Artist: | XTC |
Studio: | 14 |
Singles: | 40 |
Compilation: | 4 |
Live: | 2 |
Tribute: | 1 |
XTC released 12 original albums and over 30 singles for Virgin Records, between 1977 and 1992. They signed to Cooking Vinyl for their final two albums in 1999 and 2000.
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||
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UK | AUS [1] | CAN [2] | NL [3] | NZ [4] | SWE [5] | US [6] | ||||
White Music | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Go 2 |
| 21 | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Drums and Wires |
| 34 | 40 | 15 | — | 12 | — | 174 | ||
Black Sea |
| 16 | 27 | 79 | — | 1 | — | 41 | ||
English Settlement |
| 5 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 41 | 23 | 48 |
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Mummer |
| 51 | — | 80 | 29 | — | 28 | 145 | ||
The Big Express |
| 38 | 96 | — | — | — | 31 | 181 | ||
Skylarking |
| 90 | — | 93 | — | — | — | 70 | ||
Oranges & Lemons |
| 28 | 91 | 35 | — | — | 31 | 44 | ||
Nonsuch |
| 28 | 75 | 72 | 72 | — | — | 97 | ||
Apple Venus Volume 1 |
| 42 | 74 | — | — | — | — | 106 | ||
Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) |
| 40 | — | — | — | — | — | 108 | ||
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||
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UK | CAN | ||||
Eighties Goldies |
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| 54 | — | |||
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The Compact XTC |
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The Tiny Circus of Life |
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| 33 | 64 | |||
Upsy Daisy Assortment |
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Coat of Many Cupboards |
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Apple Box |
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Title | Album details | |
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Take Away / The Lure of Salvage |
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Homespun |
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Homegrown |
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Instruvenus |
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Waspstrumental |
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Title | Album details | |
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3D EP |
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Go + |
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Live & More |
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5 Senses |
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Dear God |
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Gribouillage |
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Demo Tracks |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Albums | ||||||||||
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UK [10] | AUS | BEL (FL) [11] | CAN [12] | IRE [13] | NL | NZ [14] | US [15] | US Alt [16] | US Main [17] | ||||
"Science Friction" | 1977 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Statue of Liberty" | 1978 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | White Music | |
"This Is Pop?" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="3" | ||
"Are You Receiving Me?" | — | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Life Begins at the Hop" | 1979 | 54 | 94 | — | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Making Plans for Nigel" | 17 | 94 | — | 12 | — | 32 | 29 | — | — | — | Drums and Wires | ||
"Ten Feet Tall" (US-only release) | 1980 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="2" | |
"Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Generals and Majors" | 32 | 24 | — | 92 | — | — | 16 | 104 | — | 28 | Black Sea | ||
"Towers of London" | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Take This Town" (split release with The Ruts) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Times Square (soundtrack) | ||
"Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" | 16 | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | Black Sea | ||
"Love at First Sight" (Canada-only release) | 1981 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Respectable Street" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Senses Working Overtime" | 1982 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 22 | 37 | — | — | 38 | English Settlement | |
"Ball and Chain" | 58 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"No Thugs in Our House" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Great Fire" | 1983 | 101 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mummer | |
"Wonderland" | 104 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Love on a Farmboy's Wages" | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Thanks for Christmas" (as the Three Wise Men) | 126 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"All You Pretty Girls" | 1984 | 55 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Big Express | |
"This World Over" | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Wake Up" | 1985 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Grass" | 1986 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Skylarking | |
"The Meeting Place" | 1987 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Earn Enough for Us" (Australia and Canada-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Dear God" | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | |||
"Mayor of Simpleton" | 1989 | 46 | 89 | — | 42 | — | — | — | 72 | 1 | 15 | Oranges & Lemons | |
"King for a Day" | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 38 | |||
"The Loving" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"The Disappointed" | 1992 | 33 | 32 | — | — | — | 68 | — | — | — | — | Nonsuch | |
"The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" | 71 | — | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 46 | |||
"Dear Madam Barnum" (airplay) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | |||
"Wrapped in Grey" (withdrawn) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Easter Theatre" | 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Apple Venus | |
"I'd Like That" | 121 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" | 2000 | 144 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Wasp Star | |
"Where Did the Ordinary People Go?" | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Year | Title | Director[18] |
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1977 | "Science Friction" | Unknown |
1978 | "Dance Band" | Keith McMillan |
"Hang on to the Night" | ||
"She's So Square" | ||
"Statue of Liberty" | ||
"This Is Pop?" | Unknown | |
"Heatwave" | Unknown | |
"Are You Receiving Me?" | Unknown | |
"I Am The Audience" | Unknown | |
1979 | "Life Begins at the Hop" | Unknown |
"Making Plans for Nigel" | Russell Mulcahy | |
1980 | "Generals and Majors" | Unknown |
"Towers of London" | Brian Grant | |
1981 | "Respectable Street" | Unknown |
1982 | "All of a Sudden (It's Too Late)" | Unknown |
"Senses Working Overtime" | Brian Grant | |
"Ball and Chain" | ||
"Beating Of Hearts" | Unknown | |
1983 | "Wonderland" | Peter Sinclair |
"Love on a Farmboy's Wages" | Unknown | |
"Funk Pop A Roll" | Unknown | |
1984 | "All You Pretty Girls" | Roger H. Lyons |
1986 | "Grass" | Nick Brandt |
1987 | "The Meeting Place" | Unknown |
"The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul" | Unknown | |
"Dear God" | Nick Brandt | |
1989 | "Mayor of Simpleton" | Ian Absentia |
"King for a Day" | Tony Kaye | |
1992 | "The Disappointed" | Unknown |
"The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" | Unknown | |
"Wrapped in Grey" | Unknown |