Dave Nanian<p>XTC - Skylarking</p><p>The last truly great XTC album, mostly because the strong hand of Todd Rundgren insisted on steering the ship, preventing (the obviously brilliant, but self-sabotaging) Andy from riding roughshod over his bandmates.</p><p>Later albums had their high points, but none were as consistently excellent.</p><p>Glorious pop from beginning to end.</p><p>(Bought the 12" Grass single in Vancouver during the World's Fair…)</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/nowplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nowplaying</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/vinyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vinyl</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/xtc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xtc</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ColinMoulding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColinMoulding</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AndyPartridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AndyPartridge</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DaveGregory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DaveGregory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ToddRundgren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToddRundgren</span></a></p>