many Cupboards
Box set by XTC
Released	25 March 2002
Recorded	1977–2001
Genre	Pop rock
Length	220:01
Label	Virgin Records
XTC other chronology
Homegrown (2001) Coat of Many Cupboards (2002) Instruvenus (2002)

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Coat of Many Cupboards is a box set by English rock band XTC, released in 2002. It acts as an anthology of their 15 years on Virgin Records. It is their first compilation of any kind to include tracks by their alter-ego, the Dukes of Stratosphear.

The set includes demo versions, live recordings, rehearsal tapes and other rarities, as well as band favorites. 41 of the total 60 tracks had never been released before this compilation. The set also includes a 60-page booklet with an essay by Harrison Sherwood.

Track listing

All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where otherwise noted.

Disc one

1. "Science Friction" – 3:32
2. "Spinning Top" – 3:00
3. "Traffic Light Rock" – 2:06
4. "Radios in Motion" – 2:54
5. "Let's Have Fun" (Colin Moulding) – 1:19
6. "Fireball XL5/Fireball Dub" (Barry Gray) – 3:24
7. "Heatwave Mark 2 Deluxe" (Moulding) – 1:47
8. "This Is Pop?" – 2:42
9. "Are You Receiving Me?" – 3:23
10. "Things Fall to Bits" (Barry Andrews) – 2:26
11. "Us Being Us" – 2:55 (Andrews)
12. "Life Begins at the Hop" (Moulding) – 1:09
13. "Life Begins at the Hop" (Moulding) – 3:58
14. "Making Plans for Nigel" (Moulding) – 4:15
15. "Ten Feet Tall" (Moulding) – 3:14
16. "Sleepyheads" (Moulding) – 4:52

Disc two

1. "Meccanic Dancing (Oh We Go)" – 2:34
2. "Atom Medley: Into the Atom Age/Hang on to the Night/Neon Shuffle" – 6:52
3. "Life Begins at the Hop" (Moulding) – 2:57
4. "Real by Reel" – 3:44
5. "When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty" – 3:21
6. "Helicopter" – 3:30
7. "Towers of London" – 6:07
8. "Generals and Majors" (Moulding) – 5:02
9. "No Language in Our Lungs" – 4:51
10. "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" – 3:37
11. "Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins)" – 4:08
12. "Crowded Room" (Moulding) – 4:03
13. "Senses Working Overtime" – 3:31
14. "Snowman" – 5:06
15. "Ball and Chain" (Moulding) – 4:21

A track is hidden in the pregap of this CD: "Wanking Man" (Live Studio Chatter) – 1:37

Disc three

1. "Punch and Judy" – 2:35
2. "Fly on the Wall" (Moulding) – 3:17
3. "Yacht Dance" – 4:31
4. "Jason and the Argonauts" – 5:59
5. "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" – 3:47
6. "Wonderland" (Moulding) – 4:23
7. "Ladybird" – 4:36
8. "All You Pretty Girls" – 4:13
9. "Wake Up" (Moulding) – 4:12
10. "The Everyday Story of Smalltown" – 4:13
11. "Grass" (Moulding) – 2:55
12. "Let's Make a Den" – 2:25
13. "The Meeting Place" (Moulding) – 3:51
14. "Dear God" – 4:10

A song is hidden in the pregap of this CD: "Shaving Brush Boogie" (Live Studio Recording) – 12:26

Disc four

1. "Brainiac's Daughter" – 4:03
2. "Vanishing Girl" (Moulding) – 2:44
3. "Terrorism" – 3:20
4. "Find the Fox" (Moulding) – 2:37
5. "Season Cycle" – 3:21
6. "The Troubles" – 3:17
7. "Mayor of Simpleton" – 2:47
8. "King for a Day" (Moulding) – 3:14
9. "Chalkhills and Children" – 5:06
10. "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" – 5:34
11. "Omnibus" – 3:20
12. "The Disappointed" – 3:20
13. "Bungalow" (Moulding) – 2:49
14. "Didn't Hurt a Bit" (Moulding) – 3:54
15. "Books are Burning" – 4:48

Personnel

XTC

• Andy Partridge – guitar, vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, percussion, guitar solo; all instruments & vocals (3.5, 3.8, 3.12, 4.3, 4.6–7, 4,10, 4.12)
• Colin Moulding – bass guitar, vocals, guitar, keyboards; all instruments & vocals (3.6, 3.9, 3.11, 3.13, 4.4, 4.8)
• Barry Andrews – keyboards (1.1-1.11), vocals (1.1-1.11)
• Terry Chambers – drums (1.1-1.16, 2.1–2.15, 3.1–3.4)
• Dave Gregory – guitar, piano, vocals, keyboards, mellotron, drum programming

Additional musicians

• Pete Phipps – drums (3.7, 3.10)
• Ian Gregory – drums (4.1–2)
• Prairie Prince – drums (4.5)
• Pat Mastelotto – drums (4.9)
• Dave Mattacks – drums (4.11, 4.13–15)
• Guy Barker – trumpet (4.11)

Technical

• Nicky Graham – producer (1.1)
• Newell Heeley – engineer (1.2~3)
• XTC – mixing (1.2–3, 1.5, 1.7, 1.16, 2.1–2, 2.7, 2.11–12, 2.14, 3.13, 4.8, 4.14), producers (1.14, 2.15, 3.1, 4.14)
• John Leckie – producer (1.4–7, 1.9–11, 4.1–2), engineer (1.9–11)
• Alan Douglas – engineer (1.4–7)
• Robert John "Mutt" Lange – producer (1.8)
• Andy Jackson – engineer (1.8)
• Steve Lillywhite – producer (1.14–16, 2.4–10)
• Hugh Padgham – engineer (1.14–16, 2.4–6, 2.9–10, 3.2, 3.4), producer (3.2, 3.4)
• Steve Warren – engineer (1.14)
• Keith Walker – engineer (2.1–2)
• Cameron Allan – producer (2.3)
• Phil Vinall – engineer (2.9–10)
• Chris Jenkins – engineer (2.11–12)
• Chris Blake – engineer (2.14)
• Clive Langer – producer (2.15, 3.1)
• Alan Winstanley – producer (2.15, 3.1), engineer (2.15, 3.1)
• John Caulfield – engineer (3.3)
• Andy Partridge – engineer (3.5, 3.8, 3.12, 4.3, 4.6, 4.7, 4.10, 4.12, 4.14)
• Colin Moulding – engineer (3.6, 3.9, 3.11, 3.13, 4.4, 4.8)
• Steve Nye – producer (3.7), engineer (3.7)
• Howard Gray – engineer (3.7)
• David Lord – producer (3.10)
• Glenn Tommey – engineer (3.10)
• Dave Gregory – engineer (3.14), mixing (3.14)
• John Cornfield – engineer (4.1–2)
• Todd Rundgren – producer (4.5)
• Paul Fox – producer (4.9)
• Ed Thacker – engineer (4.9)
• Gus Dudgeon – (4.11, 4.13–14)
• Barry Hammond – engineer (4.11, 4.13–14)
• Nick Davis – mixing (4.11)
• Andrew Swainson – cover, book art
• Ian Cooper – mastering
• Harrison Sherwood – essay
• Jason Day – project coordinator
• Greg Allen – photography
• Clive Arrowsmith – photography
• Allan Ballard – photography
• Paul Canty – photography
• Gavin Cochran – photography
• Douglas Brothers – photography
• Bernard Farrell – photography
• Jill Furmanovsky - photography
• B.C. Kagan – photography
• Andy Laine – photography
• Akiyoshi Miyashita – photography
• Dennis Morris – photography
• Cindy Palmano – photography
• Sheila Rock – photography
• Penny Smith – photography
• Kevin Westenberg – photography
• Irene Young – photography
• Smash Hits – photography

References

1. ^ "Forthcoming XTC Box Boasts Rarities Galore". Billboard. 29 January 2002. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

• XTC compilation albums
• 2002 compilation albums
• Virgin Records compilation albums