Black Sea

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Tracklist

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#	Title	Rating	Length
A1	Respectable Street engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite lead vocals: Andy Partridge recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: Respectable Street lyricist and composer: Andrew Partridge publisher: Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.	4	3:37
A2	Generals and Majors engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite lead vocals: Colin Moulding recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: Generals and Majors lyricist and composer: Colin Ivor Moulding publisher: Virgin Music Publishers	4.5	4:05
A3	Living Through Another Cuba engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite lead vocals: Andy Partridge recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: Living Through Another Cuba lyricist and composer: Andrew Partridge	4.5	4:44
A4	Love at First Sight engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite lead vocals: Colin Moulding recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: Love at First Sight lyricist and composer: Colin Ivor Moulding	4	3:06
A5	Rocket From a Bottle engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite lead vocals: Andy Partridge recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: Rocket From a Bottle lyricist and composer: Andrew Partridge	3	3:30
A6	No Language in Our Lungs engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite lead vocals: Andy Partridge recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: No Language in Our Lungs lyricist and composer: Andrew Partridge	3	4:53
B1	Towers of London engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite lead vocals: Andy Partridge recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: Towers of London lyricist and composer: Andrew Partridge	4.5	5:23
B2	Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins) engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite lead vocals: Andy Partridge recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins) lyricist and composer: Andrew Partridge	4	4:17
B3	Burning With Optimism’s Flames engineer: Laurence Burrage and Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite and Andy Partridge lead vocals: Andy Partridge recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: Burning With Optimism’s Flames lyricist and composer: Andrew Partridge publisher: Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.	3	4:16
B4	Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me) engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite lead vocals: Andy Partridge recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me) lyricist and composer: Andrew Partridge	4	3:56
B5	Travels in Nihilon engineer: Hugh Padgham producer: Steve Lillywhite lead vocals: Andy Partridge recorded at: The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1980-06 until 1980-07) recording of: Travels in Nihilon lyricist and composer: Andrew Partridge	3	6:56

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Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/8076191 [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Generals and Majors Respectable Street Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me) Towers of London

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/70066 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Xtc/Black-sea [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/xtc/black-sea/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/66221/ [info] https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/album/Black_Sea/1476 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000224555 [info]
Wikidata:	Q3640758 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: [none]
Format:: Cassette
Length:: 48:43

Additional details

Type:: Album
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Virgin
VL4 2203

Release events

Canada
1980-09-29

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