【輸入盤LPﾚｺｰﾄﾞ】【新品】XTC / Big Express (200gram Vinyl)【LP2022/11/18発売】(ｴｯｸｽﾃｨｰｼｰ) 購入OK

Limited 200gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. XTCs seventh album， The Big Express was virtually ignored on release， much as its immediate predecessor Mummer had been. If Mummer was XTCs quiet album， this was its polar opposite: bright， brash， noisy - even cluttered on occasion if the song demanded it - as it became a concept album of sorts， a partly autobiographical reflection on growing up in an industrial town， Swindon， with its history of engineering and railway accomplishments. Perhaps in keeping with that tradition of technical innovation， the album also made extensive use of (at the time) new technology with Linn-Drum programming (alongside drummer Peter Phipps)， E-mu Emulator and other synths claiming space among the more traditional guitars， bass and drums mix under-pinning the vocals. This technology was juxtaposed with technology of a slightly earlier pop/rock era as phasing， backwards tapes and the inclusion of a mellotron hinted at a psychedelic influence that would move more center stage with the bands next project - The Dukes of Stratosphear. With XTC no longer touring， the sound radically different to any previous XTC album， in a musical climate where the upper end of the charts reflected national radio， producing the most mainstream result for years: Lionel Richie， Sade， Spandau Ballet， Howard Jones， Tina Turner， Queen - Frank Sinatras final solo studio album... The space for a metallic， post-punk concept album about growing up amidst the ghosts of Swindons industrial heritage proved non-existent. Of course the songs were as good as on any other XTC album - a very high standard indeed - but they went largely unheard. Given that position， it would be easy to conclude that the timing was wrong for the album. But the best musicians follow the music and allow the times to catch up with that; precisely what happened when XTC released its next album Skylarking in 1986. Just as Mummers reputation (and sales) has increased over the years， The Big Express is now regarded as a neglected classic of its era.こちらの商品はUK盤のため、稀にジャケットに多少のスレや角にシワがある場合がございます。

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2022/11/18発売
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