Arranged By [String, Brass] – Andy PartridgeTrumpet – Guy Barker
4
That Wave
5
My Bird Performs
Flugelhorn, Trumpet – Guy Barker
6
Humble Daisy
7
Crocodile
8
The Smartest Monkeys
Viola – Florence Lovegrove
9
Then She Appeared
10
The Disappointed
Arranged By [String] – Andy Partridge, Dave GregoryCello – Rose HullViola – Florence Lovegrove
11
Rook
Arranged By [String, Brass] – Andy PartridgeCello – Rose HullFlugelhorn, Trumpet – Guy BarkerTambourine – Gus DudgeonViola – Florence LovegroveViolin – Gina Griffin, Stuart Gordon
12
Dear Madam Barnum
Performer [Ringmaster] – Gus Dudgeon
13
Wrapped In Grey
Cello – Rose HullViola – Florence LovegroveViolin – Gina Griffin, Stuart Gordon
14
Holly Up On Poppy
15
The Ugly Underneath
Percussion – Gus Dudgeon
16
The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead
Performer [Cheers] – Gus Dudgeon
17
War Dance
Arranged By [String, Brass] – Colin Moulding
Versions
Category
Artist
Title (Format)
Label
Category
Country
Year
CDV 2699, 262 792
XTC
Nonsuch (CD, Album)
Virgin, Virgin
CDV 2699, 262 792
UK & France
1992
CDV 2699, CDV 2699 V5
XTC
Nonsuch (CD, Album)
Virgin, EMI-Odeon S.A.I.C.
CDV 2699, CDV 2699 V5
Argentina
1992
427176 2
XTC
Nonsuch (CD, Album)
EMI, Virgin
427176 2
Brazil
1992
GEFD-24474
XTC
Nonsuch (CD, Album)
Geffen Records, Virgin
GEFD-24474
US
1992
GEFD-24474
XTC
Nonsuch (CD, Album, RE)
Geffen Goldline, Geffen Records
GEFD-24474
US
Unknown
Credits
Arranged By [Strings, Brass] – David Gregory
Cello – Rose Hull
Chorus – Neville Farmer
Drums, Sampler, Percussion, Tambourine, Shaker – Dave Mattacks
Engineer – Barry Hammond
Flugelhorn, Trumpet – Guy Barker
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar, Tambourine, Percussion, Bells [Bell Tree], Shaker, Performer [Circus Band, Cheers], Programmed By [Keyboards], Synthesizer, Harmonica – Andy Partridge
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar – Colin Moulding
Arranged By [String, Brass] – Dave Gregory (tracks: except where noted)
Bass, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Colin Moulding (tracks: 1 to 8, 10 to 17)
Drums, Tambourine, Shaker, Sampler – Dave Mattacks (tracks: 1 to 8, 10 to 17)
Electric Guitar, Electric Guitar [12-string], Electric Guitar [Ebow], Acoustic Guitar, Synthesizer, Organ [Hammond], Piano, Backing Vocals, Bells [Church Bell], Performer [Cheers, Circus Band] – Dave Gregory (tracks: 1 to 17)
Engineer – Barry Hammond
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Tambourine, Keyboards [Programming], Synthesizer, Percussion, Shaker, Performer [Cheers, Circus Band] – Andy Partridge (tracks: 1 to 17)
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Mixed By – Nick Davis
Mixed By [Assistant] – Simon "Lord Brewer" Dawson
Producer – Gus Dudgeon
Remastered By [Digitally] – Ian Cooper
Written-By – Andy Partridge (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5 to 12, 14, 15, 17), Colin Moulding (tracks: 2, 5, 13, 16)
Notes
Recorded at Chipping Norton Studios, Oxfordshire (UK), July-October 1991. Mixed at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, South Wales (UK), November-December 1991. Mastered at Masterdisc, New York (US). Digitally Remastered at Metropolis Mastering, November and December 2000.Recorded at Chipping Norton Studios, Oxfordshire, England, July-October 1991. Mixed at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, South Wales, November-December 1991.
Some of the issues released had the front gold illustration on the jewel case itself.
Front cover illustration from John Speed's map of Surrey, 1611.