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XTC
Homegrown (The Wasp Star Home Demos)
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. Playground
2. Stupidly Happy
3. In Another Life [Excerpt of Orginal Demo][Demo Version] - XTC, Moulding, Colin
4. In Another Life [Jug Band Version] - XTC, Moulding, Colin
5. Some Lovely
6. Boarded Up - XTC, Moulding, Colin
7. I'm the Man Who Murdered Love [Early 'Other Song' Cassette Idea]
8. I'm the Man Who Murdered Love [Tamla Demo Excerpt][Excerpt]
9. I'm the Man Who Murdered Love
10. We're All Light [Early Cassette Idea]
11. We're All Light
12. Standing in for Joe [Lounge Version] - XTC, Moulding, Colin
13. Standing in for Joe - XTC, Moulding, Colin
14. Wounded Horse
15. You and the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful
16. Lie for a Lie [Cassette Demo]
17. Church of Women
18. The Pot Won't Hold Our Love [Early Cassette Idea]
19. Everything Decays [Early Cassette Idea]
20. The Wheel and the Maypole

CD Details

All Artists: XTC
Title: Homegrown (The Wasp Star Home Demos)
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Tvt
Release Date: 5/22/2001
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: New Wave & Post-Punk, Adult Alternative
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 016581333024

Synopsis

Album Description

Homegrown documents the recording sessions of the critically acclaimed album Wasp Star (Apple Venus Vol. 2). Derived from 8 track cassettes, open reels and digital recorders that Andy and Colin recorded in their respective home studios, Homegrown presents the raw map of the songs that would later make up the album. 20 tracks! 2001 release.

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CD Reviews

Very interesting listening - perfect for songwriters

Jeffrey Belcher | East Hartford, CT United States | 07/16/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Wasp Star, XTC's wonderfully poppy follow up to Apple Venus Vol 1, is an incredible exercise in songwriting know-how. "Homegrown" is a great inside look at the songwriting process for this album, complete with informative descriptions on the songwriting process. As a songwriter myself, "Homegrown" is an intriguing look at the growing experience that is writing a song. I'm often inspired and impressed when listening to this album and reading through the notes. Not groundbreaking listening for the lay-person I imagine, but the album is a cool source of knowledge and a nice lesson for me. Hope you like it."

XTC - YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOVE THEM

Mitchell Cassman | ELMWOOD PARK, IL USA | 06/20/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"OK...If you don't love XTC you probably will hate this CD. If you do love them this CD is really cool. Home Demos take us through the infancy of a song all the way to maturity. We hear the original idea's that Andy Partridge muttered in to his tape tape recorder as well as studio rehersals. As I said if you love XTC you'll love every minute of this disc."

Insight in the the evolution of great music

Mitchell Cassman | 06/02/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I think the other reviews are being a bit harsh. I would recommend this to any XTC fan and I rate the material on Wasp Star as just as good as anything from the Black Sea/ Settlement period. There are some amazing songs on this album and to see the genesis of great ideas like "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love", "We're All Light" and "Maypole" gives the listener great insight into the world of XTC. I've actually used a couple of the recordings to introduce people to there music, because the high-gloss production of Wasp Star and Apple Venus Vl.1 isn't to everyone's taste. The only drag to this and the original Wasp Star is Colin's songs... His muse seems to have left the shed since 1990... although a lot of people disagree with that. Anyway, if you like process as much as the art, check this album out."