Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)

Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
Studio album by
XTC
Released23 May 2000
RecordedApril–December 1999
StudioIdea Studios, Wiltshire and Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Oxfordshire, England
Length50:54
LabelCooking Vinyl
ProducerNick Davis
XTC chronology
Apple Venus Volume 1
(1999) 		Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
(2000) 		Homegrown
(2001)
Singles from Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
  1. "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love"
    Released: May 2000
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
NME7/10[3]
Pitchfork8.0/10[4]
PopMatters9/10[5]
Q[6]
Robert Christgau(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[7]
Rolling Stone[8]

Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) is the fourteenth studio album by the English rock band XTC, released 23 May 2000 on Cooking Vinyl/Idea Records. Defined by bandmember Andy Partridge as the "eclectric" counterpart to 1999's Apple Venus Volume 1, it consists of rock-based material largely written between 1994 and 1996.[9] Wasp Star reached number 40 on the UK Albums Chart. In 2002, the group released an instrumental version of the album entitled Waspstrumental. XTC dissolved in 2006, leaving Wasp Star their last studio album to date.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Andy Partridge, except where noted

Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Playground" 4:17
2."Stupidly Happy" 4:13
3."In Another Life"Colin Moulding3:35
4."My Brown Guitar" 3:51
5."Boarded Up"Moulding3:23
6."I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" 3:44
7."We're All Light" 4:39
8."Standing in for Joe"Moulding3:42
9."Wounded Horse" 4:11
10."You and the Clouds Will Still be Beautiful" 4:18
11."Church of Women" 5:06
12."The Wheel and the Maypole" 5:55
Total length:50:54

Personnel[edit]

XTC

Additional personnel

Production

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
Chart Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[10] 40
US Billboard 200[11] 108

References[edit]

  1. ^ "XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus, Volume 2)". Metacritic. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2000). "Review: XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Review: XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)". NME. 12 September 2005. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  4. ^ Hooker, Zach (23 May 2000). "Review: XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)". Pitchfork. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  5. ^ Schabe, Patrick. "Review: XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  6. ^ Aizlewood, John. "Review: XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)". Q. Bauer Media Group. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  7. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Review: XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  8. ^ Moon, Tom. "Review: XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)". Rolling Stone. Jann Wenner. Archived from the original on 11 April 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  9. ^ "XTC: Take Another Bite..." Lexicon. No. 11. 1999.
  10. ^ "XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  11. ^ "XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 June 2011.

External links[edit]

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