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troutman · 02-23-2009, 10:01 AM

I select in the 1986 category, SKYLARKING by XTC:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylarking

Skylarking is XTC's eighth studio album, released on October 27, 1986. Considered by many to be their finest album, Skylarking is a "life-in-a-day" semi-concept album which displayed songwriting and arranging heavily influenced by The Beatles, The Beach Boys and The Kinks. The title of the album was inspired by Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem To a Skylark and many of the songs expand on the pastoral themes of their 1983 album, Mummer, most notably "Summer's Cauldron" and "Season Cycle".

The album was produced by Todd Rundgren after the band chose his name from a list of potential producers submitted by its label, Virgin Records. The recording sessions took place in the spring of 1986, at Rundgren's upstate New York recording studio. Rundgren convinced the band that the songs which Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding wrote would form a concept album. It was recorded track to track on one reel of 2 inch tape. Segues between songs were performed.[1]The sessions were fraught with tension, due to creative differences between Rundgren and Partridge.

Despite the album's poor sales and the band's initial dislike of the record, Skylarking is seen by many fans and critics as their finest work, citing Rundgren's innovative production and the cohesive nature of the album as its strengths.[citation needed] In 1989, it was ranked #48 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s. The album was ranked #15 on Pitchforkmedia's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s, calling it a "beacon of psychedelic greenery".

"Summer's Cauldron" – 3:19
"Grass" (Colin Moulding) – 3:05
"The Meeting Place" (Moulding) – 3:14
"That's Really Super, Supergirl" – 3:21
"Ballet for a Rainy Day" – 2:50
"1000 Umbrellas" – 3:44
"Season Cycle" – 3:21
"Earn Enough for Us" – 2:54
"Big Day" (Moulding) – 3:32
"Another Satellite" – 4:15
"Mermaid Smiled" – 2:26
"The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul" – 3:24
"Dying" (Moulding) – 2:31
"Sacrificial Bonfire" (Moulding) – 3:49
"Dear God" – 4:24

http://chalkhills.org/reelbyreal/a_Skylarking.html

Earn Enough For Us

Grass

Summer's Cauldron

Dear God

Another Satellite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnh-H...eature=related

That's Really Super, Supergirl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41ws8...eature=related

02-23-2009, 10:01 AM	#890
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	I select in the 1986 category, SKYLARKING by XTC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylarking Skylarking is XTC's eighth studio album, released on October 27, 1986. Considered by many to be their finest album, Skylarking is a "life-in-a-day" semi-concept album which displayed songwriting and arranging heavily influenced by The Beatles, The Beach Boys and The Kinks. The title of the album was inspired by Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem To a Skylark and many of the songs expand on the pastoral themes of their 1983 album, Mummer, most notably "Summer's Cauldron" and "Season Cycle". The album was produced by Todd Rundgren after the band chose his name from a list of potential producers submitted by its label, Virgin Records. The recording sessions took place in the spring of 1986, at Rundgren's upstate New York recording studio. Rundgren convinced the band that the songs which Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding wrote would form a concept album. It was recorded track to track on one reel of 2 inch tape. Segues between songs were performed.[1]The sessions were fraught with tension, due to creative differences between Rundgren and Partridge. Despite the album's poor sales and the band's initial dislike of the record, Skylarking is seen by many fans and critics as their finest work, citing Rundgren's innovative production and the cohesive nature of the album as its strengths.[citation needed] In 1989, it was ranked #48 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s. The album was ranked #15 on Pitchforkmedia's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s, calling it a "beacon of psychedelic greenery". "Summer's Cauldron" – 3:19 "Grass" (Colin Moulding) – 3:05 "The Meeting Place" (Moulding) – 3:14 "That's Really Super, Supergirl" – 3:21 "Ballet for a Rainy Day" – 2:50 "1000 Umbrellas" – 3:44 "Season Cycle" – 3:21 "Earn Enough for Us" – 2:54 "Big Day" (Moulding) – 3:32 "Another Satellite" – 4:15 "Mermaid Smiled" – 2:26 "The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul" – 3:24 "Dying" (Moulding) – 2:31 "Sacrificial Bonfire" (Moulding) – 3:49 "Dear God" – 4:24 http://chalkhills.org/reelbyreal/a_Skylarking.html Earn Enough For Us YouTube Video Grass YouTube Video Summer's Cauldron YouTube Video Dear God YouTube Video Another Satellite http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnh-H...eature=related That's Really Super, Supergirl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41ws8...eature=related Last edited by troutman; 02-23-2009 at 10:09 AM.